Hercules Samson and Ulysses (1963) aka Ercole sfida Sansone

Hercules Samson and Ulysses (1963) aka Ercole sfida Sansone

I don’t know what to say. From the poor dubbing to the ludicrous script and acting this one is not even good camp. Written and directed by Pietro Francisci it’s a combination Greek and Biblical ‘Spaghetti’ action drama with a little sexy thrown in courtesy of Liana Orfei who plays Delilah to Richard Lloyd’s Samson – even though she never gets a chance to trim his famous locks. Kirk Morris plays mighty Hercules while Enzo Cerusico is rather helpless as Ulysses. Others in the cast include: Andrea Fantasia as King Laertes of Ithaca Fulvia Franco as his queen Diletta D’Andrea as Hercules’ wife and Aldo Giuffrè as Seren the Philistine King. Incidentally Richard Lloyd is aka Iloosh Khoshabe.

Hercules and Ulysses set sail to subdue a sea monster when their ship is sunk by a storm leaving the two of them and four other Greek seamen on the coast of Judea where the Philistine King’s troops are hunting for powerful Samson. Seren rightly believes that Samson will end his reign and his life. But after Hercules kills a lion with his bare hands the Greek ‘god’ is mistaken for Samson such that he and his colleagues are captured in the Philistine King’s lair. However Delilah convinces Seren to give the Greek three days to find capture and return with Samson; her motive is obvious she wishes to seduce the Grecian warrior.

Meanwhile Samson is protecting his God-fearing people by single-handedly destroying Seren’s (Nazi) helmeted storm troopers. Hercules is able to resist Delilah’s charms and they eventually find Samson. The two men then engage in an epic battle among some (Styrofoam and sponge) ruins which they topple further before their mutual respect convinces them to join forces against the Philistine King. But Delilah betrays their plan leading to yet another slaughter of Seren’s troops by the two who actually drop a temple building onto the approaching army. Ulysses content to send carrier pigeons back home to summon father his queen and another ship finally plays a minor role in the drama pointing out the trap and the means to escape it.

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