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 pair Michael Coby and Paul L. Smith, a duo formed by producer Manolo Bolognini with the purpose of copying the successful films of the duo Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. [2] [1] [3] It was followed by Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket . [1]

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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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 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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