Colossus and the Amazon Queen

Colossus and the Amazon Queen

Original Spanish film poster
Directed by Vittorio Sala
Produced by Enzo Merolle (producer)
Written by Ennio De Concini (writer)
Fulvio Fo (writer)
Augusto Frassinetti (writer)
Giorgio Mordini (writer)
Vittorio Nino Novarese (writer)
Vittorio Sala (writer)
Duccio Tessari (writer)
Starring See below
Music by Roberto Nicolosi
Cinematography Bitto Albertini
Edited by Mario Serandrei
Release dates
 8 September 1960
Running time
 84 minutes (USA)
90 minutes (DVD, USA)
98 minutes (Italy)
92 minutes (West Germany)
Country Italy
Language Italian
Box office 567,501 admissions (France)[1]

Colossus and the Amazon Queen (Italian: La regina delle Amazzoni) is a 1960 Italian sword and sandal satirical comedy film directed by Vittorio Sala. The film is also known as Colossus and the Amazons (International English title).

Plot

After the Trojan War, Glauco is the strongest man amongst the Greeks. His friend Pirro meets two men who offer him a large sum of money to persuade Glauco to sail towards unexplored shores. Pirro accepts the proposal and convinces Glauco with a trick: he hits him on his head. The ship lands at a strange place where Pirro and the other men aboard are drugged and find themselves in the hands of the Amazons. Only Glauco escapes, saved from the Egyptian inventor Sofo and he falls in love with Antiope. Between loves and duels, conspiracies and ruses, maurauding pirates will bring together Amazons and Greeks.[2]

Production

The film stars two actors imported from America, Rod Taylor and bodybuilder Ed Fury. Taylor claims to have rewritten the script extensively.[3]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ French Box office in 1961 at Box Office Story
  2. ↑ La Regina delle Amazoni, IMDB
  3. ↑ Stephen Vagg, Rod Taylor: An Aussie in Hollywood, Bear Manor Media, 2010 p 72

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