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Margaret Lee is terrified of an alligator in SAMSON AND THE SEA BEAST (1963)

If someone asked me what's the most unintentionally funny scene in a PEPLUM movie, this one would be a major contender. I'm usually very forgiving when it comes to such scenes. Films from a different era with different options for effects or props doesn't necessarily mean hilarity but this scene is funny. It's not just the obviously fake alligator but the entire scene with Margaret acting quite convincingly that she's in terror but the filnal result is too much. Certainly when Kirk Morris jumps on the alligator and roles around under the dangling Margaret. A lot of people dismiss the genre when viewing such scenes. I don't. The scene is still fun even if it's not convincing.