Goliath and the Barbarians

Name: Il terrore dei barbari
Genre: Adventure
Duration: 1 h 26 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Steve Reeves, Chelo Alonso, Giulia Rubini

Original title: Il terrore dei barbari

1959
1h 26m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

363

YOUR RATING

Chelo Alonso and Steve Reeves in Goliath and the Barbarians (1959)

Adventure

When barbarians invade his village and kill his father, a local man wages a one-man war against them.When barbarians invade his village and kill his father, a local man wages a one-man war against them.When barbarians invade his village and kill his father, a local man wages a one-man war against them.

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

363

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The production had to shut down when the money ran out. American-International Pictures' executives James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff were shown rushes from the film and agreed to buy the US distribution rights, which gave the film's producers the money to continue production. With their own Steve Reeves movie (retitled Goliath and the Barbarians (1959)) in theaters only five months after the box-office sensation Hercules (1958), American-International had one of its biggest hits up to that time.

Quotes
Londo: You're very strong, but you don't look like a woodcutter.
Emiliano: Appearances are deceiving.

Alternate versions
For its release in the United States under the title "Goliath and the Barbarians," American International trimmed almost 15 minutes of film, replaced the English language dubbing with their own English dubbed track and replaced the score with one recorded by Les Baxter. It became American International's biggest hit up to that time. It set a precedent for American International's handling of later foreign negative pick-ups.

Connections
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Review

Featured review

8/10

one of the best sword & sandal movies i've ever seen.

I was 11yrs. old when I saw this movie for the first time. I was immediately "hooked" on Steve Reeves. This is still the only movie 45 years later that I get excited talking about. Reeves had an on-screen presence that was mesmerizing. The scene in which he is strapped to two horses that are pulling in opposite directions designed to split him apart is breath taking. And this is one of many scenes that exploits the magnificence of Steve's fantastic physique. Along with Reeves is the beautiful actress, Chelo Alonso who plays Reeves' love interest. They are truly electrifying on screen.(If you can call anything filmed in 1959 "electric"). I've seen about every movie that Steve Reeves made...from HERCULES to LONG RIDE FROM HELL. Even though HERCULES is the movie Steve will most be remembered for, GOLIATH & THE BARBARIANS will always be a top 10 favorite of mine!!!