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Il Colosso di Rodi (1961) was a Adventure - Drama Film directed by Sergio Leone and produced by Cesare Seccia, Eduardo de la Fuente and Michele Scaglione.

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Darios: [after seeing a court servant die from drinking poison] Somehow I've lost my desire for wine.
[he pours his wine out onto the floor]


Mirte: [seductively] I can grant your most secret desire.
Darios: Which one?


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During most of his scenes, Rory Calhoun wears a wide bracelet on his left arm and stiffly extends it covered by a cloak. According to Sergio Leone scholar Christopher Frayling and Calhoun's widow, the actor did that to hide some 20th-century tattoos.
The widescreen process used is TotalScope, an Italian version of Cinemascope.
According to Sir Christopher Frayling, Sergio Leone's early concept for the Colossus was to have its arms crossed and the visage of Benito Mussolini. This concept was abandoned and replaced with Helios/Apollo.
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