Nick the Sting

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Nick the Sting
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Directed by Fernando Di Leo
Screenplay byAlberto Silvestri [1]
Story byAlberto Silvestri [1]
Produced by
  • Ermanno Curti
  • Rodolfo Putignani [1]
Starring
Cinematography Roberto Gerardi [1]
Edited byAmedio Gimomini [1]
Music by Luis Enriquez Bacalov [1]
Production
company
Centro Produzioni Cinematografiche Citta di Milano [1]
Distributed byInterfilm
Release date
  • 29 April 1976 (1976-04-29)(Italy)
Running time
100 minutes [1]
CountryItaly
Box office ₤427.272 million

Nick the Sting (Italian : Gli amici di Nick Hezard) is a 1976 Italian film directed by Fernando Di Leo. It stars Luc Merenda, Lee J. Cobb and Gabriele Ferzetti. [1]

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Cast

Production

Nick the Sting was described by Italian film historian and critic Roberto Curti as a "work for hire" for director Fernando Di Leo. [2] The film went into production after finishing Kidnap Syndicate with a screenplay already written by Alberto Silvestri based around the film The Sting . [2] Di Leo commented that film had "quite a good script [...] but it had a couple huge problems: it would cost too much to film as it was written, and badly needed a charismatic lead." [2]

Nick the Sting was shot at Elios Studio in Rome and on location in Geneve. [1] Leo recalled that the film did not have a good production, finding Merenda not up to the task as a lead and the script did not come up as well as it had on paper. [2]

Release

Nick the Sting was distributed theatrically in Italy by Interfilm on 29 April 1976. [1] The film grossed a total of 427,272,200 Italian lire domestically. [2] It was released on DVD in Italy by Raro Video. [2]

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References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Curti 2013, p. 186.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Curti 2013, p. 187.

Sources

  • Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN   978-0786469765.


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