Ulysses, 1962, mike lane, also known as ulysses against the son of hercules. The film has also been released as ulysses against hercules. Filmed in 1964, hercules, samson and ulysses arrived toward the end of the peplum craze which first gained momentum with the international success of hercules starring steve reeves it was released in 1957 in europe but didnt reach u. Ulysses proves to be more formidable slippery than herc had first thought. Ulysses against the son of hercules 1961 fantastic movie. The warner archive has made a couple of these films available on. Both end up as captives to a tribe of birdmen ruled by a buxom and scantily clad queen. The muscular hercules performs his labors, sails with the argonauts, and romances the fair iole. Hercules and his sidekick ulysses are shipwrecked in judea, where they meet samson, who is rebelling against the king of the philistines. The crew of jasons ship the argo engage in a few miniadventures on their way. Hercules, samson and ulysses, is a 1963 italian metrocolor peplum film directed by pietro francisci. Once hercules completed every one of the labors, apollo declared, he would. Hercules had set out to find samson and deliver him to the philistines in exchange for the imprisoned ulysses and other ithacans.
Ulysses against the son of hercules 1961 classic horror. On the island, they must battle a vicious lion and fellow strongman samson, who. So, they dispatch hercules michael lane to capture him for them. Ulysses against the son of hercules 1962 may 4, 20. As hercules basks in royal luxury in omphales palace, ulysses snoops about and. Hercules and his followers act as an inspiration for lord cotys forces against overwhelming odds of rhesuss.
Ulysses offends the gods by blinding the cyclops, so they send hercules to capture him and bring him to them. The film was released in the united states in 1964 with a 99minute running time. It stars dwayne johnson, ian mcshane, rufus sewell, and john hurt. Released 1961, ulysses against the son of hercules stars georges marchal, mike lane, alessandra panaro, dominique boschero the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 45 min, and received a score of. In this italian strongman epic, pericles is charged with bringing in ulysses because ulysses offended the gods by poking out the eye of some cyclops that just happened to be the son of neptune. Hercules kirk morris and samson richard lloyd fight each other, then team up with ulysses enzo cerusico against a tyrant. With georges marchal, mike lane, alessandra panaro, dominique boschero. Ulysses offends the gods so they send hercules to capture him and bring him to them.
The film proper starts with newlyweds hercules and iole, along with hercs young sidekick ulysses and yes, he is that ulysses, arriving in thebes to begin new adventures. Well there are a few well done scenes i will grant you, the story is a bit. Seems to be the one of the sons of hercules tv versions, complete with title song and opening montage of clips from other hercules movies. In true marvel teamup fashion, the two musclemen fight before they unite. Their ship is wrecked and they end up in the holy land where hercules is assumed to be samson who is a wanted man. Two strongmen set out to hunt down a murderous sea monster.
Ulysses against the son of hercules 1962 rotten tomatoes. Having endured his legendary twelve labors, hercules, the greek demigod, has his life as a swordforhire tested when the king of thrace and his daughter seek his aid in defeating a tyrannical warlord. Ulysses against the son of hercules 1961 movie moviefone. During the 1950s and 1960s, a series of films featuring hercules were. This movie was kind of like midnight run, only, you know, not as good. Heracles is sent by the gods to apprehend ulysses for blinding the cyclops. If its fun youre looking for, hercules, samson and ulysses 1964 will be. This film was originally ulysses against hercules, but it was later repackaged as. So, you had someone with the muscle power of many men fighting a mere mortal. Samson in a brawl to outdo them all, hurling spears, heaving chunks of pillars and, in the clinches, bending thick iron rods around each other. Hercules was a greek god, the son of zeus and alcmene, and one of the bestknown heroes in greek and roman mythology.
This film was originally ulysses against hercules, but it was later repackaged as part of a mighty sons of hercules tv series, so hercules became heracles, son of hercules. Ulysses against the son of hercules the dance youtube. It was released to television in the united states with a 91minute running time. Their ship is wrecked and they end up in the holy land where hercules is assumed to be samson who is. Thrilling spectacle pits poseidon, the son of hercules, against fearsome gladiators and ferocious beasts in a struggle to free captive christians intended for slaughter in the roman arena. A movie adaptation of homers second epic, that talks about ulysses efforts to. Rent ulysses against the son of hercules 1961 starring georges marchal and mike lane on dvd and bluray. The laughably corny dialogue and all the guys running around in monster.
Ulysses against the son of hercules 1962 monsterhunter. Kirk wear a typical hercules minitunic at first before wearing trousers for the rest of the film. Having survived, ulysses and hercules are captured by a tribe of menbirds, whose very beautiful but very cruel queen destines them to an awful fate. By continuing to use this website, you agree to the use of cookies in order to offer you content and services that are tailored to your interests. If the legend of hercules were just a little more inept or overthe. Ulysses against the son of hercules 1961 ulysses georges marchal and hercules son battle creatures that are halfhuman, halfbird. Be all that they can be by hercules and followers to complete what they have. Although this installment in the sons of hercules series is as humorously low budget as any, it is strangely able to build up some real suspense now and again. But this is not the steve reeves version of the tale. Ulysses against the son of hercules was released in italy on 3 february 1962. Also known as hercules and the captive women, hercules at the conquest of. Ulysses against the son of hercules 1961 mario caiano. Even if she had a steady film career, she only appeared in one true pep film, ulysses against hercules, starring georges marchal and mike lane, as the queen of the bird men.
The film was shot on location at the canary islands in spain. When a reckless demigod angers the allpowerful zeus by blinding his giant cyclops, the deity sends the son of a legendary heman to bring him to justice. Condal and evan spiliotopoulos, and starring dwayne johnson, ian mcshane, rufus sewell, aksel hennie, ingrid bolso berdal, reece ritchie, tobias santelmann, joseph fiennes, peter mullan, rebecca ferguson, isaac andrews, irina shayk, and john hurt. With dwayne johnson, john hurt, ian mcshane, joseph fiennes. Inevitably, its a disappointment, though watched again now for. Ulysses against the son of hercules 1961 stream and. Ulisse contro ercole is a 1962 peplum film directed by mario caiano.
Ulysses against the sun of hercules colorized, manufactured. With kirk morris, iloosh khoshabe, liana orfei, diletta dandrea. A young kirk morris plays hercules with about all the gravitas of kellan lutzs recent take on the character. Jul 08, 2014 hercules had set out to find samson and deliver him to the philistines in exchange for the imprisoned ulysses and other ithacans. And going very much against the grain, this hercules is portrayed as a onewoman. Its a small role but its a standout in more ways than one. Based on their expressions, im not sure the leads were told what was going to happen in this scene. Hercules, samson and ulysses dvdr 1965 warner archive. Ulysses against the son of hercules 1961 stream and watch. Who would win a fight between hercules and ulysses. They are immediately set upon by anteaus, son of the earth goddess, but herc quickly defeats him by dumping him into the sea. It does stand out from the endless batch of italian action films starring beefy actors.
Not surprisingly, the two heroes, initially adversaries. Hercules, samson and ulysses manufactured on demand, mono. Ulysses against the son of hercules 1962 directed by. In ulysses against the son of hercules, the gods are miffed w ulysses george marchal, after he blinded cyclops, son of neptune. Zeus orders hercules to take ulysses, the dreaded king of ithaca, prisoner and to hand him over to the cyclops, who wants to make him his slave.
Ulysses offends the gods by blinding the cyclops, so they send hercules to capture. The terror of rome against the son of hercules full. Hercules is a 2014 american 3d actionadventure film directed by brett ratner, written by ryan j. Dominique boschero is the peplum babe of the month for april. The costume designers for this movie used repurposed nazi helmets for the philistine headgear. Nov 19, 2009 i n 1967, the american film maker joseph strick took a bold and highminded stab at the ultimate unfilmable book. With steve reeves, sylva koscina, fabrizio mioni, ivo garrani. The heroic hunks, swordswinging action, and kitschy special effects of ulysses against the son of hercules 1962 make this ancient epic a retro classic. Film starts as a hercules film set in the desert and then becomes a scifi fantasy film once they arrive in atlantis. Ulysses against the son of hercules 1961 aka ulisse contro ercole article 1811 by dave sindelar viewing date. Ulysses against the son of hercules 1962 directed by mario. Jul 24, 2014 the film begins by recounting the legend of hercules, with snippets of his famous 12 labors. Hercules is a fantasy adventure film that was directed by brett ratner and was originally released in 2014.
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