Goliath and the Dragon (1960)
AIP Production #6007

Jeff and Cheryl dust off their Greek mythology books to figure out the difference between centaurs and satyrs for Goliath and the Dragon.

Directed by Vittorio Cottafavi
Screenplay by Marcello Baldi, Duccio Tessari, Mario Ferrari, Nicolo Ferrari ,Fabio Carpi, Ennio De Concini, and Franco Rossetti
Story by Marcello Baldi and Nicolo Ferrari
Produced by Gianni Fuchs and Achille Piazzi
Production companies: Achille Piazzi
Produzioni Cinematografica Produzione Gianni Guchs and Comptoir Francais du Film Production (CFFP)

Starring:

Mark Forest – Emilius/Goliath
Broderick Crawford – King Eurystheus
Sandro Moretti – Illus
Gaby André – Ismene
Phillip Hersent – Antoneos
Leonora Ruffo – Dejanira
Giancarlo Sbragia – Tindaro
Wandisa Guida – Alcinoe
Federica Ranchi – Thea
Carla Calò – La Sibilla, the Wind Goddess
Ugo Sasso – Timocles
Claudio Undari – Centaur
Grazia Collodi - Iride, Thea’s Slave
Salvatore Furnari – Little Peasant

Produced by AIP and Achille Piazzi Produzioni Cinematografica and distributed by American International Pictures. Stream Goliath and the Dragon on Tubi or Prime Video.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)