''Terror of the Red Mask'' ( it, Il terrore della maschera rossa) is a 1960 Italian

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co-written and directed by

Luigi Capuano Luigi Capuano (13 July 1904 – 20 October 1979) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Naples, he directed 43 films between 1947 and 1971. Selected filmography * ''Vertigine d'amore'' (1949) * ''Flying Squadron (film), Flyin ...

and starring Lex Barker and

Chelo Alonso Chelo Alonso (born Isabel Apolonia García Hernández, 10 April 1933 – 20 February 2019) was a Cuban actress who became a star in Italian cinema, and ultimately a 1960s cult film heroine and sex symbol in the U.S. She was well known for pla ...

. It was shot at the De Paolis Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni (1916–2000) was an Italian film art director and costume designer.McKay p.159 Selected filmography * '' The Mistress of Treves'' (1952) * ''Milady and the Musketeers'' (1952) * ''Son of the Hunchback'' (1952) * '' ...

Plot

Cast

* Lex Barker as Marco *

as Karima * Livio Lorenzon as Astolfo *

Liana Orfei Liana Orfei (born 6 June 1937) is an Italian actress and circus artist. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1959 and 1971. Life and career Born in San Giovanni in Persiceto, Bologna, daughter and niece of famous circus artists, since her ...

as Jolanda *

Franco Fantasia Franco Fantasia (5 March 1924 – 10 November 2002) was an Italian film actor, stuntman and fencing master. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1951 to 2002. He was the brother of actor Andrea Fantasia. Illness and Death September ...

as Egidio *

Elio Crovetto Elio Crovetto (6 December 1926 – 8 November 2000) was an Italian actor, comedian and television personality. Life and career Born in Milan, Crovetto graduated at the istituto tecnico in Genoa, then he started an intense acting career on st ...

as Uguccione *

Enrico Glori Enrico is both an Italian masculine given name and a surname, Enrico means homeowner, or king, derived from ''Heinrich'' of Germanic origin. It is also a given name in Ladino. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Henri ( French), ...

* Ugo Sasso as Capo Ribelle * Bruno Scipioni as Ribelle *

Luigi Tosi Luigi Tosi ( Verona 15 July 1915 – Roma 12 March 1989) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1944 to 1965. Filmography References External links * 1915 births 1989 deaths Italian male film actors ...

as Martino * Marco Guglielmi as Ivano *

Riccardo Billi Riccardo Billi (22 April 1906 – 15 April 1982) was an Italian film actor and comedian. With Mario Riva he appeared as ''Billi & Riva'', one of the most popular Italian comic duos in the 1950s. He appeared in around 85 films between 1938 a ...

as Fanello

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* 1960s historical adventure films Italian historical adventure films Italian swashbuckler films Films directed by Luigi Capuano Films set in the 16th century 1960s Italian-language films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub