Hercules the Avenger

Hercules the Avenger
Directed by	Maurizio Lucidi
Screenplay by	Lorenzo Gicca Palli
Starring	Reg Park Gia Sandri Giovanni Ciangriglia Adriana Ambesi
Cinematography	Alvaro Mancori[1]
Edited by	Maurizio Lucidi[1]
Production companies	Plaza Film Schermi Riuniti[1]
Release date	13 August 1965 (1965-08-13) (Italy)
Running time	96 minutes[1]
Country	Italy[1]

Hercules the Avenger (Italian: La sfida dei giganti) is a 1965 Italian adventure film directed by Maurizio Lucidi. It was composed mostly of re-edited stock footage from Reg Park's two 1961 Hercules films, Hercules at the Conquest of Atlantis and Hercules in the Haunted World.

Cast

• Reg Park as Hercules
• Gia Sandri as Queen Leda
• Giovanni Cianfriglia as Anteo
• Adriana Ambesi (credited as Audrey Amber) as Deyanira
• Luigi Barbini as Xantos
• Gianni Solaro as Teseo
• Franco Ressel as Eteocles
• Luigi Donato as Timoniere

Production

The screenplay author for the film is billed as Enzo Gicca, which is an alias for Lorenzo Gicca Palli.^[1] Hercules the Avenger consists mostly of footage from Hercules in the Haunted World and Hercules and the Captive Women.^[1]

Release

Hercules the Avenger was released in Italy on 13 August 1965.^[1]

See also

• List of films featuring Hercules

References

Footnotes

1. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 92.

Sources

• Hughes, Howard (2011). Cinema Italiano - The Complete Guide From Classics To Cult. London - New York: I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84885-608-0.
• Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.

External links

• La sfida dei giganti at IMDb