With jayne mansfield, mickey hargitay, massimo serato, tina gloriani. Jul 24, 2014 the film begins by recounting the legend of hercules, with snippets of his famous 12 labors. The loves of hercules 1960 the visuals the telltale mind. The loves of hercules 1960 cast and crew moviefone. Hercules complains that cotys army is far too untalented to face rhesus, but a payment worth twice hercules weight in gold changes hercules mind. I think hercules spends the last 7 minutes just saying goodbye. I remember sitting on our couch alone with my dad late at night watching such movies as lil abner and the night of the living dead.
Hercules past actors include ryan gosling, tate donovan. Hercules, the halfimmortal son of jupiter or zeus rescues iole, the daughter of pelias, the king of jolco, when the horses pulling her chariot run wild. Cue numerous scenes of the rock as hercules as general patton, speechifying and pacing before leading his. He saves her and falls for her, but dianira has been promised to acheloo. With dwayne johnson, john hurt, ian mcshane, joseph fiennes. The loves of hercules 1960 16 08191960 it adventure, fantasy 1h 38m user score. It went straight to television in 1966 where, for a few years thereafter, made some appearances on the late late show.
The loves of hercules is a hercules movie that spends an awful lot of time on the character of queen deianira, mainly because shes played by the beautiful. Hercules must save his true love from an evil queen. I have always been disappointed mike never got a herc movie, though i guess colossus and the headhunters counts in some sort of offbrand way fun fact. The loves of hercules is so bad it did not even get a theatrical release in the united states. His seeming inability to recreate that feat in this movie is one of the films comic highpoints for this viewer. During the 1950s and 1960s, a series of films featuring hercules were produced in italy. Jul 25, 2014 hercules complains that cotys army is far too untalented to face rhesus, but a payment worth twice hercules weight in gold changes hercules mind.
The loves of hercules was one of two peplum films featuring hercules the other being goliath and the dragon released in 1960, following the success of hercules and its sequel both starring steve reeves. Movie posters, promos and more, the loves of hercules, the loves of hercules 1960, the loves of hercules posters, the telltale mind. The hc refueler produced as a training film by the air force in 1971, this video documents air to air helicopter refuling procedures for pilots and crewmen of modified c hercules. Of course, hercules had that whole immortality of a demigod thing going for him and now that i think of it, deianeira was a demigod too, her real father being dionysus which i guess makes illus a hemidemi. Alan moore wants you to boycott the rocks hercules jul.
The original that pretty much started the sword and sandal genre. Released 1960, the loves of hercules stars jayne mansfield, mickey hargitay, massimo serato, tina gloriani the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 34 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Hercules in 2014 now a hardbitten swordforhire photograph. Dec 08, 2015 so many to choose from the loves of hercules 1960 by the telltale mind on december 8, 2015 leave a comment in all of history there is rarely a creature more fearsome than the dreaded hydra, except perhaps in this film as due to the practical effects, the hydra is quite laughable. Lou ferrigno stars as the semidivine son of zeus and the mortal alcmene. Paramount pictures and metrogoldwynmayer pictures film hercules, starring dwayne johnson, bows on july 25th.
I didnt have the juice to get this made 15 years ago video interview 3. The loves of hercules and you call yourself a scientist. Alan moore wants you to boycott the rocks hercules. An evil amazon wants hercules mickey hargitay to think shes the same queen jayne mansfield he freed from between two trees.
While hercules hargitay is away, his village is plundered and his wife is killed by the army of ecalia, a country. Based on radical comics hercules by steve moore, this ensembleaction film is a. Trinians 1957 born yesterday 1950 the brave one 1956 bride of the gorilla 1951 bride of the monster 1955 the bridge on the river kwai 1957 brigadoon 1954 broken arrow 1950 the. The loves of hercules 1960 mst3k keeps in the tradition of mocking cheesy old swordandsandal epics, not that i really care for them all that much. Gli amori di ercole is a 1960 international coproduction film starring jayne mansfield and her then husband mickey hargitay. Hercules must rescue princess cassiopea from her kidnappers, fight off grotesque monsters and banish a giant bear into. Having endured his legendary twelve labors, hercules, the greek demigod, has his life as a swordforhire tested when the king of thrace and his daughter seek his aid in defeating a tyrannical warlord. Alan moore wants you to boycott the rocks hercules cinemablend. There are three main reasons why hercules returns is still. The loves of hercules 1960 the movie database tmdb.
Hercules in the underworld is the fourth made for tv movie in the series hercules. Im trying to tell a story, where xena has just gotten out of her bad fase, and is in love with h. Cue numerous scenes of the rock as hercules as general patton, speechifying and pacing before leading his hapless motley crew of an army into war. Returning her to the court, he is engaged by pelias to train his vain, arrogant son in the use of arms, that he may one day become a warrior king. Dwayne the rock johnson is the latest celeb to play hercules, but check out the stars of 90s past whove played the powerful greek demigod, including ryan gosling and kevin sorbo. Mar 09, 2012 trailer to the 1960 italian peplum the loves of hercules, aka hercules vs. Jul 21, 2014 music, film, tv and political news coverage. First, with kellan lutz twilight taking up the mantle for the legend of hercules origin story, followed by dwayne johnson in the graphic novel adaptation of hercules. The loves of hercules 1960 the loves of hercules 1960. The swordandsandal epic seems to be alive and well, with not one, but two films based on the mythical hercules set to hit theaters this year. The loves of hercules the 1960 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. The big showdowns between hercules and the bad guys including a henchman played by alan steel, another actor who has played hercules all prove very disappointing.
In the late 1980s, australian comedy troupe double take brought their first live show, double take meet the astro zombies, to londons scala cinema. The loves of hercules is a 1960 international coproduction film starring jayne mansfield and her then husband mickey hargitay. The loves of hercules is a 1960 italianfrench international coproduction epic fantasyfeature film starring jayne. The loves of hercules 1960 directed by carlo ludovico bragaglia. Jul 25, 2014 dwayne the rock johnson is the latest celeb to play hercules, but check out the stars of 90s past whove played the powerful greek demigod, including ryan gosling and kevin sorbo. The loves of hercules 1960 16 0819 1960 it adventure, fantasy 1h 38m user score. In fact, as it turns out, many of the subsequent hercules films were originally centered on other mythical strongman heroes such as maciste and samson, who were renamed to hercules when redubbed for american distribution. When is an exemplary fully restored and digitally remastered enhanced anamorphic widesceen dvd or bluray edition of hercules 1959 and hercules unchained 1960 starring legendary muscleman steve reeves ever going to. For a brief time as a child, i would stay up late with our father to watch movies on his black and white television. Hercules tv film collection the movie database tmdb. No one else seems to have an interest so i may as well start it.
The loves of hercules 1960 the trojan horse, featuring steve reeves 1961 medusa against the son of hercules 1962 the conquest of mycenae 1963 the triumph of hercules 1964 hercules against the sons of the sun 1964 product details. The plot this time is drawn from the legends surrounding the royal house of thebes, which are. Topics hercules classic film 1950s the adventures of the legendary hero played by strongman steve reeves as he pursues the love of a princess sylva koschina and embarks with jason and the crew of the argo to find the golden fleece. This is a list of films that feature the greek divine hero hercules. While hercules is away, his people and the woman he loves are killed by the king of ecalia. Filmed in 1964, hercules, samson and ulysses arrived toward the end of the peplum craze which first gained momentum with the international success of hercules starring steve reeves it was released in 1957 in europe but didnt reach u. But once they get towards them middle of the film, the riffing gets really slow because theres a lot of movie dialogue and they simply refuse to.
Are you sure you want to delete your score and checked items on this list. So many to choose from the loves of hercules 1960 by the telltale mind on december 8, 2015 leave a comment in all of history there is rarely a creature more fearsome than the dreaded hydra, except perhaps in this film as due to the practical effects, the hydra is quite laughable. Mickey hargitay and jayne mansfield in the loves of hercules. The loves of hercules 1960 hollywood fantasy movie jayne mansfield, mickey hargitay the loves of hercules italian. Kerry brown b rett ratners hercules has everything you would want from a film about a dungshovelling demigod. So many to choose from the loves of hercules 1960 the. The loves of hercules 1960 page 1 of 2 previous next page. Ive made this new video and im actually quite fond of it.
One of the great film nights at the club was june 26, 1980, featuring a double bill of jayne and mamie van doren. One of the great film nights at the club was june 26, 1980, featuring a double bill of jayne and mamie van doren in. Jan 10, 2014 the swordandsandal epic seems to be alive and well, with not one, but two films based on the mythical hercules set to hit theaters this year. At 97 minutes, the film could have easily been shorter. It went straight to television in 1966 where, for a few years thereafter, made some appearances on. Heralding a decade of italianmade swordandsandal films, hercules as its been known in the united states since its 1959 release draws most of its plot from the legend of jason and the golden fleece. Hercules once again comes to the rescue and faces one of his most difficult challenges, and must prove himself as a man as well as a god.
But this is not the steve reeves version of the tale. The loves of hercules 1960 stream and watch online. The film begins by recounting the legend of hercules, with snippets of his famous 12 labors. Jul 22, 2014 alan moore wants you to boycott the rocks hercules jul. Steve reeves second and last film portrayal of hercules is, in certain ways, better than his first. Trailer to the 1960 italian peplum the loves of hercules, aka hercules vs. The loves of hercules 1960 the trojan horse, featuring steve reeves 1961 medusa against the son of hercules 1962 the conquest of mycenae 1963 the triumph of hercules 1964 hercules against the sons of the sun 1964. When he arrives in ecalia he finds that the king is dead and queen dianira reigns. If there was a movie star who symbolized the aesthetic desires of club 57 members, it would have been the famecrazed 1950s sexbomb jayne mansfield.
This 1970 film stars arnold schwarzenegger in his first acting role. I was playing with polymer clay and just wanted something movielike happening in the background. The loves of hercules 1960 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The loves of hercules 1960 full hollywood romantic movies. This nonsensual mess is about hercules getting out for revenge after his wife is killed by a powerhungry queen, as part of her plan to rule over the ancient land. Hercules against the moon men is actually a maceste movie, like colossus. Nov 08, 2011 hercules 1958,full movie,public domain. Now, as part of scalarama 2015, physical impossibility is bringing double takes only film, hercules returns david parker, 1993, to the grosvenor cinema, glasgow. The thracian wars, which follows the heros later years.