Colossus and the Amazon Queen

{{Short description|1960 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Colossus and the Amazon Queen | image = Amqueenpos.jpg | alt = | caption = | native_name =  | director = [[Vittorio Sala]] | producer = [[Paolo Moffa]]{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=36}} | writer = | screenplay = {{plainlist|*[[Ennio De Concini]] * Fulvio Fo * Augusto Frassinetti * Giorgio Mordini * Vittorio Nino * Novarese * Vittorio Sala{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=36}}}} | story = | based_on = | starring = {{plainlist|* [[Rod Taylor]] * [[Ed Fury]] * [[Dorian Gray (actress)|Dorian Gray]] * [[Daniela Rocca]]}} | narrator = | music = [[Roberto Nicolosi]]{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=36}} | cinematography = [[Bitto Albertini]]{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=36}} | editing = [[Mario Serandrei]]{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=36}} | studio = {{plainlist|* Galatea Film * Glomer Film * Alta Vista{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=36}}}} | distributor =  | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1960|9|8|Italy}} | runtime = 98 minutes | country = Italy{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=36}} | language = | budget = | gross = }}

'''''Colossus and the Amazon Queen''''' ({{langx|it|La regina delle Amazzoni}}/ ''Queen of the Amazons'') is a 1960 Italian [[sword and sandal]] comedy film directed by [[Vittorio Sala]].

== Cast == *[[Rod Taylor]] as Pirro *[[Ed Fury]] as [[Glaucus (soldier)|Glauco]] *[[Dorian Gray (actress)|Dorian Gray]] as Antiope *[[Daniela Rocca]] as Melitta *[[Gianna Maria Canale]] as La Regina *[[Alberto Farnese]] as Losco - Il pirata *[[Giorgia Moll]] as Amazone *[[Folco Lulli]] *[[Ignazio Leone]] as Sopho *[[Adriana Facchetti]] as Sacerdota *[[Paola Falchi]] as Amazone *[[Enzo Cerusico]] as Menandro *[[Marco Tulli]] as Eumeo - Oste

== Production == The film stars two American actors in the lead roles, [[Rod Taylor]] and bodybuilder [[Ed Fury]]. Taylor claims to have rewritten the script extensively.<ref>Stephen Vagg, ''Rod Taylor: An Aussie in Hollywood'', Bear Manor Media, 2010 p 72</ref>

==Release== ''Colossus and the Amazon Queen'' was released in Italy on 8 September 1960 with a 98-minute running time.{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=36}} It was released in the United States in 1964 with an 84-minute running time.{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=36}}

== References == {{Reflist}}

===Bibliography=== {{Refbegin}} * {{cite book |last1=Kinnard |first1=Roy |last2=Crnkovich |first2=Tony |title=Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908–1990 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1476662916 |year=2017 }} {{Refend}}

== External links == *{{IMDb title|id=0054237|title=Colossus and the Amazon Queen}} *{{Internet Archive film|id=Colossus_and_the_Amazon_Queen|name=La regina delle Amazzoni}}

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