Sword-and-sandal - Steve Reeves Pepla (in Chronological Order of Production)

Steve Reeves Pepla (in Chronological Order of Production)

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) (Le fatiche di Ercole / The Labors of Hercules) released in Italy in 1958, released in U.S.A. in 1959
  • Hercules Unchained (1959) (Ercole e la regina di Lidia / Hercules and the Queen of Lydia) released in USA 1960
  • Goliath and the Barbarians (1959) (Il terrore dei barbari / Terror of the Barbarians)
  • The Giant of Marathon (1959) (La battaglia di Maratona / The Battle of Marathon)
  • The Last Days of Pompeii (1959) (Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei / The Last Days of Pompeii)
  • The White Warrior (1959) (Hadji Murad il diavolo bianco / Hadji Murad, The White Devil) directed by Riccardo Freda
  • Morgan, the Pirate (1960) (Morgan, il pirato)
  • The Thief of Baghdad (1960) (Il Ladro di Bagdad / The Thief of Baghdad)
  • The Trojan Horse (1961) (La guerra di Troia / The Trojan War)
  • Duel of the Titans (1961) (Romolo e Remo / Romulus and Remus)
  • The Slave (1962) (Il Figlio di Spartaco / Son of Spartacus)
  • The Avenger (1962) (La leggenda di Enea / The Legend Of Aeneas) a.k.a. The Last Glory of Troy, a.k.a. War of the Trojans (This was a 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) a.k.a. The Pirates of Malaysia, a.k.a. Pirates of the Seven Seas (This was a sequel to Sandokan the Great) directed by Umberto Lenzi

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