Friday, June 22, 2018
Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World (1961)
SAMSON AND THE SEVEN MIRACLES OF THE WORLD (1961) ¢ ¢
D: Riccardo Freda
Gordon Scott, Yoko Tani, Hélène Chanel,
Dante DiPaolo, Gabriele Antonini, Chu Lai Chit
The legendary strongman, roaming the Far East for reasons that are never explained, helps Chinese rebels fight off the invading Mongols. In the interest of concise storytelling, the movie skips most of the seven miracles, but a well-oiled, musclebound Caucasian in a loincloth passing unnoticed through a crowded Chinese city in broad daylight has to qualify as some sort of miracle, don't you think?