Marco Polo (1962 film)

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Marco Polo
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Directed by Piero Pierotti
Screenplay by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRicardo Pallottini [1]
Edited by Ornella Micheli [1]
Music byAngelo Francisco Lavagnino [1]
Production
companies
  • Alta Vista Filmorsa
  • Panda Film [1]
Release dates
  • 21 June 1962 (1962-06-21)(Italy)
  • 17 May 1963 (1963-05-17)(France)
Running time
95 min
Countries
Budget$4 million [3]

Marco Polo (Italian : L'avventura di un italiano in Cina) is a 1962 historical action adventure film directed by Piero Pierotti. The American English-dubbed version includes scenes directed by Hugo Fregonese and a new score by Les Baxter. [1] [4]

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Cast

Release

Marco Polo was released in Italy on 21 June 1962, [1] in the United States in August 1962 [1] and in France on 17 May 1963. [2]

Reception

In a contemporary review for The New York Times upon the film's American release, critic Eugene Archer wrote: "Rory Calhoun, playing the title role of 'Marco Polo' in doublet and tights, is as dauntlessly American as Gary Cooper, who acted the role in an equally foolish Hollywood version a couple of decades ago. ... Under Hugo Fregonese's passable direction, the swashbuckling saga from American International is predictably juvenile, colorful and harmless. As usual, any resemblance between the dubbed sound track and the events pictured on the screen is purely coincidental." [5]

Comic book adaption

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References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 112.
  2. 1 2 "Marco Polo" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "French Look Beyond France". Variety. 2 May 1962. p. 84. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  4. ↑ Suzanne Conklin Akbari; Amilcare A. Iannucci; John Tulk (January 2008). Marco Polo and the Encounter of East and West. Toronto Press, 2008. ISBN   978-0802099280.
  5. ↑ Archer, Eugene (1962-09-20). "'Marco Polo' Is an Italian Film Starring Rory Calhoun". The New York Times . p. 29.
  6. ↑ "Charlton Comics: Marco Polo". Grand Comics Database.
  7. ↑ Charlton Comics: Marco Polo at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original )

Sources

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