Author Archive: Retro

Muscle-bound hero fights to free a city from an evil, murderous ruler. Written by Gianfranco Parolini. English dubbed. Dir. Gianfranco Parolini

Earthquake forces a mighty hero to flee his island home, unfortunately he winds up on an island of headhunters and must rescue an exiled queen. Written by Guido Malatesta. English dubbed. Dir. Guido Malatesta

Babylon demands 24 virgins as tribute from a small nation, and it’s up to Goliath to rescue them. English dubbed. Dir. Michele Lupo

Hercules falls in love with Queen Deianira while battling monsters and treachery.

Goliath battles giants threatening his people.

US doc showing bloody battle of Tarawa.

John Forbes is a family man who’s tired of the 9 to 5 humdrum of his job an insurance company executive. Life gets a little more exciting for him when he calls upon femme fatale Mona Stevens. Her boyfriend has embezzled from a store insured by Forbes’ company and has showered her with gifts using the loot. Forbes comes to collect the ill-gotten gifts, but the boyfriend is in jail, and Forbes falls hard for Mona and begins an affair. The only problem is that MacDonald, a private dick who freelances for the insurance company, has had his eyes on Mona first. The obsessed MacDonald turns the soon-to-be-released boyfriend against Forbes.

This period action classic features Cornel Wilde, who also co-produced and directed this film, as Lancelot, the bravest knight of the Round Table.