The Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete

Original title: Teseo contro il minotauro

IMDb RATING

4.9/10

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The Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete (1960)

Adventure Fantasy

A mythological hero attempts to rescue a princess from being sacrificed to a half-man, half-bull creature.A mythological hero attempts to rescue a princess from being sacrificed to a half-man, half-bull creature.A mythological hero attempts to rescue a princess from being sacrificed to a half-man, half-bull creature.

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IMDb RATING

4.9/10

410

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Bob Mathias, appearing here as "Theseus," was a two-time Olympic gold-medalist in the Decathlon, winning in 1948 and again in 1952.

Quotes
Prince Teseo: As long as we are alive, there is hope.

Alternate versions
A version has become available in which the English dubbing has been synced to the full original Italian print. For the footage that was edited out of the English dubbed version, the original Italian audio is included with the Italian dialog subtitled in English.

Connections
Featured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: Warlord of Crete (1969)

User reviews12

Review

Featured review

7/10

Somewhere Between Epic and Peplum

Dug up a copy of this overlooked, nearly forgotten Italian fantasy/adventure because I had the vaguest recollection of watching it on Super Scary Saturday with Grampa Al Lewis in the 1980s.

I had forgotten almost everything about the movie, and I was expecting one of those cheap peplum latter day Hercules films. The movie is actually much more. The story is interesting instead of just an excuse to move between various fight scenes (though there's plenty of those), large crowd and battle scenes, vivid colors, and above average special effects for 1960s Italian films. The scenes are all wonderful to look at, and there's lots of beautiful women.

Highly recommended.