Ursus, Rächer der Sklaven

To defend his countrymen, mighty Ursus goes off to war in a foreign land, a war that will last several years. Victorious, he returns home planning to marry his fiancée Attea, only to learn that she has been kidnapped in his absence by a bizarre religious cult living on a far-off island. Ursus enlists the aid of a young blind slave girl, Doreide, whom he used to know as a child, and together they embark on a quest to look for and rescue his lost Attea.

Ursus and Doreide finally arrive on the island, only to be captured by the villians, led by their masked queen, an evil woman who orders the sacrifice of virgins to her bull-god. But Ursus soon takes the bull by the horns and turns the table around ...

Ed Fury joins the muscle and toga brigade, which consists of Steve Reeves, Gordon Scott and Mark Forest to name a few, in this peplum that follows the well-worn path of this genre, but it has some good moments such as the desert sequence where Ursus and the blind girl are thirsty, the adventure and landscapes and the exquisite palace of the femme fatale. There's a rather horrid Queen who predictably keeps Ursus alive longer so she can have fun time with him. But then there's a twist concerning Ursus' kidnapped girlfriend- it took me by surprise. The film ends with a bullfight - poor stuntman earns his dinero as he gets tossed around in all different directions! - and a mass attack. Ed Fury is competent in the role of Ursus, though in his dialogue - the dubbed English - he states the bleeding obvious and his booming voice reminds me of Roger Ramjet. The acting honours go to Maria Luisa Merlo who plays the blind girl who helps Ursus in his quest.