Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Clip of the week: THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII (1959)

Steve Reeves vs alligator 

2 comments:

  1. The most apprehensive part is when he starts to climb down. Those legs seem very vulnerable. The underwater dreamy soundtrack that was chosen is a bit of a disappointment. Wikipedia incorrectly refers to it as a crocodile:
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Days_of_Pompeii_(1959_film)
    https://www.livescience.com/animals/alligators-crocodiles/last-known-crocodile-in-europe-lived-in-spain-45-million-years-ago-researchers-say

    If it had been one of our crocs here down under the fight might have lasted a bit longer.

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  2. I keep hoping this wonderful film will come out on Blu-ray in Europe. There are great prints of it on DVD from France and Germany with English language tracks.

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