Goliath Against the Giants

1961 film

Goliath Against the Giants (Italian: Goliath contro i giganti) is a 1961 Italian film directed by Guido Malatesta.^[2][3] It was Brad Harris's debut as a lead actor.

Cast

• Brad Harris: Goliath
• Gloria Milland: Princess Elea
• Fernando Rey: Bokan
• Barbara Carroll: Daina
• Carmen de Lirio: Diamira
• Pepe Rubio: Briseo (credited as José Rubio)
• Fernando Sancho: Namathos
• Nello Pazzafini: Jagoran

Release

Goliath Against the Giants was released as Goliath contro I giganti in Italy on 14 May 1961.^[1] It was released in the United States on 14 April 1963.^[1]

Reception

A review in the Monthly Film Bulletin referred to the film as "dispiriting compendrium of strip-cartoon cliches whose rousingly and absurdly crowded climax fails to compensate for inexperienced direction, murky colour photography and shame-faced cutting."^[4]

See also

• List of Italian films of 1961

References

1. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 68.
2. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.
3. Michele Giordano (1998). Giganti buoni. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877421835.
4. "Goliath Contro I Giganti (Goliath Against the Giants), Italy/Spain, 1961". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 30, no. 352. British Film Institute. May 1963. p. 66.

Bibliography

• Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.

External links

• Goliath Against the Giants at IMDb