Atlas

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Evil king Praximedes convinces superhero Atlas to fight for him, but Atlas eventually sees the king's true nature and turns against him.Evil king Praximedes convinces superhero Atlas to fight for him, but Atlas eventually sees the king's true nature and turns against him.Evil king Praximedes convinces superhero Atlas to fight for him, but Atlas eventually sees the king's true nature and turns against him.

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3.9/10

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Michael Forest

Atlas

Frank Wolff

Proximates the Tyrant

Barboura Morris

Candia

Walter Maslow

Garnis

William Jolley

Andreas Filippides

King Telektos

Jean Moore

Thodoros Exarhos

Prince Indros
(as Christos Exarchos)

Robert Hudson

Kent Whitley

Miranda Kounelaki

Arione

James Carleton

Theodoros Dimitriou

Gen. Gallus

Charles Stirling

Sasa Dario

Prima Ballerina
(as Sascha Dario)

Roger Corman

Greek Soldier
(uncredited)

Charles B. Griffith

Greek Soldier
(uncredited)

Dick Miller

Greek Soldier
(uncredited)

Director
- Roger Corman
Writer
- Charles B. Griffith
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Trivia
Although it is usually assumed that the somewhat skimpy battle scenes were due to director Roger Corman's legendary cheapness, Corman had actually arranged for the services of 500 soldiers from the local Greek army garrison. On the morning of filming, however, only about 50 showed up, and as the day wore on (and the heat intensified), some of them drifted away. In order to make it look like there were more "soldiers" than there actually were, Corman had them march in formation past the camera, then when out of camera range run around behind the crew and equipment, and march past the camera again. That is also why the battle scenes are filmed in close-up combat between individual soldiers or small groups of soldiers rather than in long shots of masses of battling infantry, as Corman had originally planned.

Quotes
Proximates the Tyrant: Don't fence with me, wrestler. I can have your entrails on the sand at the snap of a finger.
Atlas: Start snapping.

Connections
Referenced in Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: My Tribute to Roger Corman - The King of B Movies (2022)

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4/10

Find me a champion

Playing the title role of Atlas and certainly having the physique for it is Michael Forest best known for playing the God Apollo on Star Trek prime. He gets himself involved in a civil war where one army is besieging a city state.

When a single combat winner take all duel is arranged the besieger goes out to look for a champion and just by coincidence the Olympic Games are being held. Frank Wolff finds Michael Forest and he will face Christos Exarchos the prince of the city. When Forest beats Exarchos but doesn't kill him, Wolff should have thought right then and there that this will mean trouble for him.

Roger Corman produced Atlas. It was his attempt to make a Peplum, sand and scandal less than an epic. The European players stroll rather listlessly through the film. But Frank Wolff, God Bless him is having a whale of time playing Proximades the tyrant who shows pieces of what Peter Ustinov did with Nero in Quo Vadis and later on Christopher Plummer in the Fall Of The Roman Empire. Wolff is so infectiously evil, he makes a mediocre film worth watching.