Director: Carlo Campogalliani
Writers: Gino Mangini, Emimmo Salvi, Nino Stresa, Giuseppe Taffarel
Composers: Carlo Innocenzi (original Italian version), Les Baxter (US version)
Starring: Steve Reeves, Chelo Alonso, Bruce Cabot, Giulia Rubini, Arturo Dominici, Gino Scotti, Livio Lorenzon, Luciano Marin, Andrea Checchi
More info: IMDb
Tagline: I Will Kill 10,000 Barbarians...And They Will Call Me GOLIATH!
Plot: When barbarians invade his village and kill his father, a local man wages a one-man war against them.
My rating: 6/10
Will I watch it again? No.
It's a pretty good bet that if Steve Reeves is in a period piece as a hunky Hercules type, then there's a good chance it's at least mildly entertaining. I'd say this one's better than average but not good enough to stand out in any way among the other films of the time and genre. If you like your Steve Reeves shirtless then this movie will more than satisfy that requirement. He's good in this, although it's a shame his voice was dubbed by someone else. There's enough action sprinkled throughout to check that box off. The pacing is pretty good and it's a good looking picture. The store more than satisfies an adventure film like this. When American-international Pictures bought the rights for the US, they had it re-scored by Les Baxter. That's the version I saw. I'd like to see the original Italian version with Carlo Innocenzi's score. Baxter's is good, with a memorable main theme. Soundtracks were released of both. Maybe I'll find them on YouTube.
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