''The Red Cloak'' (Italian: ''Il mantello rosso'') is a 1955 French-Italian
historical
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adventure film
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directed by
Giuseppe Maria Scotese
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Selected filmography
* ''Fear No Evil (1945 film), Fear No Evil'' (1945)
* ''The Models of Margutta'' (1946)
* ''The Great Dawn (1947 film), The Great ...
and starring
Patricia Medina
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Early life
Medina was the daughter of Laure ...
,
Fausto Tozzi
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and
Jean Murat
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Selected filmography
* ''Sex'' (1920)
* ''La Galerie des monstres'' (1924), as Sveti
* '' Carme ...
.
[Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908–1990 p.134]
Cast
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Patricia Medina
Patricia Paz Maria Medina (19 July 1919 – 28 April 2012) was a British actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the films ''Phantom of the Rue Morgue'' (1954) and ''Mr. Arkadin'' (1955).
Early life
Medina was the daughter of Laure ...
as Laura Lanfranchi
*
Fausto Tozzi
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as Luca de Bardi
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Jean Murat
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Selected filmography
* ''Sex'' (1920)
* ''La Galerie des monstres'' (1924), as Sveti
* '' Carme ...
as Cosimo, il capitano del popolo
*
Bruce Cabot as Capitano Raniero d'Anversa
*
Colette Deréal
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Eurovision Song Contest 1961
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*
Guy Mairesse
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Mairesse built a haulag ...
as il Guercio
*
Lyla Rocco as Stella
*
Domenico Modugno
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as Saro
*
Nyta Dover
*
Jean-François Calvé
*
Aldo Pensa
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*
Erminio Spalla
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*
Franco Caruso
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*
Eduardo de Santis
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as Capitano dei Guelfi
*
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
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Selected filmography
* ''The Crime of Sylvestre Bonn ...
*
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* "Giorgio" (song), ...
*
Giacomo Rossi Stuart
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Born in Todi to an Italian father ...
*
Franco Fantasia
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Septemb ...
*
Andrea Fantasia
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Giulio Battiferri
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Life and career
Born in Rome, Battiferri started his career ...
*
Carlo Marrazzini
*
Edoardo Davila
References
Bibliography
* Kinnard, Roy & Crnkovich, Tony . ''Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908–1990''. McFarland, 2017.
External links
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1955 films
1950s historical adventure films
1950s Italian-language films
English-language Italian films
English-language French films
Italian historical adventure films
French historical adventure films
Films by Giuseppe Maria Scotese
1950s Italian films
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