''Samson in King Solomon's Mines'' ( it, Maciste nelle miniere de re Salmone) is a 1964
Italian
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peplum film
Sword-and-sandal, also known as peplum (pepla plural), is a subgenre of largely Italian-made historical, mythological, or Biblical epics mostly set in the Greco-Roman antiquity or the Middle Ages. These films attempted to emulate the big-budget H ...
written and directed by
Piero Regnoli
Piero Regnoli (1921–2001) was an Italian screenwriter and film director.
Career
Born in 1921, Regnoli worked in the film industry between 1953 and 1991 where he wrote over 110 screenplays and directed 11 films. Regnoli's work ranged fr ...
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Cast
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Reg Park
Roy "Reg" Park (7 June 1928 – 22 November 2007) was an English bodybuilder, businessman, and actor. His first title was Mr Britain in 1949. He then won the Mr Universe in 1951, 1958 and 1965. He also starred in five films, four featured as ...
as Maciste
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Wandisa Guida
Wandisa Guida (born 21 April 1935) is an Italian former film, stage and television actress. She was sometimes credited as Wandisa Leigh.
Born in Trani, Guida took part in the Miss Italia beauty contest in 1954, winning the title of Miss Cinema ...
as Fazira
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Dan Harrison as Abucar
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Giuseppe Addobbati
Giuseppe Addobbati (31 December 1909 – 4 January 1986) was an Italian film actor known for his roles in Spaghetti Western and action films in the 1960s and 1970s. He was often billed as John MacDouglas for films released to an American audien ...
as Namar
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Eleonora Bianchi as Samara
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Elio Jotta as Riad
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Carlo Tamberlani as Zelea
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Bruno Scipioni
Bruno Scipioni (29 July 1934 – 5 December 2019) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Born in Rome, Scipioni graduated in accountancy and then, in 1958, he attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. He started his film car ...
as Kadar
Production
''Samson in King Solomon's Mines'' was produced by Italy's Panda Societa per L'Industria Cinematografica and filmed at
Incir De Paolis Studios in Rome. The film had some location shooting done in South Africa for the wildlife scenes.
Release
''Samson in King Solomon's Mines'' was released in Italy on 25 June 1964.
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1964 films
Peplum films
Maciste films
Films directed by Piero Regnoli
Films scored by Francesco De Masi
Sword and sandal films
1960s Italian films
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