''Terror of the Steppes'' (, also known as ''The Mighty Khan'') is a 1964 Italian

adventure film The adventure film is a broad genre of film. Some early genre studies found it no different than the Western film or argued that adventure could encompass all Hollywood genres. Commonality was found among historians Brian Taves and Ian Cameron in ...

written and directed by

Tanio Boccia 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 ...

and starring

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 ...

Plot

Cast

as Sandar Khan *

Moira Orfei Moira Orfei (; born Miranda Orfei; 21 December 1931 – 15 November 2015) was an Italian circus performer, actress and television personality of remote Romani origins. Moira was also considered the queen of the Italian circus, one stage name be ...

as Malina *

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 Altan Khan *

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.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 ...

as Khan's Consouler *

Ugo Sasso Ugo Sasso, born Domenico Pasquale Giuseppe Sasso (23 March 1910 - 21 July 1981), was an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Turin, in the early 1930s Sasso moved to Rome to attend the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografi ...

as Ciukhai *

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 Commander of the Guards *

Furio Meniconi Furio Meniconi (22 February 1924 – 12 December 1981) was an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Meniconi was born in Rome into a family active in the cinema industry in the technical cast, or engaged in the general organizatio ...

as Kublaï

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* Italian adventure films 1964 adventure films Films directed by Tanio Boccia Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli Films set in Asia 1960s Italian-language films 1960s Italian films Italian-language adventure films {{1960s-adventure-film-stub