Ercole sfida Sansone (1963)

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Director

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Pietro Francisci (also credited as screenwriter)

Selected production credits

Wilbert Bradley …. Choreographer
Spartaco Conversi …. Production inspector

Storyline

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While searching for a sea monster, Hercules and his group of Greek companions are shipwrecked on the shores of Judea. In Judea Hercules is mistaken for the outlaw Samson. After being tricked into fighting each other by scheming Delilah, Hercules and Samson realise that their goals are the same and unite to fight evil Saran, ruler of Gaza, so that Hercules may return home.

Cast

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• Credited cast
• Uncredited cast
• Unidentified cast

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Cast

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(actors credited in the Italian and international versions)

Kirk Morris
as Ercole / Hercules

Iloosh Khoshabe
(credited as "Richard Lloyd")
as Sansone / Samson

Liana Orfei
as Delilah

Diletta D'Andrea
as Iole

Enzo Cerusico
as Ulysses

Fulvia Franco
(credited as "Fulvio Franco" in the English credits)
as Queen of Ithaca

Aldo Giuffré
as Saran of Gaza

Andrea Fantasia
as Laertes

Marco Mariani
as Soldier leading the search for Samson

Pietro Tordi
as Azer

Aldo Pini
as Tifi

Ugo Sasso
as Captain of Saran's guards

Fortunato Arena
as Eriphos

Willi Colombini
(credited as "Willy Colombini")
as Castor

Fulvio Carrara
as Pollux

Stefania Sabatini
as Penelope

Rina Mascetti
as Wife of Azer

Halina Zalewska
(credited as "Alina Zalewska")
as Lia's mother

Nando Angelini (c.s.c.)
as Sailor with Hercules

Jole Mauro
as Wife of Ebroam

Mario De Simone
as Daras

Ettore Zamperini
as Sailor with Hercules

Vassili Karis
(credited as "Marco Wassili")
as Captured Danite

Giovanni Di Benedetto
(credited as "Gianni Di Benedetto")
as Argos

Cinzia Bruno
as Lia

Loris Loddi
as Iro

Walter Grant
as Aesculapius

Antonio Corevi
as Ebroam

Vladimiro Tuicovich
(credited as "Wladimiro Tuikovich")
as Danite priest

Cyrus Elias
(credited as "Ciro Elias")
as Danite, maybe the son of Ebroam

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Uncredited actors

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Salvatore Borgese
1. as Oarsman
2. as Danite

Sisto Brunetti
as Oarsman

Aristide Caporale
as Danite

Franz Colangelo
as Advisor to Laertes

Ferruccio Fregonese
as Advisor to Laertes

Ivy Holzer
as Handmaiden of Delilah

Barbara Loy
as Danite, maybe daughter of Ebroam

Nino Marchetti
as Man who took the goat

Mario Novelli
as Alfredo, son of Eriphos

Angela Palmieri
as Handmaiden of Delilah

Mario Pascucci
as Courtier of Saran

Paola Pitti
as Wife or girlfriend of Alfredo

Giuliano Raffaelli
as Advisor to Laertes

Claudio Ruffini
as Soldier of Saran

Pietro Torrisi
as Oarsman

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Unidentified actors

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Uncredited actors listed by other sources, but not identified

• Giorgio Cerioni - We previously had him as an uncertain identification in the role played by Mario Novelli
• Franco Fantasia (IMDb) No role. I didn't recognise him anywhere.

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Maybe Claudio Ruffini on the right in 18 and maybe also 19?

[Johan Melle]

Maybe Claudio Ruffini on the right in 18 and maybe also 19?

I agree about 18, not sure about 19.

As for the others:

Blonde-haired man in pics 2, 4 and 6 is Giuliano Raffaelli.

7 is Paola Pitti.

The girl in pics 12 and 17 is Barbara Loy, I think.

In pic 16 there's Aristide Caporale on the right.

Armando Tortorici with moustache and beard in pic 30.

In pic 36 I would say it's Ivy Holzer on the far left, and Angela Palmieri number 3 from the left.

Pic 39: on the far left it looks like it could be Sisto Brunetti with dark hair.

[FatmanDan]

Maybe Claudio Ruffini on the right in 18 and maybe also 19?

I agree about 18, not sure about 19.

As for the others:

Blonde-haired man in pics 2, 4 and 6 is Giuliano Raffaelli.

7 is Paola Pitti.

The girl in pics 12 and 17 is Barbara Loy, I think.

In pic 16 there's Aristide Caporale on the right.

Armando Tortorici with moustache and beard in pic 30.

In pic 36 I would say it's Ivy Holzer on the far left, and Angela Palmieri number 3 from the left.

Pic 39: on the far left it looks like it could be Sisto Brunetti with dark hair.

Opinions of a layman:
Yes to Ruffini in 18 (not 19 - that's the other guy from 18), Raffaelli and Caporale.
No to Tortorici - I came across a guy who resembles him in a couple of Westerns I process since a few weeks, but that guy's missing his enormous chin, to me, and has a slimmer faceline
I'm not familiar enough to the others to give a distinctive opinion.

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Brunetti, Caporale, Holzer, Loy, Palmieri, Pitti, Raffaelli and Ruffini added, which doubles the list of uncredited actors.

I've left Tortorici since there is uncertainty.