Italy, France, 1960
87m
35mm film, Totalscope, Technicolor, 2.35:1
mono, Italian
An Italian/French fantasy film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi.
Plot Summary
Ercole battles giant bats, three-headed dogs and a dragon in order to save his wife from an evil ruler.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Vittorio Cottafavi
© [not given on screen]
Achille Piazzi Produzione, Produzione Gianni Fuchs, Comptoir Français du Film Production
Produced by: Danilo Marciani
Screenplay: Nicolò Ferrari, Ennio De Concini, Fabio Carpi, Ferdinando Baldi
Story by: Marco PIccolo and Archibald Zounds Jr
French Dialogue: Pierre Cholot and Bruno Guillaume [French prints]
Director of Photography: Mario Montuori
Editor: Maurizio Lucidi
Music by: Alessandro Derevitsky
Music on US Prints: Les Baxter
Costumes: Giulia Mafai
Art Director: Franco Lolli
Cast
Mark Forest [Ercole/Emilius the Goliath]
Broderick Crawford [King Eurystheus]
Gaby Andre [Ismene]
Giancarlo Sbragia [Tindaro]
Wandisa Guida [Alcinoe]
Sandro Moretti [Illo]
Federica Ranchi [Thea]
Carla Calo [Sibilla]
Philippe Hersent [Androclo]
Eleonora Ruffo [Dejanira]
Alternative Titles
I ekdikisis tou Irakleous – Greek title
Golias e o Dragão – Brazilian title
Goliat contra el Dragon – Mexican title
Goliath and the Dragon – UK, US title
Goliath et le Dragon – French Belgian title
Hercules' Revenge – US title
Herkül – Turkish title
Herkuleen kosto – Finnish title
Herkules og slavepigerne – Danish title
Herkules triumf – Swedish title
Herkulova osveta – Serbian title
Die Rache des Herkules – West German title
La venganza de Hercules – Spanish title
La vengeance d'Hercule – French title
Vengeance of Hercules – US title
A Vingança de Hércules – Portuguese title
Links
Extracts included in
Extra Weird (2003)
References
Books
American International Pictures: A Filmography by Robert L. Ottoson pp.58, 60 – credits, synopsis, review
Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.170 – credits
