(1963) Vladimir Medar, Jean-François Poron, George Reich, Hugo Santana, Lorella De Luca. Cossack chief Taras Bulba plans to subdue Poland and its Tartar allies.  He sends his sons to study in the Polish city of Dubno to learn as much as possible about the Polish people and their military strength. One of the sons, however, falls for the daughter of a Polish governor. When the Cossacks lay siege to Dubno, the son is imprisoned...

(1935) Willy Fritsch, Paul Kemp, Käthe Gold, Fita Benkhoff.  Jupiter, looking down from Mt. Olympus, falls for an Earth woman, Alkmene, whose husband is the mighty Theban soldier, Amphitryon.  With only a day left before the return of the Theban Army, Jupiter and Mercury come to Thebes disguised as Amphitryon and his drunken pal, Sosias.  They explain that they have returned from war a day early, which gives them a whole night to work their charms on their unsuspecting wives...

(1958) Isabelle Corey, Anthony Steffen, Irène Tunc, Ivo Garrani.  This is the story of Antigone, a ruler obsessed with the building of a sacred temple. Standing in the way are dissatisfied multitudes and an outbreak of plague.  He takes aim at the local Christians in a manner reminiscent of Demetrius and the Gladiators.  Steffan is Demetrio, a sculptor whose love for a beautiful slave girl (Corey) brings him loads of trouble...

(1961) Ed Fury, Luciana Gilli, Adriano Micantoni, Claudia Mori, Nando Tamberlani.  An evil general murders his king, then wages war on a peaceful neighboring tribe, killing the women and enslaving the men.   Ursus attempts to intercede but is captured and put under the lash.  He also faces five giants; is caught in an earthquake; lives through his cruel imprisonment; then ends up in a stunning battle to rescue a king's princess...

(1962, Updated 4-15-25) Mel Ferrer, Yvonne Furneaux, Leticia Roman, Lorella De Luca, Jean Claudio.   Ferrer is the hero in this sprawling sword and sandal epic.  He spends much of his screen time trifling with the lovely Furneaux, while his not so nice brother joins forces with notorious Tartar warriors who launch a ruthless invasion. There is a wealth of cool action scenes in this film and you won’t be bored...

(1958) Dato Danelia, V. Djodjua, Manana Londaridze, Otar Koberidze.  A classic spectacle film with a 7.1 IMDB rating.  This is the story of Khvicha, a young boy from a Georgian (Russian) village is kidnapped, sold into slavery, and raised as a Mamluk warrior in far off Egypt.  He is reunited with his childhood friend (also kidnapped), only to be torn apart again...

(1962) Richard Harrison, Loredana Nusciak, Gerard Tichy, Livio Lorenzon.  A gladiator epic with a dash of humor thrown in.  Framed for helping the escape of several gladiators, Harrison,who’s the son of a Spartan nobleman, is sentenced to be a gladiator himself...

(1964) Dan Vadis, Marilù Tolo, Pierre Cressoy, Piero Lulli, Howard Ross, Moira Orfei.   Vadis’ first film as Hercules.  Cressoy is a ruthless prince who teams up with an evil but beautiful witch (played by the stunning Moira Orfei).  She sends his squad of golden warriors to unleash havoc.  Can Hercules stop them...

(1964) Dan Vadis, Carla Calo, Ken Clark, Spela Rozin Simons.  Hercules comes to the rescue of serfs being held in slavery by an evil queen.  He’s also pitted against a monstrous dragon...

(1961) Jack Palance, Anita Ekberg, Antonella Lualdi, Franco Silva, Roldano Lupi.  This is probably the best best video edition of this sword and sandal classic released to date, now in anamorphic widescreen from a beautiful color 35mm print.  During the Mongol invasion of Poland, a conflict between Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan and his oldest son Ogotai ensues...

(1962) Guy Williams, Don Burnett, Ilaria Occhini, Liana Orfei, Anroldo Foa.  Pythias (Burnett) is a high-ideal Athenian who comes to Syracuse to find Arcanos, an underground leader.  Damon (Williams) is the devil-may-care thief who agrees (for money) to find him for Pythias. Syracuse’s draconian ruler Dionysus (Foa) is determined to capture Pythias and Arcanos. The crisis comes when...

(1962) Howard Duff, Jocelyn Lane, Luciano Marin, Giancarlo Sbragia, Arnoldo Foa, Jose Greci.  A powerful king and his naïve younger sibling go eyeball to eyeball over the affections of a gorgeous young peasant woman.  While this is happening a sinister plot is is hatched...

(1966-1967, Anamorphic Widescreen) Karin Dor, Uwe Beyer, Rolf Henniger, Herbert Lom, Siegfried Wischnewski, Maria Marlow, Christian Rode, Hans von Borsody, Terence Hill, Fred Williams, directed by Harald Reinl. Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy was originally released in the U.S. as a single feature film.  However, like Fritz Lang’s Journey to the Lost City, it was culled from two separate films...

(1971) Kartal Tibet, Eva Bender, Seher Seniz, Bilal Inci, Fatma Belgen, Atif Kakptan.  Although Tarkan Vs. the Vikings is filled with the cheapest costumes imaginable, cardboard sets, inept special effects, and cheesy monsters, it’s the best Turkish movie we’ve ever seen from the ‘60s or ‘70s.  It really does have that kind of “big epic-spectacle film” feel to it...

(1957) Francisco Rabal, Sylva Koscina, Gianna Maria Canale, Rik Battaglia.  It’s heroic European Christians pitted against a Muslim villain and his Islamic army. Look for some well-staged action sequences, including a big siege at the end of the film.  Great to see two beauties, Sylva Koscina and Gianna Maria Canale, pitted against each other as love rivals.  Battaglia, of course, is in the center of all the action—both kinds! Color, 35mm.

(1961, Anamorphic Widescreen) Gordon Mitchell, Bella Cortez, Roldano Lupi, Marietto.  A beautiful upgrade of this great peplum sci-fi film.  A scientific supercity is the setting for weird experiments, torture, and intrigue. Mitchell is a warrior who enters the legendary city of Atlantis...

(1962, Anamorphic Widescreen) Rod "Flash" Ilush, Bella Cortez, Liliana Zagra, Roger Browne, Gordon Mitchell.  Another beautiful upgrade of one of our most popular S&S titles.  There are lots of horror and fantasy elements here—Ancient gods, lizard-like monsters, and strange underground creatures...

(1963 aka SAMSON AND THE SEA BEASTS) Kirk Morris, Margaret Lee, Daniele Vargas, Tullio Altamura.  An evil pirate menaces the sea lanes, attacking and looting ships.  Crews are slain and women are sold off as slaves.  Samson comes to the rescue...