Hercules and the Captive Women

Hercules and the Captive Women

THE WEIRDEST! THE WILDEST! Half Woman! Half Stone!

NR 1961 · 101 min · ★ 4.3 · Adventure, Fantasy, Action

King Androcles of Thebes commands a ship in search of a threat to Greece, predicted by an atmospheric oracle. Hercules is part of the crew, but the strongman falls overboard in a thick fog. Washed ashore, he saves a young Ismene from Proteus, an evil, shape-shifting creature. Ismene takes Hercules to Atlantis, where he discovers that her mother, Queen Antinea, has captured Androcles. Hercules schemes to rescue him and thwart Antinea's dream of world conquest.

Directed by Vittorio Cottafavi · Written by Sandro Continenza

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Reg Park Ercole
Fay Spain Queen Antinea of Atlantis
Ettore Manni Androclo, Re di Tebe
Luciano Marin Illo
Laura Efrikian Ismene, Antinea's Daughter
Mario Valdemarin Gabor
Mimmo Palmara Astor, il Gran Visir
Mino Doro Oraclo
Salvatore Furnari Timoteo, il nano
Luciana Angiolillo Deianira, Hercules' Wife
Ignazio Dolce
Raf Baldassarre Capo delle guardie

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