The Executioner of Venice (1963)

Original title: Il Boia di Venezia

Sword. Italy. Starring Lex Barker, Guy Madison, Alessandra Panaro ,Mario Petri, Alberto Farnese & Raf Baldassarre. Directed by Luigi Capuano.

Force Video (USA). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Quite good little costume adventure in which Barker and Madison are pitted against each other. 3/5

Mystery of Thug Island (1965)

Original title: I Misteri della Giungla Nera

Exotic adventure. Italy/Monaco/West Germany. Starring Guy Madison, Ingeborg Schöner & Giacomo Rossi-Stuart. Directed by Luigi Capuano.

Original Video (Greece). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Veeery dull bengal adventure. 1/5

Vengeance of Ursus (1961)

Original title: La Vendetta di Ursus

Peplum. Italy. Starring Samson Burke, Wandisa Guida, Livio Lorenzon & Nerio Bernardi. Directed by Luigi Capuano.

VTC (Sweden). English dubbed. Widescreen. Very good print.

This time Samson Burke plays the Ursus part instead of the usual suspect Ed Fury and a fine job he does. A very entertaining peplum with a pompeus hero with super strenght, a kid hero sidekick, a cunning and evil king, a princess in distress, treason, traps etc. (i.e the same old stuff we never tire of - it's not orginality we're after, right?). Was there a "funny" midget too? I can't remember. Anyway, real fun stuff, check it out if you get the chance. 4/5

Hercules and the Black Pirate (1964)

Original title: Sansone Contro il Corsaro Nero

Peplum/Pirate yarn. Italy. Starring Alan Steel, Rosalba Neri, Piero Lulli & Andrea Aureli. Directed by Luigi Capuano.

DVD: Retromedia (USA). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Fun mixture of sword and sandal and pirate film. 3/5

Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963)

Original title: Zorro e i Tre Moschettieri

Zorro/Sword. Italy. Starring Gordon Scott, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Livio Lorenzon & Maria Grazia Spina. Directed by Luigi Capuano.

Wahlters Video/Cinehollywood (Sweden). English dubbed. Letterboxed (slightly).

I know I have seen this one, but I can't remember a thing about it... and that's probably not a good sign. 2/5

Zorro at the Spanish Court (1962)

Original title: Zorro alla Corte di Spagna

Zorro adventure. Italy. Starring George Ardisson, Carla Calò, Tullio Altamura, Livio Lorenzon, Alberto Lupo,Carlo Tamberlani & Maria Grazia Spina. Directed by Luigi Capuano.

Wahlters Video/Cinehollywood (Sweden). Letterboxed. Very dark print.

Naive Zorro adventure. It was a long time since I saw it but I remember not thinking too much of it. 2/5

Lion of St. Mark (1963)

Original title: Il Leone di San Marco

Pirate yarn. Italy. Starring Gordon Scott, Gianna Maria Canale, Alberto Farnese & Rik Battaglia. Directed by Luigi Capuano.

King Video (Greece). English dubbed. Fullscreen. My copy has some sound problems.