Sword-and-Sandal
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    Troy (2004)

    The fierce warrior Achilles (Brad Pitt) leads Greek forces in the Trojan War, ignited when Paris...

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    Gladiator (2000)

    Condemned to arena fights by corrupt Roman leader Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), Gen. Maximus (Russell...

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    Alexander (2004)

    The young Macedonian king (Colin Farrell) and general leads his army into battle to conquer much of...

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    Hercules II

    Hercules searches for the Seven Thunderbolts of Zeus, which have been stolen by renegade gods.

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    Ben-Hur (1959)

    An enslaved Judean prince (Charlton Heston) meets his Roman betrayer (Stephen Boyd), a former...

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    Pathfinder (2007)

    American Indians adopt and raise as their own a Viking boy who was left behind by his own people...

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    Spartacus (1960)

    A gladiator slave (Kirk Douglas) leads a revolt in decadent Rome and attempts to lead his followers...

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    The Last Legion (2007)

    After the fall of Rome, its last emperor, a 12-year-old boy, journeys to Britannia with his closest...

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    Quo Vadis?

    Emperor Nero (Peter Ustinov) burns Rome and puts a Roman commander's (Robert Taylor) Christian bride...

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    The Barbarians (1987)

    The professional wrestling world's battling "Barbarian Brothers" are featured as the heroes in this...

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    The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

    Decadent Commodus takes over and plays god after the poisoning of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Alec...

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    Saffo, Venere di Lesbo (1960)

    Top-heavy with wild action scenes and female pulchritude, this routine Italian costume adventure is...

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    Meet the Spartans (2008)

    King Leonidas (Sean Maguire) and his strapping warriors rise up to defend Sparta from invading...

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    People

    Mark Forest

    Mark Forest was the second American bodybuilder after Steve Reeves to achieve stardom in Italy doing...

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    People

    Tony Anthony

    The redundantly monikered Tony Anthony didn't fare too well in Hollywood, where he was just another...

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    Alan Steel

    Most of the stars of Italy's sword-and-sandal action movies of the 1950s and 1960s were Americans...

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    Goliath and the Barbarians (1959)

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

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    Hannibal (1960)

    The Carthaginian general (Victor Mature) crosses the Alps by elephant with his army, invading Italy...

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    Amazons and Gladiators

    During the time of the Roman Empire, a woman seeks revenge against the warrior (Patrick Bergin) who...

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    Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)

    The muscular hero (Reg Park) goes to Hades to find an herbal cure for a spell that controls a...

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    Helen of Troy (1956)

    Menelaus and Agamemnon lead their Greek hordes against peaceful Troy to recapture the kidnapped...

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    Hercules Returns (1993)

    This is Ercole, Sansone, Maciste e Ursus gli invincibili (1964) with the old dialogue removed and...

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    Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)

    A Greek slave (Victor Mature) entrusted with Christ's robe must play gladiator for Emperor Caligula...

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    Samson

    The legendary strongman uses his might and muscle to clean up the troubled province of a neighboring...

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    Nero

    When a man finds a dead body in his girlfriend's apartment he attempts to cover-up what he assumes...

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    The Centurion (1962)

    Centurions was initially released in the US The Centurion (some difference). Jacques Sernas heads...

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    Gladiatress

    This sword and sandals movie is an off-the-wall comedy adventure about three unlikely heroines, who...

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    Ulysses (1955)

    A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that talks about Ulysses' efforts to return to his home...

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    Atlas (1961)

    Roger Corman directed this low, low budget sword-and-sandal epic as it chronicles the great Atlas'...

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    Movies

    David and Goliath (1961)

    The biblical shepherd (Ivo Payer) slays the Philistine giant and offends brooding King Saul (Orson...