Hercules and the Captive Women

Original title: Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide

1961
Unrated
1h 34m

IMDb RATING

4.4/10

1.7K

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Ettore Manni, Reg Park, and Fay Spain in Hercules and the Captive Women (1961)

Adventure Comedy Fantasy History

Strong yet sleepy Hercules discovers that the Queen of Atlantis is plotting to take over the world with superhuman warriors.Strong yet sleepy Hercules discovers that the Queen of Atlantis is plotting to take over the world with superhuman warriors.Strong yet sleepy Hercules discovers that the Queen of Atlantis is plotting to take over the world with superhuman warriors.

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IMDb RATING

4.4/10

1.7K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The soundtrack of the American release ("Hercules and the Captive Women") contains several short passages from the score of Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), in particular the easily recognizable three-note "Creature theme."

Goofs
Near the end of the film, Hercules swims away from the island to a boat, but when he climbs aboard he is completely dry.

Quotes
Ismene: Today is dedicated to Uranus!

Alternate versions
For the Woolner Brothers U.S. release version, under the title "Hercules and the Captive Women", the original score has been replaced by a stock score selected by Gordon Zahler. Zahler used much of the same music he had selected for the U.S. release of Kurt Maetzig's _First Spaceship on Venus (1962)_ as well as portions of the score from Jack Arnold's _Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)_ .

Connections
Edited into Hercules the Avenger (1965)

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Now we know....

...why Atlantis disappeared! Although Hercules often calls upon his Father ,Zeus -note that his son never invokes his granddad-,this is as far from Greek mythology as it can be.

"The famous Four" best describes the plot: Hercules ,his son,Androcles (a Roman slave handed over to lions then granted an imperial pardon ,what is he doing here?) and a dwarf feel that Grece is in jeopardy.This is the beginning of an "epic" story which includes a rubber monster,a wicked queen (Antinea of course ,see one of the numerous versions of Pierre Benoit's " L'Atlantide" ),the ancestors of the clones (unless it predates Hitler's Aryan supermen),the perils of atomic radiations (?) The first scene is an interminable free-for-all in which Hercules,who is quietly enjoying his meal ,does not interfere ("help us dad!"screams his son) .Some not-so-bad scenes show a strange Androcles wandering in the queen's palace .

It's rather silly,but it's entertaining if you do not ask too much.