When the evil Queen Caprys invades a neighboring city state, it is up to heroic strongman Maciste (played by bodybuilder Gordon Mitchell to prevent her from completing the job by preventing her from feeding it's infant king (and descendant of Ulysses) to her pet Cyclops. What follows is a series Maciste's heroic exploits: wrestling a lion, helping the bad guys move giant containers of wine into their palace, playing tug of war over a pit of hungry lions (the makers of this movie must have been fond of lions), and waking up next to a very large muscular man after a night of heavy drinking. All while wearing nothing but a loin cloth.
The film is fairly typical of Italian Sword and Sandal movies of the time and the main character, Maciste, is also featured in a whole series of Italian movies in the 1920s and again in the 1960s. The film has faded badly to a yellow color, but this is common among old low budget films. The plot isn't the most coherent in the world and I found myself wondering how the various scenes connected to each other. If you like old B movies I would recommend rounding up a group of
Atlas Against the Cyclops
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