Atlas Against the Cyclops

Original title: Maciste nella terra dei ciclopi

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Gordon Mitchell and Paul Wynter in Atlas Against the Cyclops (1961)

Strongman Maciste must battle the one-eyed Cyclops monster that is ravaging the land of Sadok, while at the same time fending off the advances of the evil Queen Capys, who wants to do a litt... Read allStrongman Maciste must battle the one-eyed Cyclops monster that is ravaging the land of Sadok, while at the same time fending off the advances of the evil Queen Capys, who wants to do a little ravaging of her own.Strongman Maciste must battle the one-eyed Cyclops monster that is ravaging the land of Sadok, while at the same time fending off the advances of the evil Queen Capys, who wants to do a little ravaging of her own.

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Gordon Mitchell

Maciste
(as Mitchell Gordon)

Chelo Alonso

Capys

Vira Silenti

La regina Penope

Dante DiPaolo

Iphitos

Aldo Bufi Landi

Sirone

Giotto Tempestini

Aronio

Raffaella Carrà

Eber
(as Raffaella Pelloni)

Paul Wynter

Mumba

Massimo Righi

Efros

Tullio Altamura

Il capitano della guardia

Antonio Meschini

Un soldato

Fabio

Il bimbo figlio di Penope e Agisandro
(as Il piccolo Fabio)

Germano Longo

Il re Agisandro

Artemio Antonini

Una guardia
(uncredited)

Lars Bloch

Eric
(uncredited)

Pietro Ceccarelli

Il guardia carceraria
(uncredited)

Vincenzo Maggio

Una guardia
(uncredited)

Moira Orfei

Una contadina
(uncredited)

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Trivia
The symbolic design on the large rayed solar disk which can be seen on a wall in the queen's palace imitates the font and spiral design found on the mysterious Phaistos disc (~1700 B.C.), which remains yet to be deciphered.

Goofs
When Maciste saves the small child from the lion, the shots of the real lion (with Gordon Mitchell's stand-in for the sequence) show that the claws are not out and the paws are not being used to strike but rather happily returning the hug it's receiving.

Quotes
Ifito: [having captured Maciste] Now we'll have some entertainment. Take him to the pit!

Crazy credits
Although he was top billed in the role of Maciste, Gordon Mitchell's name appears in the credits as "Mitchell Gordon."

Connections
Featured in Best in Action: 1961 (2018)

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The extraordinary and luscious Chelo Alonso is the evil queen in this outlandish peplum, and that's enough for me.

Chelo Alonso is once again on hand in another cheesy muscleman movie. Sadly, she doesn't get to perform one of her seductive dance numbers in this one, an unforgiveable omission if there ever was one. As for the rest of the film, it's mostly Gordon Mitchell's show as he's asked to display his rugged physique in virtually every scene. Fun kitsch, even though Chelo was wasted.