The Barbarians (1953)

Original title: Il Sacco di Roma

Sword. Italy. Starring Pierre Cressoy, Hélène Rémy, Luigi Tosi, Alfredo Varelli & Vittorio Sanipoli. Directed by Ferruccio Cerio.

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

The Scalawag Bunch (1972)

Original title: L'arciere di Sherwood

Robin Hood. Italy/Spain/France. Starring Giuliano Gemma, Mark Damon, Silvia Dionisio, Helga Liné, Mario Adorf, Daniele Dublino, Lars Bloch & Pierre Cressoy. Directed by Giorgio Ferroni.

VTC (Sweden). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Entertaining comic (non-slapstick, thankfully!) Robin Hood flick with a good cast and a likeable Gemma as Robin. 3/5

Cavalier in Devil's Castle (1959)

Original title: Il Cavaliere del Castello Maledetto

Sword. Italy. Starring Massimo Serato, Luisella Boni, Pierre Cressoy, Livio Lorenzon,
Carlo Tamberlani & Luciano Marin. Directed by Mario Costa.

Video For Pleasure promo (Holland). English dubbed. Widescreen.

Colorful, fast-paced and all around fun swashbuckler made just the way you want 'em. Recommended! 4/5

Coriolanus: Hero Without a Country (1964)

Original title: Coriolano: Eroe Senza Patria

Peplum. Italy/France. Starring Gordon Scott, Alberto Lupo, Lilla Brignone, Philippe Hersent, Rosalba Neri & Pierre Cressoy. Directed by Giorgio Ferroni.

VCI (Greece). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Deadly dull peplum. Just a lot of talk, talk, talk in the roman senate. And it's not even good drama. Recommended to insomniacs. 1/5

The Lion of Thebes (1964)

Original title: Leone di Tebe

Peplum. Italy/France. Starring Mark Forrest, Yvonne Furneaux, Massimo Serato, Pierre Cressoy, Alberto Lupo, Rosalba Neri & Carlo Tamberlani. Directed by Giorgio Ferroni.

King Movies (Holland). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Fine peplum. 3/5

The Pirates of Malaysia (1964)

Original title: I Pirati della Malesia

Pirate adventure/Exotic. Italy/Spain/West Germany/France. Starring Steve Reeves, Jacqueline Sassard, Mimmo Palmara, Pierre Cressoy & Dakar. Directed by Umberto Lenzi.

VTC (Sweden). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

The follow-up to Sandokan the Great is not quite as brilliant as the first movie, but still a wonderful adventure film and one of Lenzi's best! Steve Reeves is at his best, even if you don't believe him as an indian. 4/5

The Triumph of Hercules (1964)

Original title: Il Trionfo di Ercole

Peplum. Italy/France. Starring Dan Vadis, Marilù Tolo, Moira Orfei, Howard Ross & Pierre Cressoy. Directed by Alberto De Martino.

Global Video / Videce (Sweden). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Bizarre peplum in which dull beefcake actor Dan Vadis defends the people against a witch and some gold-painted musclemen. It may not be "good" but at least it's fun! 3/5