''Captain Phantom'' () is a 1953 Italian

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directed by

Primo Zeglio Primo Zeglio (8 July 1906 – 30 October 1984) was an Italian film director and writer. Selected filmography * ''The Mask of Cesare Borgia'' (1941) * ''It Happened in Damascus'' (1943) * ''Fever (1943 film), Fever'' (1943) *''Genoveffa di Br ...

and starring

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, Anna Maria Sandri, Maxwell Reed and

Paola Barbara Paola Barbara (22 July 1912 – 2 October 1989) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1935 and 1978. She was sometimes credited as Pauline Baards. Life and career Born in Rome as Paola Proto, after her fi ...

. It was shot at the

Cinecittà Studios Cinecittà Studios (; Italian for Cinema City) is a large film studio in Rome, Italy. With an area of 400,000 square metres (99 acres), it is the largest film studio in Europe, and is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were constru ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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. It was distributed by the Italian subsidiary of the

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Plot

In the early 1800s, the Spanish regiments are celebrating their victory over the French Legions of Bonaparte. In the midst of the celebration, Miguel, Duke of Canabil, is summoned to his commander's quarters and given the news that his father, and Admiral in the Spanish Navy, has betrayed the crown of Spain by turning his fleet over to the enemy. The stunned Miguel, humiliated and scorned by his regiment, takes a blood oath to find out the truth about his father. His search leads him to the mystery ship "Asuncion", commanded by Ingio de Costa, an unscrupulous, vicious man with a hand for evil. The latter is also trying to get one of his evil hands on the fair Consuelo, daughter of the governor of Cadiz.

Cast

as Captain Miguel * Maxwell Reed as Don Inigo da Costa * Anna Maria Sandri as Consuelo *

as Soledad *

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as Amparo *

Tino Buazzelli Agostino "Tino" Buazzelli (13 September 1922 – 20 October 1980) was an Italian stage, television and film actor. He appeared in 46 films between 1948 and 1978. After a diploma in education, Buazzelli enrolled at the in Rome, graduating i ...

as Damian Pinto * Juan de Landa as Carlos *

Sergio Fantoni Sergio Fantoni (7 August 1930 – 17 April 2020) was an Italian actor, voice actor, playwright and director. Biography Fantoni was born in Rome to the actor Cesare Fantoni. He began his career appearing in films, radio dramas, television and t ...

as Officer in second *

Mario Carotenuto Mario Carotenuto (30 June 1916 – 14 April 1995) was an Italian actor of film and theatre. Biography Carotenuto is the son of Nello Carotenuto, a silent film actor, and younger brother of the actor Memmo Carotenuto. After the 1943 Armistic ...

as Sailor * Gianni Cavalieri as The Doctor *

as Lieutenant Nebbia * Fedele Gentile as Sandoval *

Carlo Tamberlani Carlo Tamberlani (11 March 1899 – 5 August 1980) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 127 films between 1931 and 1976. His brother Nando Tamberlani was also an actor. Life and career Born in Salice Salentino, Tamberlani was born ...

as The Colonel * Cesare Fantoni as The Admiral in Havana *

Mario Feliciani Mario Feliciani (12 March 1918 – 11 August 2008) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Milan, after completing his classical education Feliciani attended the Accademia dei filodrammatici obtaining the diploma. He ...

as The Sailor Feliciano *

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as Moreno * Carlo Lombardi as The Admiral in A Coruña * Franco Marturano as Don Ferrante de Ávila * Franco Pastorino as The young Sailor *

Nico Pepe Nico Pepe (19 January 1917 – 13 August 1987) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1936 and 1981. Life and career Born in Udine, after a bachelor's degree in business Pepe got a job as a banking clerk, which he q ...

as The bearded Officer * Edoardo Toniolo as Captain of the 'Anita Lopez'

References

External links

* 1953 films 1950s historical adventure films Italian historical adventure films Films directed by Primo Zeglio Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli Films set in Spain Films set in the 1800s Seafaring films 1950s Italian-language films Films shot at Cinecittà Studios 1950s Italian films Italian-language historical adventure films {{1950s-adventure-film-stub