One of the fun aspects of Italian Swashbucklers are the number of movies with female leads. It dates back all the way to the silent era in Italy. A sequel was made after this, TIGER OF THE SEVEN SEAS (1962), which, IMO, is better than this one. Not that there's anything bad with it. It's very good. Cast, production, etc. All excellent. But TIGER blows it away. The reason? I wrote about it in the upcoming issue of BY THE GODS! magazine (explanation of what's going with the magazine tomorrow). It's always fun to see Queens of PEPLUM movies together and seeing Gianna with Moira is, as a PEPLUM fan, a treat. They should have made more films together.
Monday, August 24, 2026
Musings!
One of the fun aspects of Italian Swashbucklers are the number of movies with female leads. It dates back all the way to the silent era in Italy. A sequel was made after this, TIGER OF THE SEVEN SEAS (1962), which, IMO, is better than this one. Not that there's anything bad with it. It's very good. Cast, production, etc. All excellent. But TIGER blows it away. The reason? I wrote about it in the upcoming issue of BY THE GODS! magazine (explanation of what's going with the magazine tomorrow). It's always fun to see Queens of PEPLUM movies together and seeing Gianna with Moira is, as a PEPLUM fan, a treat. They should have made more films together.
