Hercules and the Captive Women

Hercules and the Captive Women

101 mins | Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Aug. 19, 1961

King Androcles of Thebes commands a ship in search of a threat to Greece, predicted by an atmospheric oracle. Hercules is part of the crew, but the strongman falls overboard in a thick fog. Washed ashore, he saves a young Ismene from Proteus, an evil, shape-shifting creature. Ismene takes Hercules to Atlantis, where he discovers that her mother, Queen Antinea, has captured Androcles. Hercules schemes to rescue him and thwart Antinea's dream of world conquest.

Hercules and the Captive Women

101 mins | Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Aug. 19, 1961

Hercules and the Captive Women
King Androcles of Thebes commands a ship in search of a threat to Greece, predicted by an atmospheric oracle. Hercules is part of the crew, but the strongman falls overboard in a thick fog. Washed ashore, he saves a young Ismene from Proteus, an evil, shape-shifting creature. Ismene takes Hercules to Atlantis, where he discovers that her mother, Queen Antinea, has captured Androcles. Hercules schemes to rescue him and thwart Antinea's dream of world conquest.
IMDb rating 4.4
Producers Comptoir Français du Film Production (CFFP), SpA Cinematografica
Original title Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide
Directors Odoardo Fiory, Giorgio Cristallini, Vittorio Cottafavi
Writers Duccio Tessari, Sandro Continenza

Cast

Reg Park

as Ercole

Fay Spain

as Queen Antinea of Atlantis

Ettore Manni

as Androclo, Re di Tebe

Luciano Marin

as Illo

Laura Efrikian

as Ismene, Antinea's Daughter

Mario Valdemarin

as Gabor

Mimmo Palmara

as Astor, il Gran Visir

Mino Doro

as Oraclo

Salvatore Furnari

as Timoteo, il nano / Timoteo - il nano

Luciana Angiolillo

as Deianira, Hercules' Wife

Raf Baldassarre

as Capo delle guardie

Mario Petri

as Zenith, prete di Urano

Alessandro Sperli

as King with Mother

Gian Maria Volonté

as Re di Sparta

Ivo Garrani

as Re di Megara

Enrico Maria Salerno

as Re di Megara

Nando Tamberlani

as Tiresia