THE TROJAN HORSE or THE WAR OF TROY (1961)

THE TROJAN HORSE (or THE WAR OF TROY) is a 1961 Italian peplum film set in the tenth and final year of the Trojan War. The film focuses primarily on the exploits of the Trojan hero Aeneas during this time. The film was directed by Giorgio Ferroni and stars Steve Reeves as Aeneas and John Drew Barrymore as Odysseus.

PLOT:
The film starts with Achiles(Arturo Dominici)dragging body of Hector, Priam's son. Later Aeneas (Steve Reeves) and Priam, king of Troy, go to the enemy camp asking his body. There, Aeneas will have to combat two men (Mimmo Palmara, Nello Pazzafini). Later on,t he famous episodes of the prophecy of Cassandra (Lidia Alfonsi) and the ¨Trojan Horse¨ at Troy take place . The movie deals with war of Troy as adaptation from classic poem of Homer.

CAST:
Steve Reeves as Aeneas
Juliette Mayniel as Creusa
John Drew Barrymore as Odysseus
Edy Vessel as Helen
Lidia Alfonsi as Cassandra
Warner Bentivegna as Paris
Luciana Angiolillo as Andromache
Arturo Dominici as Achilles
Mimmo Palmara as Ajax
Nerio Bernardi as Agamemnon
Nando Tamberlani as Menelaus
Carlo Tamberlani as Priam
Giancarlo Bastianoni as Acate
Giovanni Cianfriglia as Diomedes
Luigi Ciavarro
Giulio Maculani as Sinone
Nello Pazzafini as Achaean warrior
Bianca Doria as Ecuba (uncredited)
Andrej Gardenin as Fencer (uncredited)
Nando Gazzolo as Narrator (uncredited)
Nino Marchetti as Member of the council of elders (uncredited)
Benito Stefanelli as Ulysses Right-hand Man (uncredited)

RELEASE:
The Trojan Horse was released in Italy on 26 October 1961 with a 115-minute running time. It was released in July 1962 in the United States with a 105-minute running time.