This is a collection of media from the initial releases of "Goliath and the Barbarians" (1959) in the Pacific Northwest. "Naked Paradise" was retitled "Thunder Over Hawaii" as a second feature for this run.
The Standard Produzione production had to shut down when the money ran out. American-International Pictures' executives James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff were shown rushes from the film and agreed to buy the US distribution rights, which gave the film's producers the money to continue production. With their own Steve Reeves movie (retitled Goliath and the Barbarians) in theaters only months after the box-office sensation Hercules (1958), American-International had one of its biggest hits up to that time.
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Goliath and the Barbarians (1959)
When barbarians invade his village and kill his father, a local man wages a one-man war against them.
Director: Carlo Campogalliani
Writers: Gino Mangini, Emimmo Salvi, Nino Stresa
Stars: Steve Reeves, Chelo Alonso, Bruce Cabot
Thunder Over Hawaii (AKA "Naked Paradise," 1957)
Gangster Zac Cotton and his two henchmen, Mitch and Sonny, try to get a boat to get off a tropical island after a botched robbery heist.
Director: Roger Corman
Writers: Charles B. Griffith, Mark Hanna
Stars: Richard Denning, Beverly Garland, Dick Miller
May 17, 1960 ad (Portland)
May 18, 1960 ad (Portland)
May 19, 1960 ad (Portland)
May 22, 1960 ad (Seattle)
May 25, 1960 ad (Seattle)
May 25, 1960 ad (Seattle)
Goliath And The Barbarians (1959) poster
Thunder Over Hawaii (1957) poster
Goliath and the Barbarians (1959) trailer
