Kirk Morris

Moira Orfei

Daniele Vargas

Ombretta Colli

Franco Cobianchi

Giulio Donnini

Ugo Sasso

Furio Meniconi

Amerigo Santarelli

Tony Casale

Fortunato Arena

Claudio Marzulli

Franco Pechini

Gabriella Schettini

Anna Mazzelli

Attilio Dottesio

Luigi Scavran

Marco Pasquini

Sina Scarfone

Angiolina Menichelli

Alba Di Salvo

Luigi Puri

Gustavo Sisi

Carlo Agate

Walter Patriarca

Angelo Zambo

Maria Luisa Rosen

Mario Teresa Rovere

Duilio Giustini

Enrico Umetelli

Alvaro Orsini

Amedeo Mellone

Aldo Giordani

Carlo Rustichelli

Luigi Rovere

Walter Civirani

Eugenio Ascani

Oreste Sabatini

Sergio Bergamini

Mario Casalini

Tanio Boccia

Mario Moroni

Adventure

Action

Drama

I predoni della steppa

Cineluxor

Italy

CinemaSerf

Now I suppose that after Hollywood gave us "The Conqueror" (1956) it is nigh on impossible to criticise any similar themed Peplum enterprise for bad as they might be, they cannot be any worse than that terrible effort from the "Duke". Indeed, Kirk Morris ("Sandar Khan") is probably just as wooden as he and his band capture the Princess "Samira" (Ombretta Colli). Initially they want to ransom her, but he has to change his plans when a surprise attack by her father all but wipes out his tribe. Of course, she feigns hostility towards her captor but as sure as the sun rises and sets, that dynamic changes - and that does not impress his erstwhile lady "Melina" (Moira Orfei) who is not a woman to be crossed. The story is actually quite adequate, but the production is shocking - and frequently silly, too. Morris is often clad in a hat that wouldn't have looked out of place in "Scaramouche"; the continuity is all over the place and the plot has more holes than a string vest convention. The ending is quite good, though - a duel with quite a difference, and the Rustichelli score works well in helping the thing along for a seriously over-long 100 minutes. The lighting budget had clearly been spent on the outlandish costumes, which doesn't help either and in the end I felt this had more (unintentional) comedy value than any as an action adventure film.

Italiano

The Terror of the Steppes