Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990
- Roy Kinnard
- Tony Crnkovich
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Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990 is written by Roy Kinnard and published by McFarland. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1476627045 (ISBN 10) and 9781476627045 (ISBN 13).
Produced in Italy from the turn of the 20th century, "sword and sandal" or peplum films were well received in the silent era and attained great popularity in the 1960s following the release of Hercules (1959), starring Mr. Universe Steve Reeves. A global craze for Bronze Age fantasy-adventures ensued and the heroic exploits of Hercules, Maciste, Samson and Goliath were soon a mainstay of American drive-ins and second-run theaters (though mainly disparaged by critics). By 1965, the genre was eclipsed by the spaghetti western, yet the 1960s peplum canon continues to inspire Hollywood epics. This filmography provides credits, cast and comments for dozens of films from 1908 through 1990.
