Nick the Sting

Nick the Sting
Directed by	Fernando Di Leo
Produced by	Ermanno Curti; Rodolfo Putignani[1];
Screenplay by	Alberto Silvestri[1]
Story by	Alberto Silvestri[1]
Starring	Luc Merenda; Lee J. Cobb;
Music by	Luis Enriquez Bacalov[1]
Cinematography	Roberto Gerardi[1]
Edited by	Amedio Gimomini[1]
Production; company	Centro Produzioni Cinematografiche Citta di Milano[1]
Distributed by	Interfilm
Release date	29 April 1976 (Italy);
Running time	100 minutes[1]
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.[1]

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

Production

Nick the Sting was described by Italian film historian and critic Roberto Curti as a "work for hire" for director Fernando Di Leo.[2] The film went into production after finishing The Kidnap Syndicate with a screenplay already written by Alberto Silvestri based around the film The Sting.[2] 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."[2]

Nick the Sting was shot at Elios Studio in Rome and on location in Geneve.[1] 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.[2]

Release

Nick the Sting was distributed theatrically in Italy by Interfilm on 29 April 1976.[1] The film grossed a total of 427,272,200 Italian lire domestically.[2] It was released on DVD in Italy by Raro Video.[2]

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References

Footnotes

Curti 2013, p. 186.
Curti 2013, p. 187.

Sources

Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 0786469765.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

Nick the Sting on IMDb

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[FOOTNOTECurti2013186-1] Curti 2013, p. 186.

[FOOTNOTECurti2013187-2] Curti 2013, p. 187.