Call them Peplum, call them Sword and Sandal movies, whatever, but for a few years in the fifties and sixties the Italians made an industry out of mini-epics featuring muscular men wearing not very much. The audience for these was well known to be in a lot of cases gay and Italy became a magnet for bodybuilders wanting to break into movies.
Many of these performers are largely forgotten today, so I thought I'd start a thread comemorating some of them.
First off, Gordon Mitchell, an American actor who was an aabsolute mainstay of Italian genre cinema from the fifties to the eighties.
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Now that's what I call a chest!
Many of these performers are largely forgotten today, so I thought I'd start a thread comemorating some of them.
First off, Gordon Mitchell, an American actor who was an aabsolute mainstay of Italian genre cinema from the fifties to the eighties.
c169376d3a4dbaf1c8afb13c5ad5afd4.jpg
gordonmitchell5.jpg
hqdefault-1.jpg
Now that's what I call a chest!