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5.5 1h 35m

The Terror of the Steppes

Tribal chief Sandra kidnaps Samira, the daughter of the powerful Yesen Khan. He hopes to exchange her for a treasure in gold but falls in love with the girl and things gets complicated.

Top Cast

  • Kirk Morris

    Kirk Morris

    Sandar

  • Moira Orfei

    Moira Orfei

    Malina

  • Daniele Vargas

    Daniele Vargas

    Altan Khan

  • Ombretta Colli

    Ombretta Colli

    Samira

  • Franco Cobianchi

    Franco Cobianchi

    Jesen

  • Giulio Donnini

    Giulio Donnini

    Consigliere di Khan

  • Ugo Sasso

    Ugo Sasso

    Ciukhai

  • Furio Meniconi

    Furio Meniconi

    Kublai

  • Amerigo Santarelli

    Amerigo Santarelli

    Guard at city gate

Overview

Tribal chief Sandra kidnaps Samira, the daughter of the powerful Yesen Khan. He hopes to exchange her for a treasure in gold but falls in love with the girl and things gets complicated.

Rating

5.5 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    5 Apr 19, 2022

    Now I suppose that after Hollywood gave us "The Conqueror" (1956) it is nigh on impossible to criticise any similar themed Peplum enterprise for bad as they might be, they cannot be any worse than that terrible effort from the "Duke". Indeed, Kirk Morris ("Sandar Khan") is probably just as wooden as he and his band capture the Princess "Samira" (Ombretta Colli). Initially they want to ransom her, but he has to change his plans when a surprise attack by her father all but wipes out his tribe. Of course, she feigns hostility towards her captor but as sure as the sun rises and sets, that dynamic changes - and that does not impress his erstwhile lady "Melina" (Moira Orfei) who is not a woman to be crossed. The story is actually quite adequate, but the production is shocking - and frequently silly, too. Morris is often clad in a hat that wouldn't have looked out of place in "Scaramouche"; the continuity is all over the place and the plot has more holes than a string vest convention. The ending is quite good, though - a duel with quite a difference, and the Rustichelli score works well in helping the thing along for a seriously over-long 100 minutes. The lighting budget had clearly been spent on the outlandish costumes, which doesn't help either and in the end I felt this had more (unintentional) comedy value than any as an action adventure film.

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