| Nick the Sting | |
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| Directed by | Fernando Di Leo |
| Screenplay by | Alberto Silvestri |
| Story by | Alberto Silvestri |
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| Cinematography | Roberto Gerardi |
| Edited by | Amedio Gimomini |
| Music by | Luis Enriquez Bacalov |
| Production company | Centro Produzioni Cinematografiche Citta di Milano |
| Distributed by | Interfilm |
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| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Box office | ₤427.272 million |
Nick the Sting (Italian: Gli amici di Nick Hezard) is a 1976 Italian film directed by Fernando Di Leo. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti.
Cast
- Luc Merenda as Nick Hezard
- Lee J. Cobb as Robert Clark
- Gabriele Ferzetti as Maurice
- Luciana Paluzzi as Anna
- Dagmar Lassander as Chantal
- Isabella Biagini as Edy
- Mario Pisu as Phil
- Riccardo Salvino as Mark
- William Berger as Roizman
- Valentina Cortese as Nick's mother
- Giò Stajano as Jeweller Steffen (credited as Gio Staiano)
Production
Nick the Sting was described by Italian film historian and critic Roberto Curti as a "work for hire" for director Fernando Di Leo. The film went into production after finishing Kidnap Syndicate with a screenplay already written by Alberto Silvestri based around the film The Sting. Di Leo commented that film had "quite a good script but it had a couple huge problems: it would cost too much to film as it was written, and badly needed a charismatic lead."
Nick the Sting was shot at Elios Studio in Rome and on location in Geneve. Leo recalled that the film did not have a good production, finding Merenda not up to the task as a lead and the script did not come up as well as it had on paper.
Release
Nick the Sting was distributed theatrically in Italy by Interfilm on 29 April 1976. The film grossed a total of 427,272,200 Italian lire domestically. It was released on DVD in Italy by Raro Video.
See also
References
Footnotes
- ^ Curti 2013, p. 186.
- ^ Curti 2013, p. 187.
Sources
- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
External links
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