Ercole, Sansone, Maciste e Ursus gli invincibili (1964)


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Ercole, Sansone, Maciste e Ursus gli invincibili (1964)

Post by PeplumParadise » 29/10/2022, 12:32

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Spanish title: Combate de gigantes
French title: Le grand défi

Director

Giorgio Capitani

Storyline

When Hercules, son of Zeus, saves Princess Omphale from drowning, her mother, Queen Nemea, sees an opportunity and plots to have the pair wed. Omphale, however, is in love with Inor and has no intention of marrying Hercules. Hercules is tricked into believing that in order to win Omphale's hand he must first defeat legendary strongman Samson, while two other challengers for the strongest man title, Ursus and Maciste, are also drawn into the competition.

Cast

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Post by PeplumParadise » 29/10/2022, 13:06

Cast

(actors credited in the Italian version)

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Alan Steel
as Ercole / Hercules

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Howard Ross
(credited as "Red Ross")
as Maciste

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Nadir Moretti
(credited as "Nadir Baltimor")
as Sansone / Samson

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Yann Larvor
(credited as "Yan Larvor")
as Ursus

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Hélène Chanel
as Astra, the Oracle

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Nino Dal Fabbro
as Counsellor of Nemea

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Arnaldo Fabrizio
as Nikon / Goliath

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Livio Lorenzon
as Lico

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Valentino Macchi (c.s.c.)
Credit only

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Nino Marchetti
as Emissary of Nemea

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Luciano Marin
as Inor

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Elisa Montés
(credited as "Elisa Montez")
as Princess Omphale

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Moira Orfei
as Delilah

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Maria Luisa Ponte
as The Innkeeper's wife

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Conrado San Martin
as Alceo

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Carlo Tamberlani
as Emissary of Nemea

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Attilio Tosato
as The Innkeeper
Also credited as Production Manager

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Lia Zoppelli
as Queen Nemea
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Post by PeplumParadise » 29/10/2022, 13:10

Uncredited cast

None identified so far

Uncredited actors listed by other sources
Attilio Dottesio - IMDb. Does not appear.
Gaetano Moretti - IMDb

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Post by PeplumParadise » 29/10/2022, 13:13

Unidentified actors

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Post by PeplumParadise » 29/10/2022, 13:16

Unidentified actors

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Post by PeplumParadise » 29/10/2022, 14:20

If anyone is familiar with Valentino Macchi could you check the unidentifieds to confirm if he appears or not. I couldn't recognise him, but he's not someone I know very well.

As for the rest of the unidentified actors, they seem to be a totally unfamiliar bunch. The crew and most of the cast are Italian, so I would think the film must have been shot entirely in Italy, but given that there are no familiar generici I would guess that it was shot somewhere other than Rome (IMDb unhelpfully confirms that it was filmed in "Italy").

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Post by FatmanDan » 29/10/2022, 14:49

No Macchi around, to me.

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Post by Emiliano » 29/10/2022, 15:00

FatmanDan wrote:
29/10/2022, 14:49
No Macchi around, to me.
For me too.

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Post by PeplumParadise » 29/10/2022, 16:56

Since no-one recognises him I think it's safe to say that Macchi is a credit only

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