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Subgenre Sampler
Cleopatra (1963)- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Rex Harrison, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton - Magnificent sets and Rex Harrison's dynamic Caesar are the saving graces of this, Hollywood's most extravagant turkey. Both Liz Taylor and Richard…
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
- Dir. Don Chaffey
Feat. Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack - Masterpiece of fantasy based on Greek mythology features the best stop–motion animation work from Ray Harryhausen. The skeleton…
Kings of the Sun (1963)- Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Yul Brynner, George Chakiris, Shirley Anne Field… - Rollicking tribal adventure has a Mayan tribe searching for new homelands while being pursued by vengeful Indians.The athletic Brynner dominates…
300 Spartans, The (1962)- Dir. Rudolph Mate
Feat. Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker - Richard Egan leads the hardened best of Sparta into the famous battle at Thermapayle between the Greek and Persian empires in in the 5th century…
47 Ronin, The (Genroku chushingura) (1962)- Dir. Hiroshi Inagaki
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama, Setsuko Hara - A grand and spectacular take on a famous Japanese legend, with 47 ronin (masterless samurai) in feudal Japan seeking revenge on those responsible for…
Barabbas (1962)- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Anthony Quinn, Jack Palance, Arthur Kennedy… - Lavish, literate and thrilling by equal measure, this Hollywood Roman speculation follows the wanderings of the legendary thief (Quinn) who was saved…
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)- Dir. David Lean
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn… - Superlative epic biography of enigmatic adventurer T.E. Lawrence played by a charismatic Peter O'Toole in his first leading role. The spectacle is…
El Cid (1961)
- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. Charlton Heston - The tale of the 11th century warrior–king who drove the Moors from Spain. By dint of its fine acting and avoidance of the obvious, this epic…
King of Kings (1961)- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Jeffrey Hunter, Hurd Hatfield, Robert Ryan… - Faithful, intelligent telling of the life of Christ, with Jeffrey Hunter in the robes of JC, benefits from a lesser–known cast. Orson Welles…
Samson (Sansome) (1961)- Dir. Gianfranco Parolini
Feat. Brad Harris, Serge Gainsbourg, Irena Prosen - Pioneering film in "sword and sandal" genre about Samson, the character from the Hebrew bible who joins Queen Mila and a rebel army to take back the…
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