La Freccia Doro, The Golden Arrow (1962) Rossana Podesta

Filmed in Egypt, The Golden Arrow stars yesteryear s beefcake Tab Hunter as a strong Arabian Nights bandit. He discovers that he s really the boy of a Sultan, and that his kingdom is within risk. In purchase to save his individuals and restore his throne, the Tabmeister must find a miracle fantastic arrow. Or, if you choose, he must find La freccia d oro, which had been the initial Italian name of the film. The Golden Arrow lets us understand halfway through that it s not to be taken seriously (as if we had up till then) by providing us two comic genies: One skinny, one sluggish. Beginning with the late fifties the Italian movie industry enjoyed a major renaissance that lasted until the early seventies and yielded these types of wideranging worldwide package office hits as Hercules (1958) featuring Steve Reeves, Federico Fellini s La Dolce Vita (1960), and Sergio Leone s influential Spaghetti Western, A Fistful of Dollars (1964), to name a few. Italian producers seeking to increase their profits lured Ame