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Goliath and the Dragon

La vendetta di Ercole (literally Revenge of Hercules), better known as Goliath and the Dragon, is a 1960 Italian/French international co-production widescreen sword and sandal film starring weight lifter and gymnast Mark Forest in his debut film role and Broderick Crawford.

Paul Wynter

Wynter's best known roles are arguably in the Italian-made sword and sandal films Maciste nella terra dei ciclopi (1961) co-starring Gordon Mitchell and Maciste, l'uomo più forte del mondo (1961) co-starring Mark Forest.


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Dan Vadis

After the sword and sandal films faded he moved into spaghetti westerns, then became a recurring face in Clint Eastwood westerns such as High Plains Drifter.

DBCult Film Institute

The study and the interest of the organization is focused primarily on genre film productions, especially Horror film, Science Fiction film, Action film, Adventure film, Comedy film, Crime film, Mondo film, Drama film, Fantasy film, Mystery film, Noir film, Peplum or Sword-and-sandal film, Sexy, Spy film, Thriller film, War film, Western film, and related subgenres.

My Son, the Hero

My Son, the Hero (Italian title: Arrivano i titani) is a 1962 Italian mythological sword-and-sandal comedy film directed by Duccio Tessari and starring Giuliano Gemma, Jacqueline Sassard, Pedro Armendáriz, Antonella Lualdi and Serge Nubret.

Sonia Viviani

Her later films from mid-1970s to 1980s covered many exploitation genres ranging from commedia sexy all'italiana (L'adolescente (1976) by Alfonso Brescia), nazisploitation (KZ9 - Lager di Sterminio (1977) by Bruno Mattei), and zombie film (Nightmare City (1980) by Umberto Lenzi) to giallo (Assassinio al cimitero etrusco (1983) by Sergio Martino) and peplum (The Adventures of Hercules (1985) by Luigi Cozzi).