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Hercules and the Captive Women (1961)

Strong yet sleepy Hercules discovers that the Queen of Atlantis is plotting to take over the world with superhuman warriors. Director: Vittorio Cottafavi Writers: Vittorio Cottafavi, Sandro Continenza Stars: Reg Park, Fay Spain, Ettore Manni

So Evil, So Young (1961)

A young girl is framed for a robbery, and sent to a harsh reform school, where she becomes the target of a vicious warden. Director: Godfrey Grayson Writer: Mark Grantham (story) Stars: Jill Ireland, Ellen Pollock, John Charlesworth

Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World (1961)

Sam must rescue a beautiful Chinese princess from a marauding horde of warriors. Director: Riccardo Freda Writers: Oreste Biancoli (story), Oreste Biancoli (screenplay) | 3 more credits » Stars: Gordon Scott, Yôko Tani, Hélène Chanel

Samson (1961)

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. Director: Gianfranco Parolini Writers: Oscar D'Amico (screenplay), G. Madison (story) Stars: Brad Harris, Sergio Ciani, Mara Berni

Posse from Hell (1961)

Banner Cole is a tough sheriff's deputy who forms a small posse to go after 4 death cell escapees who killed the sheriff , along with 3 other men, and kidnapped a woman with rape in mind. Director: Herbert Coleman Writers: Clair Huffaker (screenplay), Clair Huffaker (novel) Stars: Audie Murphy, John Saxon, Zohra Lampert

Dead Eyes of London (1961)

Wealthy, heavily insured men are being murdered at an alarming rate. Scotland Yard investigates and finds clues that lead to a ring of blind men, led by a mysterious "reverend." Director: Alfred Vohrer Writers: Edgar Wallace (novel), Egon Eis (screenplay) (as Trygve Larsen) Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Baal, Dieter Borsche

The Snake Woman (1961)

In 1890 England a doctor, in order to cure his wife's "sick mind", injects her with snake venom. She later gives birth to a daughter the villagers begin to call "The Devil's Baby". They soon burn the family's house down. Years later a Scotland Yard detective is sent to the village to investigate a rash of deaths that are caused by snakebite. Director: Sidney J. Furie Writer: Orville H. Hampton Stars: John McCarthy, Susan Travers, Geoffrey Denton

The Phantom Planet (1961)

After an invisible asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom planet's exotic atmosphere. Director: William Marshall Writers: William Telaak (screenplay), Fred De Gorter (screenplay) Stars: Dean Fredericks, Coleen Gray, Anthony Dexter

The Trojan Horse (1961)

A retelling of the events leading to the use of the Trojan Horse, to bring down the great city of Troy. Director: Giorgio Ferroni Writers: Giorgio Ferroni, Ugo Liberatore Stars: Steve Reeves, Juliette Mayniel, John Drew Barrymore

Maciste vs. the Vampire (1961)

Goliath must save the kidnapped women of his village from an evil zombie leader who needs their blood to feed his soldiers. Directors: Sergio Corbucci, Giacomo Gentilomo Writers: Sergio Corbucci, Duccio Tessari Stars: Gordon Scott, Leonora Ruffo, Jacques Sernas

Mighty Ursus (1961)

Ursus returns from war to find his fiancée, Attea, has been kidnapped by a mysterious sect which sacrifices virgins to its patron goddess. Ursus faces much treachery and is forced to display much courage and strength as he and the blind girl Doreide embark upon a quest to retrieve Attea. Director: Carlo Campogalliani Writers: Giuseppe Mangione (story), Giuliano Carnimeo (screenplay) Stars: Ed Fury, Cristina Gaioni, Moira Orfei

Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)

After political unrest breaks out on a Caribbean island, scheming criminal Renzo Capetto (Anthony Carbone) sees an opportunity. He promises to transport a group of exiles out of the country while also taking part of the national treasury. Followed onto the boat by an American agent (Edward Wain), Capetto plans to kill off the exiles and explain that their deaths were from a sea monster. Then he can keep the money for himself. But this plan goes awry when the sea monster actually shows up. Initial release: June 1961 Director: Roger Corman Running time: 1h 15m Screenplay: Charles B. Griffith Music composed by: Fred Katz

Atlas (1961)

Greek muscleman Atlas (Michael Forest) fights tyrant Praximedes (Frank Wolff) for game Candia (Barboura Morris). Release date: May 1961 (USA) Director: Roger Corman Running time: 1h 19m Screenplay: Charles B. Griffith Music composed by: Ronald Stein

Amazons of Rome (1961)

A warrior dashes between his barbaric allies and a city that's being defended by embattled women warriors. Release date: March 6, 1963 (USA) Directors: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Vittorio Cottafavi, Peter O'Cord Running time: 1h 45m Music composed by: Marcel Landowski Screenplay: Léo Joannon, Pierre O'Connell, Luigi Emmanuele