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Hercules and the Captive Women
“THE WEIRDEST! THE WILDEST! Half Woman! Half Stone!”
4.3 / 10• 1961• 1h 41m•NR• Italian
AdventureFantasyAction
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Reg Park
Ercole
Lead
Fay Spain
Queen Antinea of Atlantis
Ettore Manni
Androclo, Re di Tebe
Luciano Marin
Illo
Laura Efrikian
Ismene, Antinea's Daughter
Mario Valdemarin
Gabor
Mimmo Palmara
Astor, il Gran Visir
Mino Doro
Oraclo
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Vittorio Cottafavi's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Hercules and the Captive Women is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
