Sunday, December 2, 2012

PEPLUM Cliché: Stopping arrows/spears with piece of wood

More examples of the popular cliché. Added to the PEPLUM Clichés page.

Dan Vadis stops a single large spear with a huge beam of wood in TRIUMPH OF THE TEN GLADIATORS

Mickey Hargitay blocks a bunch of arrows with a massive wooden wheel in THE LOVES OF HERCULES

Alan Steel, as Hercules, uses a fence to stop a bunch of arrows directed at him in HERCULES AGAINST ROME

1 comment:

Charles R. Rutledge said...

Saw David Carradine do this with throwing stars in the pilot movie for Kung Fu.