Colpo gobbo all'italiana
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| Colpo gobbo all'italiana | |
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| Directed by | Lucio Fulci |
| Screenplay by | |
| Story by | Mario Carotenuto[1] |
| Cinematography | Alfio Contini[1] |
| Edited by | Franco Fraticelli[1] |
| Music by | Piero Umiliani[1] |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Box office | ITL 116.630 million |
Colpo gobbo all'italiana (lit. 'Smart Move Italian-Style') is a 1962 Italian comedy film directed by Lucio Fulci.[2]
Cast
- Mario Carotenuto as Nando Paciocchi
- Marisa Merlini as Nunziata, Maggiola's wife
- Andrea Checchi as Orazio Menicotti
- Gina Rovere as Gina, Paciocchi's wife
- Gino Bramieri as Panza
- Aroldo Tieri as Tifillo, the burglar
- Gabriele Antonini as Ennio
- Hélène Chanel as the French blonde
- Ombretta Colli as Silvana, Ennio's girlfriend
- Jole Fierro as Ines, a sex worker
- Nino Terzo as Maggiola
Production
Colpo gobbo all'italiana was a production of two Italian film production companies: Mirafilm and Marcus Produzione Cinematografica. It was directed by Lucio Fulci.[3] While Fulci biographer Stephen Thrower's book Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci (2018) only credits Bruno Corbucci and Giovanni Grimaldi for the screenplay, ANICA includes Beppe Costa.[1][3] The film was previously known as La nottola in bicicletta (lit. 'The Night Owl on a Bicycle' before its release.[4] The film's opening features a song titled "La Nottola di notte" (lit. 'The Owl of the Night') performed and written by Gianni Meccia.[2]
The title Colpo gobbo all'italiana combines the names of two other works: Colpo gobbo is an Italian title for the Mickey Spillane's novel The Big Kill (1951) while "all'italiania" borrows from the popular film Divorce Italian Style (1961).[5]
Mario Carotenuto was a prolific actor in comedy films of the period in Italy, who previously had appeared in Fulci's earlier films Ragazzi del Juke-Box (1959) and Urlatori alla sbarra (1960).[6] Carotenuto, who had written the story and also served as producer, clashed with Fulci over changes to the script; after filming wrapped, Fulci ended his friendship with him, and the two never worked together again.[7]
Thrower said that the film could be describe as Fulci's contribution to the "oft-reviled" pink neorealism genre of Italian cinema.[2]
Release and reception
Colpo gobbo all'italiana was distributed in Italy by Mirafilm released to theatres in Turin and Bari May 11, followed by a release in Rome on June 9, 1962.[3] It grossed a total of 116.630 million Italian lire in Italy.[8] The film stayed in theaters through mid-1962 and was still playing in Rome through September. While Dizionario del cinema italiano said the box office in Italy was lower than earlier films like I ladri (1959), a film Fulci described as a financial flop.[2]
It had a 100-minute runtime on its theatrical release in Italy and a 90-minute runtime in Spain when it played in Barcelona and Seville as La rubia tuvo la culpa in 1965.[3]