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| Directed by | Sergio Spina |
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| Starring | Richard Harrison |
| Cinematography | Claudio Ragona [1] |
| Edited by | Giancarlo Cappelli [1] |
| Music by | Sandro Brugnolini [1] |
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Running time | 95 minutes [1] |
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Fantabulous Inc. (Italian : La Donna, il sesso e il superuomo) is a 1968 Italian-French superhero crime film directed by Sergio Spina and starring Richard Harrison. [2]
Fantabulous Inc. was Sergio Spina's directorial debut. [1] His next film was his second and last film L'asino 'doro. [3]
On the film's release, distributors changed the original Italian title Fantasbulous and replaced it with the title La donna, il sesso e il superuomo (lit. Woman, Sex and the Superman). [3] The film was released in Italy in 1968. [1]
In a contemporary review in Variety , Mosk. proclaimed that the creators of the film "may have imagined they were making a satirical, progressive pic. But it exploits sex, political notations, and comic strip origins without humor, insight or point to make this just a flaccid programmer that might be used in action or grind spots abroad on its unregenerate bad taste." [4]
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