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Hercules and the Treasure of the Incas (1964)

Hercules and the Treasure of the Incas poster
Original title
Sansone e il tesoro degli Incas
Directed by
Piero Pierotti
Genre
Spaghetti Western
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
12
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man named Hercules goes on an adventure to find Inca treasure. The movie starts as a western but turns into a Hercules fantasy by the end.

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What happens

Hercules and the Treasure of the Incas (Italian: Sansone e il tesoro degli Incas) is a 1964 film written and directed by Piero Pierotti and starring Alan Steel. Originally conceived as a peplum film, given the contemporary success of A Fistful of Dollars, it was turned into a western film during the shootings, resulting in a bizarre crossover between the two genres. Although Alan Steel reverts to a Hercules-like character in the film's climax, the bulk of the film resembles a standard Spaghetti Western. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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