''The Two Crusaders'' ( it, I due crociati) is a 1968

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Giuseppe Orlandini Giuseppe Orlandini (born 1922) was an Italian film director and screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on whi ...

, co-written by horror icon

Lucio Fulci Lucio Fulci (; 17 June 1927 – 13 March 1996) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Although he worked in a wide array of genres through a career spanning nearly five decades, including comedies and Spaghetti Westerns, he ga ...

and starring the comic duo

Franco and Ciccio Franco () and Ciccio () were a comic comedy duo formed by Italian actors Franco Franchi (1928–1992) and Ciccio Ingrassia (1922–2003), particularly popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Their collaboration began in 1954 in the theater field, and end ...

Plot

Viscount Ciccio is on the bill, so the people who live in his lands begin to stop paying his taxes. So he goes in search of a soldier of fortune to threaten the plebs and collect the money. Ciccio manages to find him, but soon he will understand that the man is suitable for everything except being a proper knight.

Cast

* Franco Franchi as Franco di Carrapipi * Ciccio Ingrassia as Ciccio Visconte di Braghelunge * Janet Agren as Clorinda *

Fiorenzo Fiorentini Fiorenzo Fiorentini (10 April 1920 – 27 March 2003) was an Italian actor, author, composer, screenwriter and radio personality. Life and career Born in Rome, Fiorentini began his career as an author and radio actor, creating many successful ...

as Ciccio's Consouler *

Umberto D'Orsi Umberto D'Orsi (30 July 1929 – 31 August 1976) was an Italian character actor and comedian. Born in Trieste, D'Orsi took a degree in law in 1953, but he was already active in theater from 1950, performing in small companies of prose and revu ...

as Goffredo di Buglione *

Ignazio Leone Ignazio Leone (19 April 1923 – 30 December 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 105 films between 1952 and 1976. Selected filmography * '' The Walk'' (1953) * '' I Chose Love'' (1953) * ''Amici per la pelle'' (1955) * '' A Wom ...

as Biagio *

Marco Tulli Marco Tulli (20 November 1920 – 20 March 1982) was an Italian character actor, probably best known in the role of "Smilzo" in the Don Camillo film series. Born in Rome, Tulli debuted as actor while he was still a university student, at the end ...

as Fra Giulivo * Nino Fuscagni as Richard the Pantherheart *

Gastone Pescucci Gastone Pescucci (21 July 1926 – 28 October 1999) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Certaldo, Pescucci was mainly active on stage, where he alternated between classics and modern works. He was also active on telev ...

* Enzo Andronico as Man blind in one eye *

Fabio Testi Fabio Testi (born 2 August 1941) is an Italian actor. After growing up witnessing film work done around Lake Garda, Testi entered the sets of the film and began work as a stuntman and a double on set, where he worked as a stuntman on ''The Good, ...

as Warrior enlisting Franco and Ciccio * Pietro Ceccarelli as Tazio *

Furio Meniconi Furio Meniconi (22 February 1924 – 12 December 1981) was an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Meniconi was born in Rome into a family active in the cinema industry in the technical cast, or engaged in the general organizatio ...

as Saladin *

Loris Gizzi Loris Gizzi (16 August 1899 – 6 October 1986) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Rome, after his university studies Gizzi attended a school of dance and singing. He abandoned the courses when he became an employee ...

Paolo Poli Paolo Poli (May 23, 1929 – March 25, 2016) was an Italian theatre actor. He has also acted in films and on television. Career After a university degree in French literature, Poli began his acting career in the early 1950s and was one of the f ...

as Narrator

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* Films directed by Giuseppe Orlandini Italian adventure comedy films Films set in the Middle Ages Italian buddy comedy films 1960s buddy comedy films Crusades films 1960s adventure comedy films Films scored by Lallo Gori 1968 comedy films 1968 films 1960s Italian-language films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-comedy-film-stub

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