Rape of the Belt


Rape of the Belt is a 1964 Australian television film based on the play by Benn Levy.
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.

Plot

Heracles and Theseus, two celebrated heroes, arrive at Themiscyra, the Amazons' capital, to accomplish the ninth of the Labours of Heracles, stealing Hippolyte's belt. They are confronted by Antiope and Hippolyte.

Cast

Benn Levy's play had been performed by the Elizabethan Theatre Trust in 1960. Star Tony Ward was best known at the time for presenting the show Seven Days.

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald called it "amusingly lively and buoyant."