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Goliath Against the Giants

1961 film by Guido Malatesta

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ1213647 ↗
Source-derived summary

Goliath Against the Giants (Italian: Goliath contro i giganti) is a 1961 Italian film directed by Guido Malatesta. It was Brad Harris's debut as a lead actor.

Cast

Brad Harris: Goliath

Gloria Milland: Princess Elea

Fernando Rey: Bokan

Barbara Carroll: Daina

Carmen de Lirio: Diamira

Pepe Rubio: Briseo (credited as José Rubio)

Fernando Sancho: Namathos

Nello Pazzafini: Jagoran

Release

Goliath Against the Giants was released as Goliath contro I giganti in Italy on 14 May 1961. It was released in the United States on 14 April 1963.

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“Goliath Against the Giants” enters the record as 1961 film by Guido Malatesta. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Goliath, Against and Giants can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1961, 1963—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1961-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Goliath, Against and Giants.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1213647. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1961 and 1963.

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This entry incorporates text from “Goliath Against the Giants” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.