''Black Turin'' ( it, Torino nera) is a 1972
crime film
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directed by
Carlo Lizzani
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Biography
Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's ''Germany Year Zero'', ...
. The film received mixed reviews, but was commercially successful.
Cast
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Bud Spencer
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: Rosario Rao
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Françoise Fabian
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: Lucia Rao
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Marcel Bozzuffi
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Selected filmography
*1955: ...
: Fridda
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Guido Leontini
Guido Leontini (21 March 1927 – 26 April 1996) was an Italian stage, film and television actor.
Life and career
Born in Catania into a family of actors, Leontini debuted on stage in the post-World War II era, specializing in the Luigi Pirande ...
: Trotta
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Vittorio Duse
Vittorio Duse (21 March 1916 – 2 June 2005) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director.
Biography
One of Duse's first roles was in Luchino Visconti's debut feature ''Ossessione'' (1942). Outside Italy, Duse is known for his role ...
: Camarata
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Nicola Di Bari
Nicola Di Bari (born 29 September 1940) is an Italian singer-songwriter and actor. He is considered one of the "sacred monsters" of Italian pop music.
Life and career
Born in Zapponeta, Apulia, Di Bari was the youngest of ten children from a f ...
: Mancuso
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Andrea Balestri
Andrea Balestri (born 1 September 1963) is an Italian actor and singer.
Career
He is known as the Pinocchio in 1972 serial tv ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'', directed by Luigi Comencini, next to actors like Nino Manfredi, Franco and Ciccio, Gi ...
: Raffaele Rao
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Domenico Santoro: Mino Rao
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Saro Urzì
Rosario "Saro" Urzì (24 February 1913 – 1 November 1979) was an Italian actor. He is best known for his roles in the films '' In the Name of the Law'' (1949), ''The Railroad Man'' (1956), '' Seduced and Abandoned'' (1964), which earned him a ...
: Jaco
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Gigi Ballista
Gigi Ballista (1 December 1918 – 2 August 1980) was an Italian film and television actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1961 and 1980.
Life and career
Born in Florence, Ballista graduated in Law, then he started working as a PR consulta ...
: Marinotti
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Maria Baxa: Nascarella
Release
''Black Turin'' was released in Italy as ''Torino nera'' on 25 September 1972 where it was distributed by MGM. The film grossed a total of 858,820,000
Italian lire
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domestically. It was released in Paris on 28 November 1973 under the title ''La vengeance du sicilien''.
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1972 films
Films directed by Carlo Lizzani
Films set in Turin
French crime films
Films about the Sicilian Mafia
Poliziotteschi films
Films with screenplays by Luciano Vincenzoni
1970s Italian films
1970s French films
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