''Hercules Against Rome'' () is a 1964 '' peplum'' film directed by

Piero Pierotti Piero Pierotti (1 January 1912 – 4 May 1970) was an Italian director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Pisa, Pierotti started his career as a journalist, working for '' La Nazione'' and ''Il Nuovo Corriere'', and later founding the n ...

Plot

A childhood friend enlists Hercules to protect the Roman Emperor Gordiano, who is in danger from his own mutinous Praetorian Guards. By the time the hero reaches Italy and the temporary Roman capital of

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, the guards have already murdered the mild and scholarly Emperor, replacing him with their chief officer Filippo Afro. Gordiano's daughter Ulpia faces the prospect of marrying Filippo's worthless son Rezio, linking the usurper to the imperial family. Hercules undertakes to set the situation right, rescuing Ulpia and helping the great Roman general Lucio Trajano Decio seize the throne.

Cast

* Alan Steel as Hercules *

Wandisa Guida Wandisa Guida (born 21 April 1935) is an Italian former film, stage and television actress. She was sometimes credited as Wandisa Leigh. Born in Trani, Italy, Guida took part in the Miss Italia beauty contest in 1954, winning the title of Mi ...

as Ulpia *

Livio Lorenzon Livio Lorenzon (6 May 1923 – 23 December 1971) was an Italian actor who was mainly active during the 1950s and 1960s. Biography He played minor roles in some memorable commedia all'Italiana movies directed by the likes of Dino Risi and Mario ...

as Mansurio *

Daniele Vargas Daniele Vargas, stage name of Daniele Pitani (20 April 1922 – 26 April 1981) was an Italian film actor. Life and career Born in Imola, a small town in the district of Bologna, after attending high school with Pier Paolo Pasolini, Daniele ...

as Filippo Afro * Dina De Santis as Arminia * Tullio Altamura as Lucillo * Carlo Tamberlani as Emperor Gordiano *

Andrea Aureli Andrea Aureli (5 March 1923 – 5 November 2007) was an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Terni, Aureli graduated from the Liceo classico in his hometown, then he enrolled the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating i ...

as Rosio * Anna Arena as Fenicia *

Nello Pazzafini Giovanni "Nello" Pazzafini (15 May 1933 – 9 January 1996) was an Italian actor who appeared in a very large number of Peplum film genre, Peplum movies, Spaghetti Westerns and Poliziotteschi. Life and career Born in Rome from parents originall ...

as Segesto * Ignazio Balsamo as Tauras *

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 ...

as Satiro * Salvatore Borghese as Mirko * Mimmo Palmara as Lucio Traiano

Release

''Hercules Against Rome'' was released in Italy on 15 May 1964 with a 94-minute running time. On its release in the United States, it was released at an 87-minute running time.

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