Hercules in the Valley of Woe

Hercules in the Valley of Woe
Hercules in the Valley of Woe
	Film poster
Directed by	Mario Mattoli
Screenplay by	Marcello Marchesi; Vittorio Metz;
Produced by	Italo Matinenghi
Starring	Kirk Morris; Franco Franchi; Ciccio Ingrassia;
Cinematography	Enzo Oddone
Edited by	Roberto Cinquini
Music by	Gianni Ferrio
Release date	19 December 1961 (Italy);
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy

Hercules in the Vale of Woe (Italian: Maciste contro Ercole nella valle dei guai/ Maciste vs Hercules in the Valley of Woe), a.k.a. Hercules in the Valley of Woe,^[3]^[4] is a 1961 Italian Franco and Ciccio comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Kirk Morris as Maciste and Frank Gordon as Hercules. The film is a comical take on the popular sword-and-sandal epics of the 1950s and 1960s.

Plot

In Milan, a major theater entrepreneur's going to put on a show period piece set in the era of mythological Greece. However, by a lucky accident, the company of actors and the entrepreneur himself are catapulted back in time just at the time of invincible warriors and heroes of Homer and Hesiod. Now we learn that the king Eurystheus needed to drive to Hercules, the invincible hero, able to defeat his arch enemy Maciste, who wants to kidnap his girlfriend Deianira.

Cast

Kirk Morris as Maciste
Frank Gordon as Hercules
Franco Franchi as Francheo
Ciccio Ingrassia as Ingrassiade
Bice Valori
Mario Carotenuto
Gianna Cobelli
Carlo Croccolo
Sandra Mondaini
Liana Orfei
Ombretta Ostenda
Raimondo Vianello

Release

Hercules in the Valley of Woe was released in Italy on 19 December 1961.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 90.
^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 91.
^ Pomeroy, Arthur J. (7 August 2017). A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118741351. Retrieved 16 June 2019 – via Google Books.
^ "Hercules in the Vale of Woe (1961) - UNCUT". www.uncut.at. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

Sources

Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.

External links

Hercules in the Valley of Woe at IMDb

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[FOOTNOTEKinnardCrnkovich201790-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 90.

[FOOTNOTEKinnardCrnkovich201791-2] Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 91.

[3] Pomeroy, Arthur J. (7 August 2017). A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118741351. Retrieved 16 June 2019 – via Google Books.

[4] "Hercules in the Vale of Woe (1961) - UNCUT". www.uncut.at. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

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