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The muscular Hercules performs his Labors, sails with the Argonauts, and romances the fair Iole.The muscular Hercules performs his Labors, sails with the Argonauts, and romances the fair Iole.The muscular Hercules performs his Labors, sails with the Argonauts, and romances the fair Iole.
Lidia Alfonsi
- The Sybil
- (as Lydia Alfonsi)
Luciana Paluzzi
- Iole's Maid
- (as Luciana Paoluzzi)
Gian Paolo Rosmino
- Aesculapius
- (as G.P. Rosmino)
Willi Colombini
- Pollux
- (as Willy Colombini)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe roar of the dragon guarding the Golden Fleece is actually Godzilla'a roar from Godzilla (1954) (U.S. title: "Godzilla, King of the Monsters"). Joseph E. Levine had acquired and released that film three years earlier.
- GoofsWhen Hercules crushes the lion with his bare arms, the reverse angle shows the lion with a happy contented look on its face, obviously enjoying being snuggled.
- Quotes
Antea, Queen of the Amazons: My heart has reached the crossroads of destiny.
- Alternate versionsHas been available in the U.S. in three different versions.
- (98 minutes) This has the poorest dubbing job. The Italian "fine" appears at the end.
- (103 minutes) This version restores some footage and contains a superior dubbing job. The Italian "fine" as replaced with "The End."
- (104 minutes) This version contains yet a third dubbing job. The main title was replaced with an animated title showing a starfield and the constellation Hercules. The bulk of the original credit sequence was moved to the end of the film. During this movie's first release in the United States in 1959, the material issued by Embassy and Warner Brothers (who handled the physical distribution) listed the running time as 107 minutes. This is still listed as the running time by most sources. The 107 minute version is believed to be the original uncut and uncensored Italian version which probably showed more flesh than was permitted on U.S. screens at the time.
- ConnectionsEdited into Hercules Recycled (1994)
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This is actually two stories in one: the first is about Hercules trying to find his niche in the world as a rugged adventurer and champion of the oppressed, the 2nd is about Jason and the Argonauts and Herc looking for the Golden Fleece.
Longer and slower than some of the successors and with quite possibly less fight scenes, these are still the best due to the respect and attention given to the characters. Reeves, looking like a pumped up Jonathan Frakes, is probably still the best of the lot, though we only got to see him fight lions, tigers, bulls, monkey people and Primo Carnera as opposed to monsters, but maybe it was better this way. Made things more serious and real world like.
So in other words, don't count this one out!
Longer and slower than some of the successors and with quite possibly less fight scenes, these are still the best due to the respect and attention given to the characters. Reeves, looking like a pumped up Jonathan Frakes, is probably still the best of the lot, though we only got to see him fight lions, tigers, bulls, monkey people and Primo Carnera as opposed to monsters, but maybe it was better this way. Made things more serious and real world like.
So in other words, don't count this one out!
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- Budget
- $2,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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