The Secret Seven (1963)

Original title: Gli Invincibili Sette

Peplum. Spain/Italy. Starring Tony Russell, Helga Liné, Massimo Serato, Gérard Tichy, Livio Lorenzon & Cris Huerta. Directed by Alberto De Martino.

Delta Video (Holland). English dubbed. Letterboxed (slightly). 

A simple but entertaining boys' adventure with lots of charm. Watch seven men defeat an whole army! 3/5

The Secret Seven (1963)

Original title: Gli Invincibili Sette

Peplum. Spain/Italy. Starring Tony Russell, Helga Liné, Massimo Serato, Gérard Tichy, Livio Lorenzon & Cris Huerta. Directed by Alberto De Martino.

Delta Video (Holland). English dubbed. Widescreen.

This was a nice surprise - what I thought would be yet another copy of the Richard Harrison dud The Invincible Gladiator turned out to be the very rare The Secret Seven - and it's a good one too! A simple but entertaining boys' adventure with lots of charm. Watch seven men defeat an whole army! 3/5

Ursus (1961)

Peplum. Italy/Spain. Starring Ed Fury, Cristina Gaioni, Moira Orfei, Soledad Miranda & Cris Huerta. Directed by Carlo Campogalliani.

PM Video Galaxy (Greece). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

This has got to be one of the worst video transfers ever: the scratchy pan-and-scan is bad enough in itself, but the whole thing is also drenched in red and green color to the point that it's almost like watching a 2D movie with 3D-glasses on! It seems like a fun flick but I just couldn't get through it in this wretched form...

Robin Hood, Arrows, Beans and Karate (1976)

Original title: Storia di Arcieri, Pugni e Occhi Neri

Robin Hood/Comedy. Italy/Spain. Starring Alan Steel, Cris Huerta, Victoria Abril & Charly Bravo. Directed by Tonino Ricci.

VTC (Sweden). English dubbed. Widescreen.

Alan Steel is the overaged Robin Hood in this incredibly daft slapstick adventure, yet another opportunistic cheapie by hack director Ricci. I was expecting the worst but ended up liking this film quite a bit, albeit purely as entertaining trash: just turn off your brain and enjoy the zany humour, kung fu (!) and Steel's wretched performance! Just call me an idiot. 3/5