| Devil of the Desert Against the Son of Hercules | |
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| Directed by | Anthony Dawson |
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| Produced by | Luigi Nannerini [1] |
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| Cinematography | Alejandro Ulloa [1] |
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| Music by | Georges Garvarentz [1] |
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Running time | 114 minutes [1] |
| Box office | ₤140.3 million |
Devil of the Desert Against the Son of Hercules is a 1964 international co-production filmed in Algeria[ citation needed ] and directed by Anthony Dawson.
An evil and ambitious usurper named Ganor seizes a kingdom by assassinating the Sultan and imprisoning his son Prince Daikor and daughter Princess Soraya to prevent revolt. Princess Soraya is defiant and escapes by leaping out the palace window into a river. She is discovered by a pair of peasants Anthar and the mute Aimu who become her protectors, and later rescuers and avengers against Ganor.
The film concludes in a showdown in a hall of mirrors.
Devil of the Desert Against the Son of Hercules was released on June 27, 1964 in Italy. [1] The film grossed 140,300,000 Italian lire at domestically in Italy. [2]
The film was originally titled Anthar the invincible but was retitled The Devil of the Desert Against the Son of Hercules for inclusion on Avco Embassy's The Sons of Hercules syndicated television series. [1] The series was 14 peplum that were retitled and re-edited to be distributed under the title of The Sons of Hercules. [1]
The Sons of Hercules is a syndicated Embassy Pictures television show that aired in the United States in the 1960s. The series repackaged 13 Italian sword-and-sandal films by giving them a standardized theme song for the opening and closing titles, as well as a standard introductory narration attempting to relate the lead character in each film to the Greek demigod Hercules. These films however were not all originally made as "Hercules" films in Italy. Although two of them did originally feature Hercules, four of the films were originally Maciste movies in Italy, and the others were just isolated gladiator or mythological hero movies not released theatrically in the US.
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