Hawk the Slayer (1980)

Fantasy. UK. Starring John Terry, Jack Palance & William Morgan Sheppard. Directed by Terry Marcel.

Sonet Video (Sweden). English language. Fullscreen.

This cheap brittish sword and sorcery epic could have used better actors (most actors sleepwalk through their roles and only veteran actor Palance delivers fun over-the-top performance as the evil Voltan) and perhaps a little more exiting sets than a brittish pineforest. Still a reasonably entertaining little film that does the best it can with it's meagre resources - not the turkey it has often been painted as. Fans of the genre might want to check it out. 2/5

Africa Express (1976)

Jungle adventure/Comedy. Italy/West Germany. Starring Giuliano Gemma, Ursula Andress & Jack Palance. Directed by Michele Lupo.

Hemvideo Film (Sweden). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Lighthearted jungle slapstick fun with Gemma, Andress, Palance and Biba the chimp! (who steals the show) 3/5

The Barbarian (1960)

Peplum. USA/Italy. Starring Jack Palance, Milly Vitale & Richard Wyler. Directed by Rudolph Maté.

GeBe Video (Sweden). English language. Fullscreen.

One of very few american imitations of the sword and sandal genre. Unexeptional, but not bad film shot in Italy. Jack Palance is not the obvious choice for a Hercules-like role, but he gives another quirky performance and comes out likeable as the hero Revak. 3/5

Barabbas (1961)

Peplum/Biblical. Italy. Starring Anthony Quinn, Arthur Kennedy, Jack Palance & Ernest Borgnine. Directed by Richard Fleischer.

Video Trade (Sweden). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

The Mongols (1961)

Original title: I Mongoli

Peplum/Historical. Italy/France. Starring Jack Palance & Anita Ekberg. Directed by André De Toth, Leopoldo Savona & Riccardo Freda.

Continental Video (Sweden). English dubbed. Fullscreen. Terrible pan-and-scanned print.

Boring "raiding mongolians" peplum. 1/5