The Rover (1967 film)

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The Rover
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Directed by Terence Young
Written by Jo Eisinger
Produced by American Broadcasting Company
Starring Anthony Quinn
Cinematography Leonida Barboni
Edited byPeter Thornton
Music by Ennio Morricone
Distributed by Cinerama Releasing Corporation
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]

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "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.