Guns of the Black Witch

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Guns of the Black Witch
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Directed by Domenico Paolella
Screenplay by
Produced by Fortunato Misiano [1]
Cinematography Carlo Bellero [2]
Edited by Jolanda Benvenuti [1]
Music by Michele Cozzoli [2]
Production
companies
  • Romana Film
  • Societe Nouvelle de Cinematographie (SNC) [2] [1]
Release date
  • February 24, 1961 (1961-02-24)(Italy)
Running time
98 minutes [1]
Countries

Guns of the Black Witch (Italian : Il terrore dei mari) is a 1961 adventure film directed by Domenico Paolella. [3] [4]

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Cast

Release

Guns of the Black Witch was released in Italy on 24 February 1961. [1] It was released in the United States in December 1961. [1]

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin declared the film to be a "very tepid affair" and that "even the Caribbean looks unenticing in this representation, and Paolella's direction makes heavy weather of the action." [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 77.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Terrore dei mari, Il (Guns of the Black Witch)". Monthly Film Bulletin . Vol. 30, no. 348. British Film Institute. 1963. p. 10.
  3. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN   8876055932.
  4. ↑ Leonard Maltin. Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide. Plume, 1995.

Sources

  • Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN   978-1476662916.


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