Hercules Unchained 1959 Steve Reeves Egyptian one-sheet

Hercules Unchained (1959) - (Steve Reeves) Style B Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Wahib Fahmy for the 1959 Pietro Francisci film Hercules Unchained AKA Ercole e la regina di Lidia based on a story by Pietro Francisci based on the Sophocles play Aedipus at Colonus, the Aeschylus play The Seven against Thebes, screenplay by Ennio De Concini and Pietro Francisci and starring Steve Reeves as Hercules. Plot summary: Hercules is made an amnesiac because of water from a magic spring he drinks while on his way to Thebes to intervene in a quarrel between two brothers disputing the throne. He then becomes captive of Queen Omphale of Lydia [Sylvia Lopez]. Omphale makes Hercules her love slave, but everyone except Hercules, who has forgotten his own name, knows his days are numbered because Omphale will turn him into a statue when she's done with him. Young Ulysses [Gabriele Antonini] tries to help Hercules recover his memory while Iole [Sylva Koscina], the wife of Hercules, finds herself in mortal danger because Eteocles [Sergio Fantoni] plans to throw her to the wild beasts in his arena for entertainment. After remembering who he is and killing three tigers Hercules is able to rescue his wife; he then helps the army of Thebes repel mercenaries hired by Polynices. The two brothers kill each other when they fight for the throne after which the high priest Creon [Carlo D'Angelo] is made ruler by popular acclaim.

Cast and crew: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Ennio De Concini, Pietro Francisci, Wahib Fahmy, Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Sylvia Lopez, Gabriele Antonini, Primo Carnera, Patrizia Della Rovere, Sergio Fantoni, Fulvia Franco, Carlo D'Angelo, Marisa Valenti, Mimmo Palmara, Eida Tattoli, Daniele Vargas, Andrea Fantasia, Gino Mattera

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Guendalina 1957 Jacqueline Sassard Italian locandina

Guendalina (1957) - (Jacqueline Sassard) Italian locandina

This is 13" x 27.5" country-of-origin locandina for the 1957 Alberto Lattuada film Guendalina based on a story by Valerio Zurlini and starring Jacquline Sassard as Guendalina Redaelli. Plot summary: Guendalina is a wealthy teenager whose parents are divorced. She becomes infatuated with Oberdan Pancani [Raf Mattioli]. The story explores aspects of their innocent and chaste love.

Cast and crew: Alberto Lattuada, Valerio Zurlini, Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Jean Blondel, Jacqueline Sassard, Raf Mattioli, Sylva Koscina, Raf Vallone, Leda Gloria, Lili Cerasoli, Fanny Landini, Loretta Capitoli, Leonardo Botta, Antonio Mambretti, Flavia Solivani, Tonino Cianci, Enzo Cerusico, Giancarlo Cobelli, Decimo Cristiani

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Beati i Ricchi 1972 Lino Toffolo Italian locandina

Beati i Ricchi (1972) - (Lino Toffolo) Italian locandina

This is a 13" x 27.5" Italian locandina for the 1972 Salvatore Samperi film Beati i Ricchi AKA Blessed Are the Rich written by Sandro Continenza, Aldo Lado and Salvatore Samperi and starring Lino Toffolo as Geremia. Plot summary: Two brothers-in-law unexpectedly come into possession of a large sum of smuggled money as it is being carried across a border to Switzerland. When one of the two is killed the other decides to complete the smuggling on his own.

Cast and crew: Salvatore Samperi, Sandro Continenza, Aldo Lado, Lino Toffolo, Pauolo Villaggio, Sylva Koscina, Eugene Walter, Gigi Ballista, Enzo Robutti, Neda Arneric, Olga Bisera, Enrica Bonaccorti, Edda Ferronao, Piero Vida

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Deadler than the Male (1967) - (Elke Summer) Egyptian one-sheet

Deadlier than the Male (1967) - (Elke Sommer) Egyptian one-sheet

This is an Egyptian poster designed by Wahib Fahmy for a 1969 rerelease of the 1967 Ralph Thomas film Deadlier than the Male based on a story by Jimmy Sangster, screenplay by Jimmy Sangster and David D. Osborn and starring Richard Johnson as Bulldog Drummond. Plot summary: British agent Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond has in his sights a murderer who does his killings with the help of beautiful women.

Cast and crew: Ralph Thomas, Liz Charles-Williams, Herman C. McNeile, Richard Johnson, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina, Nigel Green, Suzanna Leigh, Steve Carlson, Virginia North, Justine Lord, Leonard Rossiter, Laurence Naismith, Zia Mohyeddin, Lee Montague, Milton Reid, Yasuko Nagazumi, Didi Sydow

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Hercules Unchained (R1989) - (Steve Reeves) Egyptian one-sheet

Hercules Unchained (1959) - (Steve Reeves) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Moaty for a 1989 rerelease of the 1959 Pietro Francisci film Hercules Unchained AKA Ercole e la regina di Lidia based on a story by Pietro Francisci based on the Sophocles play Aedipus at Colonus, the Aeschylus play The Seven against Thebes, screenplay by Ennio De Concini and Pietro Francisci and starring Steve Reeves as Hercules. Plot summary: Hercules is made an amnesiac because of water from a magic spring he drinks while on his way to Thebes to intervene in a quarrel between two brothers disputing the throne. He then becomes captive of Queen Omphale of Lydia [Sylvia Lopez]. Omphale makes Hercules her love slave, but everyone except Hercules, who has forgotten his own name, knows his days are numbered because Omphale will turn him into a statue when she's done with him. Young Ulysses [Gabriele Antonini] tries to help Hercules recover his memory while Iole [Sylva Koscina], the wife of Hercules, finds herself in mortal danger because Eteocles [Sergio Fantoni] plans to throw her to the wild beasts in his arena for entertainment. After remembering who he is and killing three tigers Hercules is able to rescue his wife; he then helps the army of Thebes repel mercenaries hired by Polynices. The two brothers kill each other when they fight for the throne, after which the high priest Creon [Carlo D'Angelo] is made ruler by popular acclaim.

Cast and crew: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Ennio De Concini, Pietro Francisci, Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Sylvia Lopez, Gabriele Antonini, Primo Carnera, Patrizia Della Rovere, Sergio Fantoni, Fulvia Franco, Carlo D'Angelo, Marisa Valenti, Mimmo Palmara, Eida Tattoli, Daniele Vargas, Andrea Fantasia, Gino Mattera

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Hercules Unchained (R1960) - (Steve Reeves) Lebanese one-sheet

Hercules Unchained (R1960) - (Steve Reeves) Lebanese one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Lebanese poster for a 1960 rerelease of the 1959 Bruno Vailati film Hercules Unchained based on a haphazard composite of stories by Pietro Francisci, Sophocles and Aeschylus with screenplay by Ennio De Concini and Pietro Francisci and starring Steve Reeves as Hercules and Gabriele Antonini as Ulysses. Plot summary: Hercules intervenes in a quarrel between the two brothers Eteocles [Sergio Fantoni] and Polynices [Mimmo Palmara] over who will rule Thebes. During this effort he drinks from a magic spring and is hypnotized by a harem girl as she dances the Dance of Shiva. The bewitched waters of the spring cause him to lose his memory and be captured by the Lydian Queen Omphale [Sylvia Lopez], who is in the habit of turning her male captives into statues after she tires of them. Omphale makes Hercules her love slave, but everyone except Hercules, who has forgotten his own name, knows his days are numbered. Young Ulysses tries to help Hercules recover his memory while Iole [Sylva Koscina], the wife of Hercules, finds herself in mortal danger at the hands of Eteocles, who plans to throw her to the wild beasts in his arena for entertainment. After remembering who he is and killing three tigers Hercules is able to rescue his wife; he then helps the army of Thebes repel mercenaries hired by Polynices. The two brothers kill each other when they fight for the throne after which the high priest Creon [Carlo D'Angelo] is made ruler by popular acclaim.

Cast and crew: Aeschylus, Ennio De Concini, Pietro Francisci, Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Sylvia Lopez, Gabriele Antonini, Primo Carnera, Patrizia Della Rovere, Sergio Fantoni, Fulvia Franco, Carlo D'Angelo, Marisa Valenti, Mimmo Palmara, Eida Tattoli, Daniele Vargas, Andrea Fantasia, Gino Mattera

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