The bulkiest and most built of all Tarzans Gordon Scott stars in this peplum epic
that has a familiar Cold War ring to it. The Kingdom of Lydia is right in the path
of the conquering armies of Alexander the Great and the Persian Empire. Looks
like they have to make friends with somebody and it had better be the right
somebody.
Scott who is a warrior general favors buddying it up with Alexander, but the
bad guys want to make Lydia a satellite state of Persia. On top of that the
bad guys are willing to carry out a palace coup to do it.
I'm sure when Goliath And The Rebel Slaves played in theaters back in 1963
very few could not have missed the points contemporary geopolitics being
made. For that reason this film rates a bit above the usual peplum fare.