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Sword-and-sandal, also known as peplum (pl.: pepla), is a subgenre of largely Italian-made historical, mythological, or biblical epics mostly set in the...

Swords and Sandals is a series of turn-based fighting, action platformer, and real-time strategy video games, made for Flash, Windows, iOS and Android...

December 2013, the two expressed their involvement in a sprawling sword-and-sandal epic set in ancient Rome. In August 2015, it was announced that Warner...

such films by the term Sword and Sandal rather than sword and sorcery, although others would maintain that the Sword and Sandal label should be reserved only...

is a list of films based on classical mythology (Greek and Roman mythology). The Sword-and-sandal series (1957-1965) includes numerous films depicting Hercules...

American bodybuilder, actor, and model. He is best known for starring in a number of "sword-and-sandal" films in the 1950s and 1960s. Fury returned to acting...

between 1960 and 1978. Most spaghetti Westerns filmed between 1964 and 1978 were made on low budgets, and shot at Cinecittà Studios and various locations...

(Italian: Caligola) is a 1979 erotic historical drama film about the rise and fall of Roman Emperor Caligula. The film stars Malcolm McDowell in the title...

Sword and sorcery (S&S), or heroic fantasy, is a subgenre of fantasy characterized by sword-wielding heroes engaged in exciting and violent adventures...

includes contemporary settings and uses Old West themes, archetypes, and motifs, such as a rebellious antihero, open plains and desert landscapes, or gunfights...

Leone began writing screenplays during the 1950s, primarily for the "sword and sandal" (or peplum) historical epics, popular at the time. He also worked...

grossing Indian film. Magadheera, a big-budget sword-and-sandal epic grossed $25 million at the box office and was the highest-grossing Telugu film of all...

the Maciste character, who went on to have a long career in Italian sword and sandal films. The pastiche film score was composed largely by Manlio Mazza...

Tarzan, Scott moved to Italy and became a popular star in epics of the péplum genre (known in the United States as sword-and-sandal), featuring handsome bodybuilders...

as Caligula II: Messalina, Messalina and Caligula: Sins of Rome, is a 1977 Italian sex comedy and sword-and-sandal spoof. The film is not in fact a sequel...

Planetary romance (other synonyms are sword and planet, and planetary adventure[citation needed]) is a subgenre of science fiction or science fantasy...

remained in Italy and became a lead in sword and sandal films, Eurospy films, and later Spaghetti Westerns. His first Italian film and first starring role...

Historical fantasy Historical fiction Historical drama Sword-and-sandal Sword and planet Sword and sorcery Tim Dirks (12 July 2008). "Epic Films". Filmsite...

impressive sets and matte-painting work. Most sword-and-sandal films were in colour, whereas previous Italian efforts had often been black and white. Kirk...

being "Moira of the Elephants". Cult movie fans know her for the many sword-and-sandal (peplum) films she starred in. Raised in a family who owned the circus...