Musings!

Ursus (Samson Burke) using a man as a weapon in VENGEANCE OF URSUS (1961)

Tuesday, I showed a terrible scene from MACISTE IN KING SOLOMON'S MINES with Reg Park using a dummy instead of a real man in a similar scene. This is the way to do it. The men on the ground were hit by the body of their fellow soldier and the one soldier is about to be hit. It works well. In fact the entire movie is one of my favourite of the overlooked PEPLUM movies. Physically, Samson Burke is fine and does these stunts pretty well even if his acting is pretty limited. But overall, everything about this production works. It's filled with action scenes and Feats of strengths that Ursus has to overcome. It's well filmed. The cast is good. The sets, the costumes, everything clicks...and yet it's not one of the titles people would bring up as a favourite PEPLUM movie. I've watched it many times and will watch again many more times. It's a quintessential PEPLUM title.