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The Seventh Sword
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Wikipedia article
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| director = Riccardo Freda
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| music = Franco Mannino
| cinematography = Raffaele Masciocchi
| editing = Franco Fraticelli
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| distributor = Cino Del Duca
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| runtime = 84 minutes
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'The Seventh Sword' (, , also known as 'Seven Swords for the King') is a 1962 Italian-French adventure film directed by Riccardo Freda. It is a remake of Freda's debut film 'Don Cesare di Bazan'.
Cast
*Brett Halsey as Don Carlos di Bazan
*Batrice Altariba as Isabella
*Giulio Bosetti as Duke of Saavedra
*Gabriele Antonini as Filippo III
*Mario Scaccia as Cardinal Inquisitor
*Gabriele Tinti as Corvo
*Alberto Sorrentino as Sancho
*Jacques Stany as The seargeant
Release
'The Seventh Swords' was released in Italy on October 30, 1962, where it was distributed by Cino Del Duca. The film had a domestic gross of 140 million Italian lira in Italy.
Reception
In a contemporary review, the 'Monthly Film Bulletin' stated that the Director "is here at his best" and that 'The Seventh Sword' is "a film which is in its way delightful, with much to charm the eye and tickle the senses" The review noted specific scenes a tongue-in-cheek fight scene that plays in and out of a bedroom and "the final duel staged in a torture chamber of almost surrealist design and lurid colours"
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