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The Giant of Marathon (1959)

Director: Jacques Tourneur

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From Time Out Film Guide

Philippides (Reeves), victor of the 490 BC Olympics, is proclaimed leader of the Athenian Sacred Guard and in due course defeats Darius the Persian at the Battle of Marathon. A well-plotted (in a bare-bones sort of way) and quite sprightly tale of double dealing, photographed by Mario Bava (who a year later launched his career as a cult horror director), with Fantoni as the heartless woman-killer Theocritus, and Rocca as the matronly sacrificial love interest. Pretty ordinary (not to say ludicrous), but some inventive and brutal underwater sequences.

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  • mike redmond said...
    Posted on Aug 20 2007 23:10 Steve Reeves musclebulger film, plenty of bulging biceps and triceps....Reeves saves Greece from invading Persian army and falls in love with gorgeous Mylene Demengot.....Daniella Rocca Reeves other love interest in the film......I'll take Demeogeot anytime!!!!!!
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Cast & crew

Director: Jacques Tourneur

Producer: Bruno Vailati

Cast: Steve Reeves, Mylène Demongeot, Daniela Rocca, Daniele Varga, Sergio Fantoni, Alberto Lupo, Gianni Loti, Ivo Garrani, Philippe Hersent full cast

Genre(s): Period/Swashbucklers

Duration: 87 mins


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