Iron Warrior

Iron Warrior
Iron Warrior
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Directed by	Alfonso Brescia
Screenplay by	Steven Luotto; Alfonso Brescia;
Story by	Steven Luotto; Alfonso Brescia;
Produced by	Maurizio Maggi; Ovidio G. Assonitis;
Starring	Miles O'Keeffe; Savina Gersak; Elisabeth Kaza;
Cinematography	Wally Gentleman
Edited by	Roberto Silvi
Music by	Carlo Maria Cordio
Production; companies	Browersgracht Investiments; Continental Motion Pictures;
Release date	1 January 1987 (Italy);
Running time	82 minutes

Iron Warrior (Italian: Ator il guerriero di ferro) is 1987 film directed by Alfonso Brescia.

Plot[]

Ator The Fighting Eagle returns again, sans sidekick Thong, to the legendary realm of Dragor to do battle with Phaedra, an evil sorceress. Her main weapon is an unstoppable warrior, known as the Master of the Sword, who continuously battles Ator to a draw, until finally revealing his secret connection to the Blademaster.

Cast[]

Miles O'Keeffe as Ator
as Princess Janna
as Phoedra
as Young Phoedra
as Seductress (uncredited)
as Deeva
as King
as Trogar
as King Impostor
Malcolm Borg as Young Ator
as Young Trogar
as Nekron

Production[]

Iron Warrior was the third film in the Ator series.^[1] It was shot on location on Gozo island in Malta with interiors shot in Mediterranean Film Studios in Malta.^[1] Iron Warrior was shot in 1985.^[2]

Release[]

Iron Warrior was released in Italy on 1 January 1987.^[1] It was released in the United States on 9 January 1987.^[1]

Reception[]

From contemporary reviews, a reviewer credited as "Lor." of Variety reviewed the film on March 21, 1987.^[2] "Lor." referred to the film as lifting equal amounts from both the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films and had poor derivative music from Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan.^[2] "Lor." stated that O'Keeffe is embarrassing, posing instead of acting and like the rest of the cast, stuck with a funny looking punk-influenced hairdo."^[2]

References[]

Footnotes[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 203.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Lor. 1991.

Sources[]

Lor. (1991). Variety's Film Reviews 1987-1988. 20. R. R. Bowker. There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "March 25, 1987". ISBN 0-8352-2667-0.
Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.

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[FOOTNOTEKinnardCrnkovich2017203-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 203.

[FOOTNOTELor.1991-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Lor. 1991.

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