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Hercules of the Desert

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Hercules of the Desert
Directed byTanio Boccia
Written byMario Moroni
Alberto De Rossi
Tanio Boccia
Produced byLuigi Rovere
StarringKirk Morris
Hélène Chanel
CinematographyAldo Giordani
Edited byTanio Boccia
Music byCarlo Rustichelli
Release date
  • 1964 (1964)
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Hercules of the Desert (Italian: La valle dell'eco tonante/ Valley of the Thundering Echo), aka Maciste and the Women of the Valley, is a 1964 Italian peplum film directed by Tanio Boccia and starring Kirk Morris.[1][2][3]

Plot

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A fabulous land of green pastures is protected from invasion by the mysterious Valley of the Thundering Echo. Queen Farida draws together the desert tribes to conquer the land, even though a prophecy has promised the land to the Gameli tribe. The Gameli journey to the Silver Temple, where the High Priest summons the legendary Maciste from the mountain rock to defeat their enemies and guide them to their promised land. Maciste materializes magically from a rock wall in a cave in this film, tying in with Maciste's claim in earlier films that his name means born of the rock.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Michele Giordano. Giganti buoni. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877421835.
  2. ^ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 8884405033.
  3. ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
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