Film
The most detailed film version of the Biblical Samson was the 1949 Cecil B. deMille film Samson and Delilah, starring Victor Mature as Samson. Two made-for-TV films, in 1984 and 1996, retold the story of Samson and Delilah.
The Samson character was featured in a series of five sword-and-sandal adventure films made in Italy in the 1960s, as follows:
- Samson (Italian title Sansone) (1961) portrayed by Brad Harris
- Samson vs. The Pirates (1963) a/k/a Samson and the Sea Beast
- Samson Challenges Hercules (1963) a/k/a Hercules, Samson and Ulysses
- Samson vs. the Black Pirate (1963) a/k/a Hercules and the Black Pirate
- Samson and the Mighty Challenge (1965) a semi comedy/satire co-starring Hercules, Ursus & Maciste
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