This mythological movie is plenty of adventures , emotions , thrills , atmospheric settings and colorful scenarios well photographed . Sword and Sandals film centers upon Ursus , the bouncing hunk man who fights against evil people . He befriends a blind girl and he's fending off the villains . The good guys are Ed Fury (Ursus), Maria Luisa Merlo (the blind girl) , Luis Prendes , Manuel Gil and the bad guys are Rafael Luis Calvo , Roberto Camardiel (secondary in many spaghetti western) and Moira Orfei (sister of Liana Orfei also ordinary in Peplum) . Ursus will defeat them at an island where's the headquarter ruled by Moira Orfei who's usually in these flicks .
The corpulent Ed Fury was a hunk man who made lots of roman epic films also called ¨Musclemen movies¨ . Other stars by the time on this type of movies are Mark Forest , Gordon Mitchell, Dan Vadis , Alan Steel , Samson Burke , Reg Park , Rock Stevens , Kirk Morris , Brad Harris and 'Gordon Scott' and of course , the great Steve Reeves , as nobody, nevertheless, topped Steve in popularity .This is a regular spaghetti/paella , myth-opera with action , love , battles and luxurious landscapes . The movie has not mythological accuracy neither expecting historical . There was used sets left over from King of Kings (1961) by Nicholas Ray . Evocative as well as atmospheric musical score by Roman Vlad . Colorful cinematography by Eloy Meya and filmed on location in Algete , Madrid . The film was regularly directed by Carlo Campollani who made many fables of this kind . Carlo along with Vittorio Cottafavi and Giorgio Ferroni continued to realize films in the historical-spectacular style , at which he developed an acceptable skill and mastery .
This film belongs to a quartet about this hunk character , ¨Ursus¨ , such as : "The Vengeance of Ursus" (1961) by Luigi Capuano with Samson Burke , Wandisa Guida , Livio Lorenzon , ¨Ursus in valley of lions¨ (1961) by Carlo Ludovico with similar actors as Ed Fury , Maria Luisa Merlo , Moira Orfei and Alberto Lupo , "The Son of Hercules in the Land of Fire" (1963) by Giorgio Simonelli with Ed Fury , Luciana Gilli and Claudia Mori . ¨Ursus¨ movie is derived from Buddy Baer's character who is named "Ursus" , a secondary role in the famous colossal ¨Quo Vadis¨ (1951) directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starred by Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr . The movie Ursus (1961) obtained success and originated a second part . Rating 4,5/10 , passable though mediocre .
The corpulent Ed Fury was a hunk man who made lots of roman epic films also called ¨Musclemen movies¨ . Other stars by the time on this type of movies are Mark Forest , Gordon Mitchell, Dan Vadis , Alan Steel , Samson Burke , Reg Park , Rock Stevens , Kirk Morris , Brad Harris and 'Gordon Scott' and of course , the great Steve Reeves , as nobody, nevertheless, topped Steve in popularity .This is a regular spaghetti/paella , myth-opera with action , love , battles and luxurious landscapes . The movie has not mythological accuracy neither expecting historical . There was used sets left over from King of Kings (1961) by Nicholas Ray . Evocative as well as atmospheric musical score by Roman Vlad . Colorful cinematography by Eloy Meya and filmed on location in Algete , Madrid . The film was regularly directed by Carlo Campollani who made many fables of this kind . Carlo along with Vittorio Cottafavi and Giorgio Ferroni continued to realize films in the historical-spectacular style , at which he developed an acceptable skill and mastery .
This film belongs to a quartet about this hunk character , ¨Ursus¨ , such as : "The Vengeance of Ursus" (1961) by Luigi Capuano with Samson Burke , Wandisa Guida , Livio Lorenzon , ¨Ursus in valley of lions¨ (1961) by Carlo Ludovico with similar actors as Ed Fury , Maria Luisa Merlo , Moira Orfei and Alberto Lupo , "The Son of Hercules in the Land of Fire" (1963) by Giorgio Simonelli with Ed Fury , Luciana Gilli and Claudia Mori . ¨Ursus¨ movie is derived from Buddy Baer's character who is named "Ursus" , a secondary role in the famous colossal ¨Quo Vadis¨ (1951) directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starred by Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr . The movie Ursus (1961) obtained success and originated a second part . Rating 4,5/10 , passable though mediocre .