Goliath Against the Giants

1961 film

Arpad DeRiso
Gianfranco Parolini
Cesare Seccia^[1]

Story by

Cesare Seccia
Giovanni Simonelli
Sergio Sollima^[1]

Starring

Brad Harris
Gloria Milland
Fernando Rey
Barbara Carroll

CinematographyAlejandro Ulloa^[1]Edited by

Edmond Lozzi
Mario Sansoni^[1]

Music by

Carlo Innocenzi^[1]

Release date

14 May 1961 (1961-05-14) (Italy)

Running time

98 minutes^[1]

Goliath Against the Giants (Italian: Goliath contro i giganti) is a 1961 Italian film directed by Guido Malatesta.^[2]^[3] It was Brad Harris's debut as a lead actor.

Cast

Brad Harris: Goliath
Gloria Milland: Princess Elea
Fernando Rey: Bokan
Barbara Carroll: Daina
Carmen de Lirio: Diamira
Pepe Rubio: Briseo (credited as José Rubio)
Fernando Sancho: Namathos
Nello Pazzafini: Jagoran

Release

Goliath Against the Giants was released as Goliath contro I giganti in Italy on 14 May 1961.^[1] It was released in the United States on 14 April 1963.^[1]

Reception

A review in the Monthly Film Bulletin referred to the film as "dispiriting compendrium of strip-cartoon cliches whose rousingly and absurdly crowded climax fails to compensate for inexperienced direction, murky colour photography and shame-faced cutting." ^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 68.
^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.
^ Michele Giordano (1998). Giganti buoni. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877421835.
^ "Goliath Contro I Giganti (Goliath Against the Giants), Italy/Spain, 1961". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 30, no. 352. British Film Institute. May 1963. p. 66.