''Revolt of the Mercenaries'' (Italian: ''La rivolta dei mercenari'') is a 1961 Italian-Spanish
historical
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adventure film
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directed by
Piero Costa
Piero Costa (1913-1975) was an Italian screenwriter and film director.Kinnard & Crnkovich p.139
Selected filmography
* ' (1944)
* ''Barrier of the Law'' (1954)
* '' The Last Race'' (1954)
* '' The Girl of San Pietro Square'' (1958)
* ''Revolt of ...
and starring
Virginia Mayo
Virginia Mayo (born Virginia Clara Jones; November 30, 1920 – January 17, 2005) was an American actress and dancer. She was in a series of comedy films with Danny Kaye and was Warner Brothers' biggest box-office money-maker in the late 1940s. ...
,
Conrado San Martín
Conrado San Martín Prieto (20 February 1921 – 24 April 2019) was a Spanish actor with a long and prolific career. He made his film debut in 1941 and was particularly popular during the 1950s.
Life
Conrado San Martín left behind a career as ...
and
Susana Canales.
[Kinnard & Crnkovich p.139]
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
s
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and
Augusto Lega.
Cast
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Virginia Mayo
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as Lady Patrizia, Duchessa di Rivalta
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Conrado San Martín
Conrado San Martín Prieto (20 February 1921 – 24 April 2019) was a Spanish actor with a long and prolific career. He made his film debut in 1941 and was particularly popular during the 1950s.
Life
Conrado San Martín left behind a career as ...
as Capitano Lucio Di Rialto
*
Susana Canales as Katia
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Livio Lorenzon
Livio Lorenzon (6 May 1923 – 23 December 1971) was an Italian actor who was mainly active during the 1950s and 1960s.
Biography
He played minor roles in some memorable commedia all'Italiana movies directed by the likes of Dino Risi and Ma ...
as Conte Keller Paroli
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Carla Calò
Carla Calò (21 September 1926 – 29 December 2019) was an Italian actress.
Life and career
Born in Palermo, Calò started her career on stage, notably starring in Luigi Squarzina's ''Il berretto a sonagli'', and also being active in dialecta ...
as Miriam du Marchant
*
Franco Fantasia
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September ...
as Ilario
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Alfredo Mayo
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Biography
After studying medicine, in 1929 Mayo made his debut in the theatre with the company of ...
as Marco
*
John Kitzmiller
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as Tago
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Tomás Blanco as Capitano Brann
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Anita Todesco as Prisca
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Pilar Cansino as Simonetta
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Marco Tulli
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Born in Rome, Tulli debuted as actor while he was still a university student, at the end ...
as Stefano - Principe di Siena
*
Luciano Benetti as One of Lucio's Men
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Enzo Fiermonte
Enzo Fiermonte (17 July 1908 – 22 March 1993), sometimes credited as William Bird, was an Italian actor and boxer.
Early life
Vincenzo "Enzo" Fiermonte was born on 17 July 1908 in Casamassima, a rural village near Bari, in southern Italy to D ...
as Cizzania
*
Amedeo Trilli
Amedeo Trilli (9 July 1906 – 30 November 1971) was an Italian film and television actor.
Life and career
Born in Ronciglione, Viterbo, at very young age Trilli worked as a circus artist, then in 1922 he studied performance at the Accademia ...
as Pintar, Katia's Father
*
Marilù Sangiorgi as Gypsy Girl
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Xan das Bolas
Tomás Ares Pena, known as Xan das Bolas (30 October 1908 – 13 September 1977) was a Spanish comic actor active during the franquism with films including ''Botón de ancla
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as Katia's Companion
*
Ángel del Pozo
Ángel del Pozo (born 14 July 1934) is a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than seventy films since 1960.
He retired in 1980, and from 1990 to 2008 he worked as a executive producer and public relations
Public relations (PR) is the practi ...
as Arrigo
*
Diana Lorys
Diana Lorys (born ''Ana María Cazorla Vega''; 20 October 1940) is a Spanish actress. She appeared in more than fifty films since 1960.
Filmography
References
External links
*
1940 births
Living people
Spanish film actresses
Actr ...
as Nora
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Franco Pesce
Franco Pesce (11 August 1890 – 6 December 1975) was an Italian actor and cinematographer.
Life and career
Franco Pesce was born in Naples. He was the son of the actor Ettore. At a young age Pesce studied lyric singing with the intention of ...
as Old Man
*
Alberto Cevenini
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as Alessandro
References
Bibliography
* Roy Kinnard & Tony Crnkovich. ''Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908–1990''. McFarland, 2017.
External links
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1961 films
Italian historical adventure films
Spanish historical adventure films
1960s historical adventure films
1960s Italian-language films
Films directed by Piero Costa
Films with screenplays by Luciano Vincenzoni
1960s Italian films
Italian-language Spanish films
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