The Ark of the Sun God

Original title: I sopravvissuti della città morta

1984
TV-PG
1h 38m

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A safecracker takes a job where he must go to Istanbul and steal a scepter that once belonged to the god Gilgamesh but is now in the temple of a secret cult.A safecracker takes a job where he must go to Istanbul and steal a scepter that once belonged to the god Gilgamesh but is now in the temple of a secret cult.A safecracker takes a job where he must go to Istanbul and steal a scepter that once belonged to the god Gilgamesh but is now in the temple of a secret cult.

Director
- Antonio Margheriti
Writers
- Giovanni Paolucci
- Giovanni Simonelli
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4.9/10

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Director
- Antonio Margheriti
Writers
- Giovanni Paolucci
- Giovanni Simonelli
Stars

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David Warbeck

Rick Spear

John Steiner

Lord Dean

Susie Sudlow

Carol

Luciano Pigozzi

Beetle
(as Alan Collins)

Ricardo Palacios

Mohammed

Achille Brugnini

Rupert
(as Anthony Berner)

Aytekin Akkaya

Prince Abdullah

Süleyman Turan

Director
- Antonio Margheriti
Writers
- Giovanni Paolucci
- Giovanni Simonelli
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Trivia
Director Antonio Margheriti was famed for his usage of scale models and miniatures as special effects for his films. This movie features two car chase sequences (one set on an abandoned railway and the other set in the desert) that almost look like they were big-budgeted stunt set pieces, but were actually filmed with radio-controlled models racing on specifically built small-size dioramas.

Goofs
At the end of the movie when the tomb is collapsing and debris is falling you can clearly see a crew member push a column over as soon as David Warbeck runs past it.

Connections
Edited into Cop Game (1988)

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Written by Josette Martial and Aldo Tamborelli
Performed by Josette Martial

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5/10

A Gilga-mess.

This Italian Indiana Jones inspired adventure, from director Antonio Margheriti, certainly seems to have its fans, but I'm not one of them, finding the low rent action on offer rather tedious.

David Warbeck stars as world-class cat burglar Rick Spear who is enlisted to help locate a Turkish temple where, as legend has it, lies the tomb of demigod Gilgamesh, whose jewelled sceptre bestows the bearer with great power. Out to prevent Rick from succeeding is a descendant of the demigod, Prince Abdullah (Aytekin Akkaya), who sends his men to kill the adventurer.

With its 'exotic' locations an overcast Istanbul and a drab desert, 'exciting' car chase scenes achieved via remote-control vehicles, two ageing overweight Sallah-style sidekicks, and a 'lost' temple that is so easy to find I'm surprised that there wasn't a tour guide and a gift shop, The Ark of the Sun God is stodgy schlock that rarely kicks into gear, idling away until the predictable ending when the bad guy battles our hero while stone columns collapse around their ears.

4.5 out of 10, rounded up to 5 for Susie Sudlow as Rick's eye-candy girlfriend Carol.