peplum
In the late 50s the movie La fatiche de Ercole (Hercules) was a big success. Lots of movies about Hercules, Maciste, Ulysses, Samson Ursus, Goliath and so on were made. Stars were often American athlets and musclemen. Brad Harris and Gordon Mitchell are two that stayed in Italian films and appeared in various genres well into the 80s. It seems as if the Peplum had its last year in 1964, probably due to the rise of the Spaghetti Western. Sure, Mario Bava made a few viking films with Cameron Mitchell, but the genre was more or less dead, at least until the early 80s. Peplum was a piece of clothing worn in ancient Rome.
Ca 1957-1964