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None of these films in their original Italian versions involved the Hercules character in any way.

Likewise, most of the Sons of Hercules movies shown on American TV in the 1960s had nothing to do with Hercules in their original Italian versions.

( See also The Three Stooges Meet Hercules ( 1962 ) an American-made genre parody starring peplum star Samson Burke as Hercules.