Nick the Sting
Nick the Sting (Italian: Gli amici di Nick Hezard) is a 1976 Italian film directed by Fernando Di Leo. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti.[1]
| Nick the Sting | |
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| Directed by | Fernando Di Leo |
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| Screenplay by | Alberto Silvestri[1] |
| Story by | Alberto Silvestri[1] |
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| Music by | Luis Enriquez Bacalov[1] |
| Cinematography | Roberto Gerardi[1] |
| Edited by | Amedio Gimomini[1] |
Production company | Centro Produzioni Cinematografiche Citta di Milano[1] |
| Distributed by | Interfilm |
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Running time | 100 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy |
| Box office | ₤427.272 million |
Cast
- Luc Merenda as Nick Hezard
- Lee J. Cobb as Robert Clark
- Gabriele Ferzetti as Maurice
- Luciana Paluzzi as Anna
- Dagmar Lassander as Chantal
- Isabella Biagini as Edy
- Mario Pisu as Phil
- Riccardo Salvino as Mark
- William Berger as Roizman
- Valentina Cortese as Nick's mother
Production
Nick the Sting was described by Italian film historian and critic Roberto Curti as a "work for hire" for director Fernando Di Leo.[2] The film went into production after finishing The Kidnap Syndicate with a screenplay already written by Alberto Silvestri based around the film The Sting.[2] Di Leo commented that film had "quite a good script [...] but it had a couple huge problems: it would cost too much to film as it was written, and badly needed a charismatic lead."[2]
Nick the Sting was shot at Elios Studio in Rome and on location in Geneve.[1] Leo recalled that the film did not have a good production, finding Merenda not up to the task as a lead and the script did not come up as well as it had on paper.[2]
Release
Nick the Sting was distributed theatrically in Italy by Interfilm on 29 April 1976.[1] The film grossed a total of 427,272,200 Italian lire domestically.[2] It was released on DVD in Italy by Raro Video.[2]
See also
References
Footnotes
- Curti 2013, p. 186.
- Curti 2013, p. 187.
Sources
- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 0786469765.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)