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Steve Reeves Pepla (in Chronological Order of Production)

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Steve Reeves appeared in 14 peplums made in Italy from 1957 to 1964, and most of his films are highly regarded examples of the sword and sandal genre. His pepla are listed below in order of production, not in order of release. The films are listed by their American release titles, followed by the translation of the original Italian title in parentheses:

  • Hercules (1957) (The Labors of Hercules) released in USA 1959
  • Hercules Unchained (1959) (Hercules and the Queen of Lydia) released in USA 1960
  • Goliath and the Barbarians (1959) (Terror of the Barbarians)
  • The Giant of Marathon (1959) (The Battle of Marathon)
  • The Last Days of Pompeii (1959) (The Last Days of Pompeii)
  • The White Warrior (1959) (Hadji Murad, The White Devil) directed by Riccardo Freda
  • Morgan, the Pirate (1960) (Morgan, the Pirate)
  • The Thief of Baghdad (1960) (The Thief of Baghdad)
  • The Trojan Horse (1961) (The Trojan War)
  • Duel of the Titans (1961) (Romulus And Remus)
  • The Slave (1962) (Son of Spartacus)
  • The Avenger (1962) (The Legend Of Aeneas) a.k.a. The Last Glory of Troy (sequel to "The Trojan Horse" (1961))
  • Sandokan the Great (1964) (Sandokan, the Tiger of Mompracem) directed by Umberto Lenzi
  • Sandokan, the Pirate of Malaysia (1964) (The Pirates of Malaysia) a.k.a. Pirates of the Seven Seas, directed by Umberto Lenzi

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