Italian film poster for Hercules in the Haunted World
Directed by
Mario Bava
Screenplay by
Mario Bava
Sandro Continenza
Franco Prosperi
Duccio Tessari[1]
Story by
Mario Bava[1]
Produced by
Achille Piazzi[1]
Starring
Reg Park
Leonora Ruffo
Christopher Lee
Giorgio Ardisson[2]
Cinematography
Mario Bava
Ubaldo Terzano[2]
Edited by
Mario Serandrei[1]
Music by
Armando Trovajoli[1]
Color process
Technicolor
Production company
SpA Cinematografica[3]
Distributed by
Imperialcine[4] Woolner Brothers (US)
Release date
16 November 1961 (1961-11-16) (Italy)
Running time
93 minutes[3]
Country
Italy[3]
Language
Italian
Box office
₤398 million[5]
Hercules in the Haunted World (Italian: Ercole al centro della terra, lit. "Hercules at the Center of the Earth") is a 1961 Italian sword-and-sandal film directed by Mario Bava. British bodybuilder Reg Park plays Hercules while British actor Christopher Lee appears as Hercules' nemesis Lico. Shooting at Cinecittà, director Mario Bava used some of the same sets from the earlier Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis which also stars Park.[6]
^ abcdeKinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 89.
^ abCite error: The named reference mfb-1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ abcKinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 90.
^"Ercole al centro della terra (1961)". Archivo del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^Pohle, Hart & Pohle Baldwin 2017, p. 109.
^Hughes 2011, p. 8f.
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