| Hercules in the Valley of Woe | |
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| Directed by | Mario Mattoli |
| Screenplay by | |
| Produced by | Italo Matinenghi[1] |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Enzo Oddone[1] |
| Edited by | Roberto Cinquini[1] |
| Music by | Gianni Ferrio[1] |
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Running time | 90 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy[2] |
Hercules in the Vale of Woe (Italian:Maciste contro Ercole nella valle dei guai/Maciste vs Hercules in the Valley of Woe), a.k.a.Hercules in the Valley of Woe,[3][4] is a 1961 ItalianFranco and Cicciocomedy film directed byMario Mattoli and starringKirk Morris asMaciste and Frank Gordon as Hercules. The film is a comical take on the popular sword-and-sandal epics of the 1950s and 1960s.
In Milan, a major theater entrepreneur's going to put on a show period piece set in the era of mythological Greece. However, by a lucky accident, the company of actors and the entrepreneur himself are catapulted back in time just at the time of invincible warriors and heroes of Homer and Hesiod. Now we learn that the king Eurystheus needed to drive to Hercules, the invincible hero, able to defeat his arch enemy Maciste, who wants to kidnap his girlfriend Deianira.
Hercules in the Valley of Woe was released in Italy on 19 December 1961.[1]
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