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Billy Jack (1971) I have a hat & head band[copy] whenn Billie Jack came out- I idolized him as an Indian – Feb 08, 5:56 PM
Secrets of the Pirates' Inn (1969) Wish Disney would remake this movie, I still loved the story from when I was a kid. And the secrets of the Strwberry Cove, The... – Feb 08, 4:00 PM
Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973) My favorite of this was something not in the episodes. I remember the network running one of those "More you know" type ads with it.... – Feb 06, 12:35 AM
She Freak (1967) I'm watching this as I type. The long musical montages and lackluster acting are painful. The music reminds me of the kind you'd hear while... – Feb 03, 9:26 PM
Child Of Glass (1978) I don't recall, but Disney just released this on DVD last month, so you can buy it from them or Amazon and check it out... – Jan 14, 1:17 PM
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Sword and Sandal Archive
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The Magnificent Gladiator (1964)
The magnificence of the titular gladiator of this film can be boiled down to his most muscular feature. No, not his pleasingly polished pecs, which of course stand out amongst…
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Revolt of the Praetorians (1964)
The historical record of the assassination of the Emperor Domitian being a combination of mundane palace intrigue and anti-Domitian bias clearly wasn’t the stuff of a sword and sandal fetish…
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Taur the Mighty (1963)
The Italian sword and sandal flicks of the early 1960s got in a lot of reps and built up an impressive quantity of work. It doesn’t take a student of…
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The Witch’s Curse (1962)
If you were impressed by Hercules’ travel agent in Hercules Vs. The Sons Of The Sun where we saw gargantuan galoot hit the shores of South America in search of…
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Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules (1962)
This movie was kind of like Midnight Run, only, you know, not as good. In this Italian strongman epic, Pericles is charged with bringing in Ulysses because Ulysses offended the…
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The Seven Magnificent Gladiators (1983)
The ancient world was one where Gods walked among mere mortals. Gods who were endowed with powers such as immortality, superior fighting skills, magic swords, and leather outfits any of…
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Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World (1961)
This is another one of those muscleman epics that seems alternately obsessed with displaying the rippling back muscles of star Gordon Scott (Hercules Vs. The Moloch) and with the palace…
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Revenge of the Gladiators (1964)
Surprisingly grim, Revenge of the Gladiators starts off like any number of rather lunkheaded sword and sandal flicks with its gladiator heroes, deranged emperor, silly-looking barbarians, convoluted schemes to betray…
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Ursus, the Rebel Gladiator (1962)
Now here’s a movie that was several decades ahead of its time. Made back in 1962, it most likely was lumped in with all the other musclehead movies coming out…
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The Invincible Gladiators (1964)
The ancient world was unquestionably fraught with peril what with rampaging monsters, power-crazed kings, smelly barbarians, and sporadic shortages of bronzer which no doubt caused our humongous heroes no end…