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Andrea Aureli is surrounded by two Queens of the PEPLUM genre, Gianna Maria Canale and Sylva Koscina in THE MIGHTY CRUSADERS (1957)

This is a rare moment, when Gianna and Sylva, both who would star in HERCULES (1958), are on screen together. In fact, both actresses share top billing in the opening credit for the French release of MIGHTY CRUSADERS, which is rare in an action movie. In the Italian release, the opening credits are split by on-screen couples (Sylva Koscina with Francisco Rabal and then Gianna and Rik Battaglia). Even if they both star in HERCULES, they don't share a scene together since their characters are in different settings. It's fun to see them in the same shot. It was released on December 23, 1957, just in time for Christmas. Great film!