The Rover (1967 film)

The Rover
Directed by	Terence Young
Screenplay by	Jo Eisinger
Based on	The Rover by Joseph Conrad
Produced by	American Broadcasting Company
Starring	Anthony Quinn Rosanna Schiaffino Rita Hayworth Richard Johnson
Cinematography	Leonida Barboni
Edited by	Peter Thornton
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Distributed by	Cinerama Releasing Corporation
Release date	1967 (1967)
Running time	103 minutes
Budget	$1,325,000 [1]
Box office	$295,000 [1]

L'avventuriero (internationally released as The Rover) is a 1967 Italian war- drama film directed by Terence Young and starring Anthony Quinn. ^[2] It is based on the 1923 novel The Rover written by Joseph Conrad. ^[3]

Cast

• Anthony Quinn as Peyrol
• Rosanna Schiaffino as Arlette
• Rita Hayworth as Caterina
• Richard Johnson as Real
• Ivo Garrani as Scevola
• Mino Doro as Dussard
• Luciano Rossi as Michel
• Mirko Valentin as Jacot
• Giovanni Di Benedetto as Lt. Bolt
• Anthony Dawson as Capitain Vincent

Reception

The film performed disappointingly at the box office, earning $225,000 in rentals internationally and $70,000 domestically. According to ABC records, it suffered an overall loss of $1,595,000. ^[1]

References

1. "ABC's 5 Years of Film Production Profits & Losses", Variety, 31 May 1973 p 3
2. Mario Gerosa. Il cinema di Terence Young. Il foglio, 2009.
3. Gene M. Moore (2 November 2006). Conrad on Film. Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN   0521026792.

External links

• The Rover at IMDb
• The Rover at Rotten Tomatoes