While traveling through the kingdom of Sulom, Samson is arrested and finds that the queen no longer reigns and that a power-mad warlord and his army of mercenaries now controls the kingdom. Samson teams up with some of his one-time adversaries to battle the usurper and restore the rightful queen to power.
Production
Recycled sets from better peplum films give budget-conscious grandeur.
Acting
Serge Gainsbourg's villain performance is accidental camp genius.
Director
Gianfranco Parolini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was released in some markets as 'Samson Against the Pirates' despite containing zero pirates. Italian distributors simply did not care.
Gainsbourg made this during his 'paying the bills' period before becoming France's most provocative pop poet—he reportedly hated every minute.
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