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Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan (1961)

Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan poster
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

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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