"Favorite Sword and Sandal movie?" Topic

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Flashman14	30 Dec 2018 3:46 p.m. PST
… without regard to the quality of any combat portrayed, if any. 1. King of Kings 2. Passion of the Christ 3. The Greatest Story Ever Told 4. Ben Hur 5. The Robe 6. Barrabas 7. Life of Brian 8. ?
Calico Bill	30 Dec 2018 4:04 p.m. PST
Conan the destroyer.
FusilierDan	30 Dec 2018 4:26 p.m. PST
Gladiator. Ben Hur (with Charleston Heston) Spartacus The Scorpion King
OneHuaiTicket	30 Dec 2018 4:49 p.m. PST
The Christian Bale Exodus movie was very enjoyable, and beautiful to look at!
rvandusen	30 Dec 2018 5:09 p.m. PST
Kubrick's Spartacus The 300 Spartans – 1962 Jason and the Argonauts. The Steve Reeves Hercules films. Especially for Sylva Koscina
nnascati	30 Dec 2018 5:29 p.m. PST
Wow, I guess I have a different definition in my mind. To me, Sword and Sandal movies are the old Steve Reeves movies, Hercules etc., Jason and the Argonauts and Helen of Troy. The movies Flashman14 mentions all have a religious bent to them.
nsolomon99	30 Dec 2018 6:46 p.m. PST
Alexander would have to be on the list surely. Maybe not the best but up there in the top 10.
Winston Smith	30 Dec 2018 7:07 p.m. PST
Ben Hur Spartacus
microgeorge	30 Dec 2018 7:19 p.m. PST
1.Spartacus 2. Ben Hur 3. Gladiator Mike drop!
Frederick	30 Dec 2018 7:20 p.m. PST
I am with Microgeorge on this
skippy0001	30 Dec 2018 7:42 p.m. PST
Atlantis-the George Pal version. YouTube link
Mooseworks8	30 Dec 2018 7:43 p.m. PST
The best ever was Masada with Peter O'Toole. Honorable Mentions The 300 – 2006 Gladiator Attila – 2001 Life of Brian The Eagle The Last Legion Conan the Barbarian
ZULUPAUL	30 Dec 2018 8:14 p.m. PST
Spartacus Barabbas Orig 300 Spartans The Eagle The Last Legion Masada I'm a real sucker for sword & sandal movies. BTW I also like all the "religious" movies mentioned in opening comment. Paul
Wackmole9	30 Dec 2018 8:17 p.m. PST
Spartacus
USAFpilot	30 Dec 2018 8:33 p.m. PST
So what is a "sword and sandal" movie? It helps to have a definition. Found this after a quick google search. The peplum film (pepla plural), also known as sword-and-sandal, is a genre of largely Italian-made historical or Biblical epics (costume dramas) that dominated the Italian film industry from 1958 to 1965, eventually being replaced in 1965 by Eurospy films and Spaghetti Westerns.
Shardik	30 Dec 2018 9:11 p.m. PST
I just googled Sylva Koscina. My goodness!
Roderick Robertson	30 Dec 2018 9:27 p.m. PST
Hercules and the Amazons
Glengarry5	30 Dec 2018 9:41 p.m. PST
Life of Brian! The most athentic!
Narratio	30 Dec 2018 11:51 p.m. PST
Anything with Victor Mature
Martin Rapier	31 Dec 2018 1:59 a.m. PST
Gladiator Spartacus Ben Hur Jason and the Argonauts
langobard	31 Dec 2018 2:06 a.m. PST
Jason and the Argonauts Orig Ben Hur 300 Spartans (1962)
Karellian Knight	31 Dec 2018 5:48 a.m. PST
Centurion Gladiator Hercules
jurgenation	31 Dec 2018 6:18 a.m. PST
Jason and the Argonauts/ 300 Spartans 1962/Gladiator
Old Wolfman	31 Dec 2018 8:12 a.m. PST
"My Son,The Hero" parodied many of these. MST3K riffed on several as well(Hercules And The Captive Women,Colossus And the Headhunters,etc.) Incidentally,TCM is going to be showing several of these movies in January.
Ragbones	31 Dec 2018 11:47 a.m. PST
Ben Hur Spartacus The 300 Spartans (1962 with Richard Egan) Gladiator
Herkybird	31 Dec 2018 12:08 p.m. PST
1962 300 Spartans Ben Hur Spartacus
The Virtual Armchair General	31 Dec 2018 2:48 p.m. PST
"Demetrius And The Gladiators" (the sequel to "The Robe"), and "The Egyptian." At the very least, both rate "Honorable Mentions" in any such listing! TVAG
evilgong	31 Dec 2018 3:42 p.m. PST
Jason and the Argonauts is the greatest movie ever made. David F Brown
Huscarle	01 Jan 2019 4:24 a.m. PST
I'm with the TVAG, Demetrius & the Gladiators (1954) & The Egyptian, plus the 300 Spartans (1962). Honourable mentions for Quo Vadis (1951) and The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
Coelacanth	01 Jan 2019 10:21 a.m. PST
Clash of the Titans (1981). Ron P.S. There was also a 1925 silent film of Ben-Hur.
rmaker	01 Jan 2019 12:51 p.m. PST
The Thief of Baghdad starring Douglas Fairbanks Sinbad the Sailor starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
14Bore	02 Jan 2019 3:16 p.m. PST
Ben Hur Spartacus
Cloudy	07 Jan 2019 1:34 p.m. PST
Cleopatra (1963). Always my favorite. :-)
Gunfreak	08 Jan 2019 7:38 a.m. PST
Carry on Cleo.
Old Wolfman	08 Jan 2019 7:57 a.m. PST
Meet The Spartans,another funny one.