Goliath and the Barbarians (1959)

Name: Il terrore dei barbari
Director: Carlo Campogalliani
Genre: Adventure
Released: 1959-06-30
Duration: 1 h 26 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Steve Reeves, Chelo Alonso, Bruce Cabot, Giulia Rubini

86 min | Adventure

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When barbarians invade his village and kill his father, a local man wages a one-man war against them.

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Steve Reeves

Emiliano (a.k.a. "Goliath")
Chelo Alonso

Landa
Bruce Cabot

Alboino
Giulia Rubini

Lidia
Arturo Dominici

Svevo
Gino Scotti

Count Daniele
Livio Lorenzon

Igor
Luciano Marin

Marco
Andrea Checchi

Delfo (Londo's father)
Carla Calò

Bruno's Mother
Fabrizio Capucci

Bruno
Clara Coppola
Cesare Fantoni
Carla Foscari
Veriano Ginesi

Barbarian Fighter

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18 December 2000 | hans101067

Reeves Stars in Swashbuckler

There were a lot of 50s and early 60s swashbuckling costume dramas that must have played in saturday afternoon double features in this country.I didn't get a chance to see a lot of them until the middle 60s,when they would show them on local tv on saturday afternoons.This is one that I didn't get a chance to see until December,1973.There isn't a whole lot more that I can add to what Dinky said.I think that Chelo,as the heroine,is simply ravishing,and,depending on how your tastes run,maybe Steve is quite delectable,too.And she's the only one in the film whose chest rivals his in size.

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With this release, American International set a precedent for renaming the main characters (especially Maciste) in these Italian produced sword and sandal epics to Goliath, Samson or other strong sounding names for American audiences.

Quotes

Londo: Don't let them torture him anymore. He's a peaceful woodcutter.

Alternate Versions

For the U.S. DVD releases, the version used is made up of an edited Italian print (with the original Italian title and the credits in Italian) synced to American International's English dub.