it amaze that this first 1950s hercules film be the stimulus that lead to bazillions of hercules and maciste film over the next 15 year . why be this so hard to believe . well and you would expect that this film would be really and really good since it be such an important film and you would be 100 % wrong . this mish mash film be just as bad a many of the late film and be only marginally watchable . not surprisingly and it have pass into the public domain after all and who would want to renew right to this film . some of the film problem may or may not exist in the original italian print . i do not know and a i have only just watch one of the english dubbed version . the big and most obvious problem be the voice actor their voice be too mechanical and big than life so much so that they seem nothing like real people at time . the original italian voice might be a lot well . another problem ( mostly for history freak like myself ) be that the film be a bizarre melange of both greek and roman mythology with roman and greek name intersperse throughout the film and the story often bear little semblance to the original . this be very sloppy but could also be the fault of the dubbers perhaps the original film be base only on greek or roman character not both . maybe in the original italian it all make more sense . however and despite the sloppy dubbing and another major problem be that the film have too much in the way of plot . there be enough story for two film . why they choose to combine the story of jason and the argonaut seek the golden fleece ( a greek tale ) and hercules ( roman ) deal with an annoy king and his really annoy son be beyond me especially because both character could easily have several film of just their own adventure . in fact and with the story of jason and huge portion of the tale be miss ( such a the most important part his relationship with medea and her father ) and the hercules one simply doesn not look anything like the classical tale nothing . the film have a few fun moment and but overall it look cheap and sloppy like most hercules film . some of the character make no sense at all ( such a the princess who love hercules but fight with him when herc set out to do exactly what she would ask him to do ) and some be so one dimensional they look like they be write by a 3rd grader . if you like cheap and sloppy film ( i know i sure do ) and then this be definitely for you . if not and then see the disney version . it also very bad history and bastardize the story terribly and but be still much close to the original source material than this silly film .