Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera
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| Directed by | Mario Amendola |
| Produced by | Italo Zingarelli |
| Written by |
Riccardo Pazzaglia Amedeo Sollazzo Mario Amendola Bruno Corbucci |
| Starring |
Franco Franchi Ciccio Ingrassia |
| Music by | Roberto Pregadio |
| Cinematography | Tino Santoni |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 min |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera (Franco, Ciccio and Blackbeard the Pirate) is a 1969 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Amendola. Is a parody of adventure novel Treasure Island of Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson.[1][2][3]
Plot
Italy, 1700: Franco is the illegitimate son of a pirate died at sea, and now he works as a waiter in a tavern. Ciccio is an unfortunate pirate who tries to bring up his image as that of a great bloody killer. The two meet in a ship, where Franco discovers a map where there are directions to a mysterious island, where there's buried the treasure of the notorious pirate Flint. Ciccio then proposes to recruit a crew, and so doesn't realize that between the hubs and the people of the sea enters the dreaded pirate Blackbeard, who's seeking revenge, because years ago he helped Flint earning the coveted treasure...
Cast
- Franco Franchi as Franco
- Ciccio Ingrassia as Ciccio
- Fernando Sancho as Blackbeard the Pirate
- Mimmo Palmara as Flint the Pirate
- Pietro Tordi as John the Pirate
- Rosita Torosh as Aluna
- Umberto D'Orsi as Creditor of Ciccio
- Enzo Andronico as Cane Nero
References
- ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.
- ↑ Marco Giusti (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN 8820029197.
- ↑ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
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