Carambola (film)
| Carambola! | |
|---|---|
Italian theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Ferdinando Baldi |
| Screenplay by | Mino Roli Nico Ducci Ferdinando Baldi |
| Story by | Mino Roli Nico Ducci |
| Produced by | Armando Todaro |
| Starring | Paul Smith Michael Coby |
| Cinematography | Aiace Parolin |
| Edited by | Antonietta Zita |
| Music by | Franco Bixio Vince Tempera |
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| Language | Italian |
Carambola! (Italian: Carambola, also known as Strange Adventures of Coby and Ben)[1] is a 1974 Italian comedic Spaghetti Western film co-written and directed by Ferdinando Baldi. It was the first film starring the pair Paul Smith and Michael Coby, a duo formed by producer Manolo Bolognini with the purpose of copying the successful films of the duo Terence Hill and Bud Spencer.[2][1][3] It was followed by Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket.[1]
Plot
Coby, a former soldier and champion of pool and his gigantic and irascible friend Clem accepted, for $50.000, to investigate arms trafficking that would take place between the US and Mexico. The two devise a trick.
Cast
- Paul Smith as Clem
- Michael Coby as Coby[4]
- Horst Frank as Clydeson
- William Bogart as Kelly
- Pino Ferrara as sheriff
- Luciano Catenacci as Cpt. Howard Johnson
- Franco Fantasia as professor
- Pedro Sanchez as Mexican leader
- Melissa Chimenti as Pamela
- Gaetano Russo as billiard player
- Pietro Torrisi as murdered warden
- Carla Mancini c.s.c.
- Giovanni Pazzafini as Clydeson's henchman
- Gianlorenzo Bernini as Howard's helper
- Mike Morris
- Luigi Antonio Guerra c.s.c.
- Uncredited
- Remo De Angelis as Lt. Stevens
- Fred Robsahm as Sinz, Howard's helper
See also
References
- ^ a b c Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 978-8804572770.
- ^ Hughes 2004, p. 238.
- ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
- ^ "Carambola (1974) directed by Ferdinando Baldi • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd". letterboxd.com.
Works cited
- Hughes, Howard (2004). Once Upon a Time in the Italian West. I. B. Tauris. ISBN 1-85043-430-1.
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