Golia e il cavaliere mascherato (1964)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Piero Pierotti

Writers:

Arpad DeRiso (screenplay)
Luciano Martino (writer)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama

Plot:

In 16th century Spain, Don Francisco reluctantly betroths his daughter, Blanca, to the arrogant Don...

Plot Keywords:

Duel | Saved From Hanging | Spear | Wrestling | Carriage

Cast

Sergio Ciani	...	Paco (as Alan Steel)
Mimmo Palmara	...	Don Juan
Pilar Cansino	...	Estella
Arturo Dominici	...	Don Ramiro
José Greci	...	Blanca
Dina De Santis	...	Dolores
Piero Leri	...	Felipe
Renato Navarrini	...	Don Francisco
Loris Gizzi	...	Pedro
Tullio Altamura	...	Ruiz
Ugo Sasso	...	Hermann
Armando Guarnieri	...	Don Alvarez
Gianni Baghino	...	Mastro Goha
Nando Angelini
Piero Pastore	...	Capo Carceriere

Also Known As:

Hercules and the Masked Rider (USA)

Runtime:

USA:86 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Romana Film

Quotes:

Don Ramiro: By the way, I wish you'd bring me that masked rider, for my wedding present.
Blasco: We search for him all the time, but he's like a phantom.
Don Ramiro: Bring him to me. I'll show you how to change your phantom into quivering flesh and blood.

Masquerading as a Hercules movie...

The real hero of this story is a Zorro type fellow, played, I think, by Ettore Manni. A soldier, Ettore, attacked by rebels, becomes their friend when he stands up to Hercules, Alan Steel, in a knife fight. How Hercules, (ancient Greece), took up with a band on Conquistador bandits, (they have those helmets), was never explained to my satisfaction. He should have been long dead. O.K., O.K. Then, this soldier, in order to save his ladylove from an unwanted marriage, dons a red mask and some frilly black ruffles. Not a toga in site. Also, numerous subplot romances.

Alan Steel, in the minor role of Hercules, lesser, secondary, sidekick to Zorro, does get five minutes of screen time or so. He throws a few people up into a tree, and also tears down a hangman's scaffold, so all was not lost. Anyway, if anyone can explain this movie to me, I'd love to hear... Possibly, I simply didn't pay enough attention to the dialogue. Also, Ettore Manni, Zorro imitator, accidently shot himself to death later in life. Divine justice, one hesitates to suggest?

P.S. I can't find 'Golia' in my Italian/English dictionary, although "and the Masked Rider", translates pretty easily. What's Golia? Goliath? What's the relation between Goliath and Hercules. I'm just so... confused.