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The Colossus of Rhodes

Rory Calhoun

Lea Massari

Georges Marchal

Conrado San Martín

Ángel Aranda

Mabel Karr

Mimmo Palmara

Roberto Camardiel

Alfio Caltabiano

George Rigaud

Yann Larvor

Carlo Tamberlani

Félix Fernández

Ignazio Dolce

Antonio Casas

Fernando Calzado

Arturo Cabré

Álvaro de Luna

Ángel Menéndez

Nello Pazzafini

Gustavo Re

José María Vilches

Sergio Leone

Angelo Francesco Lavagnino

Angelo Malantrucco

Michele Scaglione

Antonio L. Ballesteros

Eraldo Da Roma

Ramiro Gómez

Vittorio Rossi

Cesare Seccia

Jorge Grau

Ennio De Concini

Luciano Martino

Ageo Savioli

Luciano Chitarrini

Carlo Gualtieri

Eduardo de la Fuente

Robert de Nesle

Giuseppe Maggi

Mario Maggi

Josette Trachsler

Carlos Nin

Luis María Lasala

Mahnahén Velasco

Roberto Bodegas

Yves Boisset

Jesús Mateos

Giuseppe Ranieri

Francisco Rodríguez Asensio

Mario Amari

Tonino Cacciottolo

Giuseppe Turco

Erasmo Bacciucchi

Vittorio Galiano

Aldo Colanzi

Franco Frazzi

Gianni Maddaleni

Eduardo Noé

Emilio Foriscot

Mariano Ruiz Capillas

Antonio Cortés

Maria Pia Mancini

Irma Tonnini

Marisa Mengoli

María Luisa Pino

José Castanyer

Isabel Ruiz Capillas

Carla Leone

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"Dario" (Rory Calhoun) is a travelling Athenian having some time off on the beautiful island of Rhodes. He's a bit of a military hero so is fêted by his new hosts who on the other hand have quite a lucrative slave-trading business going on with their Phoenician friends. What "Dario" soon learns, though, is that there is a plan afoot to topple "King Serse" (Roberto Camardiel) and use the mighty statue that guards their harbour mouth to ruthless effect if anyone anyone tries to interfere with their ambitions to rule the island and trade in even more lost souls. Mired in these conspiracies is "Diala" (Lea Massari) to whom our visitor takes a bit of a shine - but is she all that she seems? I like the genre and this production has seen some effort go into the costumes and visual effects - especially around the huge bronze statue and it's menacing payload. Snag? Well there's just far too much dialogue, nowhere near enough action - and it's long. It does drag at times, especially in the middle with the cat and mouse romance cluttering up what adventure elements there are. Calhoun was only ever really a decent looking, competent, actor - and here offers little more as we plod along to the historically established denouement. Conrado San Martín's "Tireo" makes for a passable baddie, though, and all-in-all I did quite enjoy it.

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Rory Calhoun

Lea Massari

Georges Marchal

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Mabel Karr

Mimmo Palmara

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