I haven't seen it since the original release, but I remember thinking at the time it was a storybook adventure in the same league as Jason and the Argonauts. I remember the flying horse to have been a major improvement on the one in the Sabu version of this story, using Disney-type animation for the flying scenes instead of a pair of prop wings that just flopped around, and some of the sequences, like the encounter with the Sirens, were memorably terrifying.
If it really is as good as I remember, it's a crime it hasn't been given a proper release on DVD, and doesn't appear on TV more often. Reeves was a major movie icon of the 50s, but except for this film, and to a lesser degree, the first Hercules, he was never given the kind of material that would make the best use of his limited, but likable talent.
If it really is as good as I remember, it's a crime it hasn't been given a proper release on DVD, and doesn't appear on TV more often. Reeves was a major movie icon of the 50s, but except for this film, and to a lesser degree, the first Hercules, he was never given the kind of material that would make the best use of his limited, but likable talent.