Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan (1961)

Directed by

Riccardo Freda

Genre

adventure film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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How it feels

A strongman named Maciste heads to China to rescue a princess. He fights off Mongol warriors and other adversaries with his brute strength.

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What happens

Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World (Italian: Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan, lit. 'Maciste at the Court of the Great Khan') is a 1961 international co-production starring Gordon Scott. The film reused the sets, extras and Yoko Tani as a princess from Marco Polo (1961) and Freda's The Mongols (1961). The film was distributed in the United States by American International Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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