BRENNUS, ENEMY OF ROME

a.k.a Brennio il Nemico di Roma (original title); Battle of the Valiant; Battle of the Spartans (UK)

Italy, 1963

Starring Gordon Mitchell, Ursula Davis, Tony Kendall, Massimo Serato & Andrea Aureli

Directed by Giacomo Gentilomo

Venus Video (Greece); Widescreen; English with greek subtitles

This peplum is just awesome! Worth tracking down only for Gordon Mitchell's electryfying portrayal of the ruthless gallic warlord of the title, but the rest is great too. More violent and darker in tone than any other pepla I can think of, even the kid hero dies. One of the best of its genre.

A THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS

a.k.a La Esclava del Paraíso (original title); Sharaz (Italy)

Spain, 1968

Starring Jeff Cooper, Luciana Puluzzi, Raf Vallone, Perla Cristal & Paul Naschy

Directed by José María Elorrieta

Quality Home Video (Greece); Fullscreen; English with greek subtitles

DEVIL'S CAVALIERS

a.k.a I Cavalieri del Diavolo (original title)

Italy, 1959

Starring Frank Lantimore, Anthony Steffen, Gianna Maria Canale & Andrea Aureli

Directed by Silvio Marcellini

Video Alsen (Greece); Fullscreen; English with greek subtitles

Poor swashbuckler with Frank Lantimore and lots of almost psychotically merry singing and dancing. Sometimes it's a pain watching these films...

THE THIEF OF BAGDAD

a.k.a Il Ladro di Bagdad (original title)

Italy, 1961

Starring Steve Reeves, Arturo Dominici & Giorgia Moll

Directed by Arthur Lubin & Bruno Vailati

Embassy (Greece); Fullscreen; English language with greek subtitles

Good arabian fantasy. Reeves is perhaps not the most believable arab in the world, but his good as always. Plays a lot like a peplum, of course.

GOLIATH AND THE REBEL SLAVE

a.k.a Goliath e la Schiava Ribelle (original title); Godian the Glorious Avenger (Europe); The Tyrant of Lydia Against the Son of Hercules (USA)

Italy, 1963

Starring Gordon Scott, Ombretta Colli & Massimo Serato

Directed by Mario Caino

Lucifer Video Enterprises (Greece); Fullscreen; English language with greek subtitles

Nice Gordon Scott peplum. Videoprint is so-so (as often the case with greek tapes).

GORDON, THE BLACK PIRATE

a.k.a Gordon, Il Pirata Nero (original title); Black Pirate; Pirate Warrior; Rage of the Buccaneers (USA); The Black Buccaneer (UK)

Italy, 1961

Starring Vincent Price, Ricardo Montalban & Liana Orfei

Directed by Mario Costa

Standard Video (Greece); Slightly letterboxed; English language with greek subtitles

One of the best pirate yarns Italy had to offer. With the always enjoyable Vincent Price as the slightly effeminate villian.

CORIOLANUS: HERO WITHOUT A COUNTRY

a.k.a Coriolano: Eroe Senza Patria (original title); Thunder of Battle

Italy, 1964

Starring Gordon Scott, Alberto Lupe & Rosalba Neri

Directed by Girgoi Ferroni

VCI (Greece); Fullscreen; English language with greek subtitles

Extremely dull peplum. Just a lot of boring talk, talk, talk...

AMAZONS FOR TWO ADVENTURERS

a.k.a Dschungelmädchen für Zwei Halunken (original title); Che Matti... Ragazzi!!! (Italy)

Germany / Italy, 1975

Starring Robert Widmark, Wolf Godan, Rinaldo Talamonti & Raquel Ércole

Directed by Ernst Hofbauer & Fernando Orozco

Mr. Video (Greece); Widescreen; English language with greek subtitles

The title aside, this must be considered the first entry in the Three Superguys series (same characters, schtick, feeling etc.).

CLEOPATRA'S DAUGHTER

a.k.a Il Sepolcro dei Re (original title); Faraos Förbannelse (Sweden video title)

Italy, 1960

Starring Debra Paget, Ettorio Manne & Erno Crisa

Directed by Fernando Cerchio

PZ Video Films (Greece); Fullscreen, English language with greek subtitles

NIGHT OF THE BLOODY APES

a.k.a La Horripilante Bestia Humana (original title); Gomar: The Human Gorilla; Horror and Sex

Mexico, 1969

Starring José Elías Moreno, Norma Laazreno, Arlos Lopez Moctezuma & Amando Silvestre

Directed by René Cardona

Panorama (Greece); Fullscreen; English language with greek subtitles; Uncut

The cover (surely one of the ugliest ever) is stolen from a mid-80s UK release of the Paul Naschy film Werewolf Shadow, with tape over the english text! Panorama = punk!

THE LION OF ST. MARK

a.k.a Il Leone di San Marco (original title); The Marauder (USA)

Italy, 1963

Starring Gordon Scott, Gianna Maria Canale, Rik Battaglia & Alberto Farnese

Directed by Luigi Capuano

King Video (Greece); Fullscreen; English language with greek subtitles

My copy has some sound problems.

COLOSSUS AND THE HEADHUNTERS

a.k.a Maciste Contro i Cacciato (original title); Maciste (Greece video title)

Italy, 1960

Starring Kirk Morris, Laura Brown & Frank Leroy

Directed by Guido Malatesta

VEP (Greece); Fullscreen; English language with greek subtitles

Not what many would categorize as a good film, but as often with Kirk Morris cheapo-pepla it has it's bizzare charm. You've got to love the cover!

MICHEL STROGOFF

a.k.a Strogoff (original title); Tsarens Kurir (Sweden bio title)

Italy, 1970

Starring John Philip Law, Mimsy Farmer & Hiram Keller

Directed by Eriprando Visconti

Carrey Video (Greece); Fullscreen; French language with greek subtitles

Bad adaption of one of my favorite Jules Verne novels. The french language and the blurry image on the greek VHS doesn't help...

THE MYSTERIOUS SWORDSMAN

a.k.a Lo Spadaccino Misteriosa (original title)

Italy, 1956

Starring Frank Lantimore, Gérard Landry & Fiorella Mari

Directed by Sergio Grieco

Video Art (Greece); Fullscreen; English language with greek subtitles

Dull and dated Frank Lantimore swashbuckler.

PIRATES OF BLOOD ISLAND

a.k.a La Rebelión de los Bucarenos (original title); Terror in the Caribbeans (Eurociné title)

Spain, 1972

Starring Carlos Quinley, Stan Cooper, Maria Pia Conte & Antonio Mayans

Directed by José Luis Merino

Sunrise Video (Greece); Fullscreen; English language with greek subtitles

Entertaining pirate yarn. Eurociné lists this as one of their films on their homepage. It doesn't feel like one of theirs but they were probably involved in the production somehow or perhaps hold the rights for it.

THE QUEEN OF THE PIRATES

a.k.a La Venere dei Pirati (original title); Queen of Pirates (greek video title)

Italy, 1961

Starring Gianna Maria Canale, Massimo Serato, Paul Muller, Scilla Gabel & Moira Orfei

Directed by Mario Costa

Orginal Video (Greece); Fullscreen; English language with greek subtitles

Fun pirate flick by adventure expert Costa.