Even though their characters were supporting ones, I always liked their presence and how it meshed with the story. Van appeared in 5 PEPLUM movies (he only acted in 7 films in total) and was also very memorable in GOLIATH AND THE VAMPIRES (1961), as the man who 'recruited' the women for Kobrak. As for Dolores, this is her only PEPLUM film. She was quite good in it. In this movie, Van is the leader of the Emperor's elite soldiers. I know a big chunk of the audience today would react negatively towards the entire movie (the slaves in this movie are whites) but I think the movie holds up brilliantly.
I already made a list of black actresses in PEPLUM movies 11 years ago, here at this link. I think I should do the one listing all the black actors.
