The Prisoner of the Iron Mask (1961)

Original title: La Vendetta della Maschera di Ferro

Sword. Italy/France. Starring Michel Lemoine, Wandisa Guida, Andrea Bosic, Jany Clair & Nando Tamberlani. Directed by Henri Decoin & Francesco De Feo.

Cine Video Distribution (Belgium). French language with dutch subtitles. Letterboxed.

Sandokan the Great (1963)

Original title: Sandokan, la Tigre di Mompracem

Pirate/Exotic. Italy/France/Spain. Starring Steve Reeves, Geneviève Grad, Andrea Bosic, Rik Battaglia, Adolfo Celi & Mimmo Palmara. Directed by Umberto Lenzi.

DVD: Impulso Records & Films (Spain). English/spanish language options. Widescreen. Good quality, except for a 5-10 minute part in the middle which appears to be sourced from VHS.

Lenzi's first Sandokan flick - 100% classic stuff! My favorite Steve Reeves film. 5/5

Sandokan the Great (1963)

Original title: Sandokan, la Tigre di Mompracem

Pirate adventure/Exotic. Italy/France/Spain. Starring Steve Reeves, Geneviève Grad, Andrea Bosic, Rik Battaglia, Adolfo Celi & Mimmo Palmara. Directed by Umberto Lenzi.

VTC (Sweden). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Lenzi's first Sandokan flick - 100% classic stuff! My favorite Steve Reeves film. 5/5

Three Sergeants of Bengal (1964)

Original title: I Tre Sergenti del Bengala

Exotic adventure. Spain/Italy. Starring Richard Harrison, Wandisa Guida, Ugo Sasso, Andrea Bosic, Aldo Sambrell & Dakar. Directed by Umberto Lenzi.

VTC (Sweden). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Stiff, but pretty good exotic adventure from Mr. Lenzi. 3/5

The Witch's Curse (1962)

Original title: Maciste All'inferno

Peplum/Horror. Italy. Starring Kirk Morris, Hélène Chanel & Andrea Bosic. Directed by Riccardo Freda.

EVC (Holland). English dubbed. Letterboxed (slightly). The picture is a little stretched out so if you change the aspect ratio on your TV to 1:85:1 you get a pretty good widescreen.

This is one of the most horror influenced and bizarre peplas I have seen, and one of my personal favorites. Our hero Maciste rides in to 17th century Scotland (!), wearing nothing but underwear, to save a maiden from being burned at the stake due to a nasty curse cast by her long dead relative who was a witch. To save the poor girl Maciste has to enter Hell to seek out the witch and make her undo the curse. There he encounters a lion, the magic well of "Kirk Morris-movie flashbacks", monsters and the pittied souls of Hell. A Kirk Morris classic! 4/5