Hercules in the Valley of Woe

Hercules in the Valley of Woe
Film poster
Directed byMario Mattoli
Screenplay by
Produced byItalo Matinenghi[1]
Starring
CinematographyEnzo Oddone[1]
Edited byRoberto Cinquini[1]
Music byGianni Ferrio[1]
Release date
  • 19 December 1961 (1961-12-19) (Italy)
Running time
90 minutes[1]
CountryItaly[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 Italian Franco and Ciccio comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Kirk Morris as Maciste and Frank Gordon as Hercules. The film is a comical take on the popular sword-and-sandal epics of the 1950s and 1960s.

  1. ^ a b c d e f Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 90.
  2. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 91.
  3. ^ Pomeroy, Arthur J. (7 August 2017). A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118741351. Retrieved 16 June 2019 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Hercules in the Vale of Woe (1961) - UNCUT". www.uncut.at. Retrieved 16 June 2019.