![]() It also shows faint signs of the cultural transition then happening between the continents. Capuano directed the best adventure films, and this one is no exception. This film bears all the hallmarks of Fortunato Misiano's productions, and bears the usual style and good story-telling of director Luigi Capuano. ![]() ![]() This film, along with Piero Pierotti's "Golia e il Cavaliere Mascherato" was one of the takeoffs banking on the success of Umberto Lenzi's "Zorro contro Maciste." This little sub-genre, which grafts the swashbuckling film onto the traditional peplum, had an enormous success, and sparked new life into a dying genre. This happens to be one of my favorite entries in the muscleman genre of films produced in Italy between 1958-1965.
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