Hercules in the Vale of Woe (Italian: Maciste contro Ercole nella valle dei guai/ Maciste vs Hercules in the Valley of Woe), a.k.a.

Hercules in the Valley of Woe,[3][4] is a 1961 Italian Franco and Ciccio comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Kirk Morris as Maciste and Frank Gordon as Hercules.

In Milan, a major theater entrepreneur's going to put on a show period piece set in the era of mythological Greece.

Now we learn that the king Eurystheus needed to drive to Hercules, the invincible hero, able to defeat his arch enemy Maciste, who wants to kidnap his girlfriend Deianira.

Hercules in the Valley of Woe was released in Italy on 19 December 1961.