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Son of Samson (1960)

Son of Samson poster
Original title
Maciste nella valle dei Re
Directed by
Carlo Campogalliani
Genre
adventure film, sword-and-sandal film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A strong hero travels to a valley of kings to rescue a princess from an evil ruler. He faces traps and fights many enemies along the way.

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What happens

Son of Samson (Italian: Maciste nella Valle dei Re/ Maciste in the Valley of the Kings, also known as Maciste the Mighty) is a 1960 Italian peplum film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Mark Forest. The film was distributed to English-speaking countries as Son of Samson, although in the original film, Maciste had no relation to Samson whatsoever. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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