Carambola!

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Carambola!
Carambola (Carambola!) poster.jpg
Italian theatrical release poster
Directed by Ferdinando Baldi
Written byFerdinando Baldi
Nico Ducci
Mino Roli
Produced byManolo Bolognini
Starring Michael Coby
Paul L. Smith
Cinematography Aiace Parolin
Music byFranco Bixio
Vince Tempera
Release date
  • 1974 (1974)
Language Italian

Carambola! (Italian : Carambola, also known as Strange Adventures of Coby and Ben) [1] is a 1974 Italian comedic Spaghetti Western film co-written and directed by Ferdinando Baldi. It was the first film starring the duo Michael Coby and Paul L. Smith, a couple formed by producer Manolo Bolognini with the purpose of ripping off the successful films of the duo Bud Spencer-Terence Hill. [2] [1] [3]

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Plot

A former soldier and champion of pool and his gigantic and irascible friend accepted, for $50.000, to investigate arms trafficking that would take place between the US and Mexico. The two devise a trick.

Cast

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References

  1. 1 2 Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN   978-8804572770.
  2. Hughes 2004, p. 238.
  3. Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN   8860736269.
  4. "Carambola (1974) directed by Ferdinando Baldi • Reviews, film + cast Letterboxd". letterboxd.com.

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