Colossus and the Amazon Queen

1960 film

Ennio De Concini
Fulvio Fo
Augusto Frassinetti
Giorgio Mordini
Vittorio Nino
Novarese
Vittorio Sala^[1]

Produced byPaolo Moffa^[1]Starring

Rod Taylor
Ed Fury
Dorian Gray
Daniela Rocca

CinematographyBitto Albertini^[1]Edited byMario Serandrei^[1]Music byRoberto Nicolosi^[1]

Production
companies

Galatea Film
Glomer Film
Alta Vista^[1]

Release date

8 September 1960 (1960-09-08) (Italy)

Running time

98 minutesCountryItaly^[1]

Colossus and the Amazon Queen (Italian: La regina delle Amazzoni/ Queen of the Amazons) is a 1960 Italian sword and sandal comedy film directed by Vittorio Sala.

Cast

Rod Taylor as Pirro
Ed Fury as Glauco
Dorian Gray as Antiope
Daniela Rocca as Melitta
Gianna Maria Canale as La Regina
Alberto Farnese as Losco - Il pirata
Giorgia Moll as Amazone
Folco Lulli
Ignazio Leone as Sopho
Adriana Facchetti as Sacerdota
Paola Falchi as Amazone
Enzo Cerusico as Menandro
Marco Tulli as Eumeo - Oste

Production

The film stars two American actors in the lead roles, Rod Taylor and bodybuilder Ed Fury. Taylor claims to have rewritten the script extensively.^[2]

Release

Colossus and the Amazon Queen was released in Italy on 8 September 1960 with a 98-minute running time.^[1] It was released in the United States in 1964 with an 84-minute running time.^[1]