The Avenger (Italian: La leggenda di Enea, lit. ‘The Legend of Aeneas’) is a 1962 film directed by Giorgio Venturini.

Aeneas leads escaped survivors of the Trojan war to new land in Italy. Based on Virgil‘s The Aeneid.

• Steve Reeves as Enea (Aeneas)
• Carla Marlier as Lavinia, Latino’s Daughter
• Liana Orfei as Camilla, Queen of the Vulga
• Giacomo Rossi-Stuart as Eurialo
• Gianni Garko as Turno (Turnus), King of the Rusalie (Rutuli)
• Mario Ferrari as King Latino (Latinus)
• Lulla Selli as Queen Amata, Latino’s Wife
• Maurice Poli as Mezensio, Turno’s Henchman
• Luciano Benetti as Phalandre
• Pietro Capanna as Bisia
• Enzo Fiermonte as Acate
• Charles Band as Ascanio (Ascanius)
• Benito Stefanelli as Niso
• Nerio Bernardi as Drance
• Adriano Vitale as Dancer
• Walter Zappolini as Dancer
• Robert Bettoni as Pallante

The Avenger was released in Italy on 28 November 1962 with a running time of 95 minutes. It was released in the United States on June 1965 with a 105 minute running time.

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