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A Long Ride From Hell

(1968)
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aka's: I Live For Your Death/Vivo Per La Tua Morte
Mike Sturges (Steve Reeves) and his younger brother Roy (Franco Fantasia) are sentenced to Yuma Penitentiary on a trumped-up train robbery charge. Both endure cruel treatment before Mike escapes to extract revenge on their enemies. Also with Silvana Venturelli.

This film comes from a rare import print which is in very good picture quality. The best currently available anywhere, unlike others being offered elsewhere.

This was Steve Reeves' last screen appearance. A shoulder injury forced his retirement, so he spent the remainder of his life promoting drug-free bodybuilding while living on a ranch and breeding horses. He was reportedly diagnosed with lymphoma only six weeks prior to his death on May 1st, 2000. He was 74.

Reeves often criticized the use of steroids in body building because he felt that it undermined the health value and challenge of body building as a sport. He once remarked, "Body builders used to come in all shapes and sizes. Now they all look like Arnold" (as in Schwarzenegger).

The Giant Of Marathon

(1959)
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aka: La Battaglia Di Maratona
This sword and sandal spectacle was directed by Jacques Tourneur of Val Lewton fame and features cinematography by Italian horror master, Mario Bava. Steve Reeves plays a courageous Greek hero whose muscle-bound heroics are the source of deadly frustration for the invading Persians. Plenty of excitement and adventure in what is considered one of Reeves' best films.

This film comes from a nice widescreen import print.

Hercules

(1958)
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aka: Le Fatiche Di Ercole
The muscular Hercules (Steve Reeves) sails with the Argonauts and romances the fair Iole. In this melange of characters and events from separate mythological stories, Hercules, demigod and superman, arrives in the ancient Greek kingdom of Iolcus to tutor Iphitus, son of king Pelias. Immediately on arrival he falls in love with the king's delectable, briefly-clad daughter Iole (Sylva Koscina). But before he can win her he must succeed in a series of quests, in the course of which he teams up with Jason, true heir of Iolcus, whom he accompanies on the famous voyage of the Argonauts. This film was the first in the long running Italian sword and sandal Hercules epics.

This film comes from an excellent widescreen import print.

Hercules Unchained

(1959)
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aka: Ercole E La Regina Di Lidia
En route to Thebes for an important diplomatic mission, Hercules (Steve Reeves) drinks from a magic spring and loses his memory. He then spends most of the film in the pleasure gardens of Queen Omphale of Lydia (Sylvia Lopez). While young Ulysses (Gabriele Antonini) tries to help him regain his memory, political tensions escalate in Thebes and Hercules' new wife Iole (Sylva Koscina) finds herself in mortal danger. Also with Primo Carnera as Anteo The Giant.

This film comes from an excellent widescreen import print.

This was to be one of Sylvia Lopez's last film appearances. She was to die from leukemia on November 29th, 1959, just 10 months after this film was released. She was 27.

Lopez died while playing the character of Anita Flores in Sexy Girl (1959), which starred Brigitte Bardot. Her scenes were later remade with Dawn Addams taking over the role.

IL Ladro Di Bagdad (Italian language version)

(1961)
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aka: The Thief Of Baghdad
A prince (Steve Reeves) must pass seven tests in order to find a legendary blue rose and thus save the life of a comatose princess, win her hand in marriage and the kingdom. This film boasts impressive special effects, exotic sets, and acting that raises itself above other Arabian Nights type films. The characters include obligatory villains who are also on the blue rose trail and evil women who pack a deadly punch-- or perhaps that should be deadly potion. (In Italian language).

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Jail Bait

(1954)
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aka: Hidden Face
Vic Brady (Timothy Farrell) draws young Don Gregor (Clancy Malone) into a life of crime. He then blackmails Gregor's plastic surgeon father into fixing up his face so he can evade the cops. Stars Lyle Talbot, Dolores Fuller and Herbert Rawlinson. Also with Steve Reeves in his first speaking part. Director Ed Wood has an uncredited role as a Radio News Announcer.

The Last Days Of Pompeii

(1959)
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aka: Gli Ultimi Giorni Di Pompei
Set in the shadows of Mt. Vesuvius just before its famous eruption, the film begins with Glaucus (Steve Reeves), a Roman legionnaire, returning to his home from far-off wars. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that his father has been murdered by a gang of black-hooded looting bandits. Glaucus vows revenge against the killers, but just how high up are those involved?

Taken from an excellent widescreen import print.

During the production of this film, Steve Reeves suffered a major injury. A chariot he was driving struck a tree and dislocated his shoulder. The injury never fully healed, putting an end to the more intense bodybuilding routines he was used to.

The Last Glory Of Troy

(1962)
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aka's: The Avenger/La Leggenda Di Enea/La L�gende D'En�e/Les Conqu�rants H�roiques/Legenda O Eneji
Aeneas (Steve Reeves) leads escapees from the Trojan war to new land in Italy, and must deal with new threats to his people. Also stars Giacomo Rossi Stuart and Carla Marlier. (Widescreen format).

Phenomenal And The Treasure Of Tutankamen

(1968)
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aka's: Fenomenal E Il Tesoro Di Tutankamen/Exi Ptomata Horis Dolofono
A masked superhero searches for a magical golden relic while trying to prevent the plundering of an Egyptian tomb. Stars Mauro Parenti, Lucretia Love and Gordon Mitchell. Also with John Karlsen and Carla Romanelli.

NOTE: Gordon Mitchell (aka: Charles Allen Pendleton) was one of those perfectly developed bodybuilders who jumped on the Steve Reeves bandwagon and traveled to Italy to seek film stardom as a Herculean strongman. Adept at displaying both heroics and villainy, he developed his own core of fans, but when the fad wore off in around 1965, Mitchell (unlike many of his colleagues in that field who just dropped out of sight) stayed on and appeared in over 100 more films, many of them in the "spaghetti western" genre, staying true to the country that made him a star. On September 20th, 2003, he died in his sleep from natural causes. He was 80.

NOTE: This film comes from a very rare Japanese import print in very nice picture quality. It is by far the best English language version of this film currently available anywhere.

Romulus And Remus

(1961)
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aka's: Romolo E Remo/Duel Of The Titans
Twin brothers (Steve Reeves and Gordon Scott) revolt against tyranny in pre-Roman Italy and then come to a parting of the ways as they lead their people toward the founding of a new city. Also stars Virna Lisi.

This film comes from an excellent widescreen import print.

The producers originally wanted Steve Reeves to play both Romulus and Remus, but he declined to do double roles and recommended former Tarzan Gordon Scott.

Sandokan: Pirate Of Malaysia

(1964)
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aka's: I Pirati Della Malesia/Meute Der Verdammten/ Los Piratas De Malasia/Pirate Of Malaya/Les Pirates De La Malaisie/Die Schwarzen Piraten Von Malaysia/ The Pirates Of Malaysia/The Pirates Of The Seven Seas
In this rarely seen sequel to his title turn in 1963's Sandokan The Great, Steve Reeves returns as the heroic East Asian privateer, helping a deposed rajah regain his throne from a greedy British officer. Also with Jacqueline Sassard and Mimmo Palmara.

The Slave (35mm Widescreen Upgrade)

(1962)
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aka's: IL Figlio Di Spartacus/The Son Of Spartacus
The decurion Randus (Steve Reeves) is promoted by Caesar (Ivo Garrani) to centurion and sent to Egypt to keep Cesar informed on the actions and intentions of co-triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus (Claudio Gora). A fateful sea trip from Egypt to Rome forces Randus in captivity by mercenary troops and leads a revolt by which he gets freedom for himself and all the other slaves. Through an amulet he received from his late mother, a man who had fought by Spartacus' side, identifies the young man as Spartacus' and Varinia's son. At first, reluctant to accept this story about his origins, Randus is forced by circumstances to repeat the feat of his father, twenty years later. Also stars Gianna Maria Canale. Also with Ombretta Colli.

This film came from a 35mm widescreen German import print in excellent picture quality.

The Thief Of Baghdad (English language version)

(1961)
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aka: Il Ladro Di Bagdad
A prince (Steve Reeves) must pass seven tests in order to find a legendary blue rose and thus save the life of a comatose princess, win her hand in marriage and the kingdom. This film boasts impressive special effects, exotic sets, and acting that raises itself above other Arabian Nights type films. The characters include obligatory villains who are also on the blue rose trail and evil women who pack a deadly punch-- or perhaps that should be deadly potion.

NOTE: This is the English language (full screen) version of Il Ladro Di Baghdad. (The Italian language version is also available here at SSV).

The Trojan Horse

(1961)
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aka's: La Guerra Di Troia/La Guerre De Troie/The Trojan War/The Wooden Horse Of Troy
Muscles, mythology and history mix in this exciting epic starring Steve Reeves as Aeneas, a Greek warrior who battles leader Paris, tries to find his kidnapped, pregnant wife Creusa and joins fellow fighters in the famous Trojan Horse. With John Drew Barrymore, Juliette Mayniel and Mimmo Palmara.

Taken from a widescreen import print.

The White Warrior

(1959)
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aka's: Agi Murad Il Diavolo Bianco/Beli Djavo
The story of Hadji Murad (Steve Reeves), a 19th-century Chechen chieftain who led his warriors in a fight against the invading forces of the Russian Czar Nicholas I (Milivoje Zivanovic). Also stars Giorgia Moll and Scilla Gabel.