''The Climber'' ( it, L'ambizioso) is a 1975 Italian
crime drama film
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written and directed by
Pasquale Squitieri
Pasquale Squitieri (27 November 1938 – 18 February 2017) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in Naples, Squitieri graduated in law, then was briefly involved in stage, as author ("''La battaglia''") and even a ...
and starring
Joe Dallesandro
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Cast
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Joe Dallesandro
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as Aldo, The Climber
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Stefania Casini
Stefania Casini (born 4 September 1948) is an Italian actress, screenwriter, director, and producer. She starred alongside Robert De Niro and Gérard Depardieu in Bernardo Bertolucci's ''1900'' (1976) and received two David di Donatello Award ...
as Luciana
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Raymond Pellegrin
Raymond Pellegrin (1 January 1925 – 14 October 2007) was a French actor.
Born in Nice, Pellegrin made his screen debut in the 1945 French feature '' Naïs''.
He was also famous in France for dubbing Jean Marais for the voice of Fantômas i ...
as Don Enrico
* Benito Artesi as Ciriaco
* Ferdinando Murolo as Carlo
* Tony Askin as Man On Train
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Giovanni Cianfriglia
Giovanni Cianfriglia (born 5 April 1935) is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1958.
Born in Anzio, Cianfriglia debuted as the body double of Steve Reeves in ''Hercules'', then he started appearing, often unc ...
as Gianni
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Lorenzo Piani
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Biography
After studying classical piano at the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro, he released a single. As a musi ...
as Bernard
Release
''The Climber'' was released in Italy on 18 February 1975, where it was distributed by
Titanus
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Lomb ...
.
The film grossed a total of 638,368,060
Italian lire
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References
External links
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Italian crime drama films
1975 crime drama films
1975 films
Films directed by Pasquale Squitieri
Titanus films
1970s Italian films
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