''Samson vs. the Giant King'' (, also known as ''Giant of the Lost Tomb'' and ''Atlas Against the Czar'') is a 1964

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directed by

Amerigo Anton Camillo Tanio Boccia (15 June 1911 – 12 March 1982), was an Italian film director and screenwriter active between the 1950s and the early 1970s. From 1960 onwards, he was regularly credited as Amerigo Anton. Career Born in Potenza, Basilic ...

. The

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Nicolas sends a secret mission of experts to find a hidden treasure. However, he also he prepares a group of mercenaries who should kill the members of the mission after their return.

Cast

Kirk Morris Kirk Morris (born 26 August 1942) is an Italian bodybuilder and actor, best known for his work in sword-and-sandal films. Life and career Born in Venice as Adriano Bellini, while at university Morris devoted himself to bodybuilding and thanks ...

: Maciste *

Massimo Serato Massimo Serato (born Giuseppe Segato; 31 May 1917 – 22 December 1989) was an Italian film actor with a career spanning over 40 years. Biography Serato was born in Oderzo, Veneto, Italy and started appearing in films in 1938. He played leading ...

: Czar Nicola *

Ombretta Colli Ombretta Colli (born Ombretta Comelli on 21 September 1943) is an Italian singer, actress and politician. She was president of the Province of Milan from June 1999 to June 2004.Gloria Milland Gloria Milland (born Maria Fiè; 11 October 1940 – 27 August 1989) was an Italian actress of peplum and spaghetti Western films. Life Born in Cagliari, she debuted in 1959 with her real name, but changed it shortly after, following a fashi ...

: Nadia *

Giulio Donnini Giulio Donnini (17 February 1923 – 22 May 2001) was an Italian film actor. Life and career Born in Milan, Donnini made his film debut in 1946, in Giacomo Gentilomo's ''Teheran''. He got his first mayor role two years later, playing the epile ...

: Igor *

Tom Felleghy Tom Felleghy (born Tamás Fellegi; 26 November 1921 – 13 September 2005) was a Hungarian-born Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1958. Felleghy died in Bracciano, Lazio on 13 September 2005, at the age of 83. Film ...

: Akim (as Tom Felleghi) *

Dada Gallotti Dada Gallotti (born 8 April 1935) is an Italian actress. Born in Milan, Italy, as Alda Gallotti, she was one of the most active character actresses in the 1960s and 1970s. She appeared in several spaghetti Western films under the pseudonym Dia ...

: Katia *

Attilio Dottesio Attilio Dottesio (16 July 1909 – 12 February 1989) was an Italian film character actor and singer. He appeared in 170 films between 1940 and 1985. Born in Brescia, Dottesio began his career in France, where first he obtained some success ...

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* 1964 films Films directed by Tanio Boccia Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli 1964 adventure films Maciste films Films set in Russia Sword-and-sandal films 1960s Italian-language films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-adventure-film-stub