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| The
Tough and the Mighty |
| Country: |
Italy |
| Year: |
1969 |
| Runtime: |
101
minutes |
| Director: |
Carlo
Lizzani |
| Original
title: |
Barbagia |
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| Movie
files |
 Movie
poster: |
German |
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clip: |
The
Tough and the Mighty |
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| Synopsis |
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Graziano Cassitta (Terence Hill),
a young Sardinian shepherd who considers
honor to be more important than life,
has taken revenge for the death of
his brother by killing one of his
murderers. He is arrested but succeeds
to escape three times, the last time
from the prison of Sassari, together
with the Spaniard Miguel Tienza, with
whom he hides in the woods of the
mountains in the heart of the region
Barbagia. Graziano forms a gang together
with the dishonest lawyer Spina and
begins to kidnap rich men for ransom.
While police tries to catch him, Graziano
- who justifies his own actions by
claiming to take money just from the
rich - becomes extremely popular and
dreams to become the head of a separatist
movement. Scared by his megalomania,
Spina and the others decide to get
rid of him by setting him up for a
wrong move: The kidnapping of Nino
Bedetto, an honest man, and not rich
at all. The action provokes indignation
all over the island; the whole population
joins the police officers to find
him and the members of his gang don't
trust and obey him any more. During
a fight with police officers, Miguel,
the only one who remained Graziano's
friend, dies. Graziano tries to esacpe
the police again, but not for long.
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| Trivia |
| The
movie was inspired by the book
"La società del malessere"
by Sardinian writer Giuseppe Fiori,
who analyzed the social and historical
origins of the banditry in Barbagia.
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| Soundtrack |
| Title: |
Barbagia |
| Artist: |
Don
Backy |
| Info: |
Tracklist |
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| Cast |
| Terence
Hill |
Graziano
Cassitta |
| Don
Backy |
Miguel
Lopez |
| Clelia
Matania |
Graziano's
mother |
| Empedocle
Buzzanca |
Graziano's
father |
| Gaetano
Cimarosa |
Cartana |
| Remo
De Angelis |
Giovanni
Cassitta |
| Attilio
Dottesio |
Nino's
father |
| Rossana
Krisman |
Nino
Benetto's wife |
| Gabriele
Tinti |
Nanni
Ripari |
| Frank
Wolff |
Spina |
| Peter
Martell |
Antonio
Masara |
| Franco
Megna |
Gioacchino
Cinna |
| Giuliano
Maielli |
Graziano
as a child |
| Enzo
Sancrotti |
Nino
Benetto |
| Helene
Ronee |
Anania |
| Franco
Silva |
Avv.
Arecu |
| Carlo
Lizzani |
Journalist |
| Rosalba
Neri, Gianni Di Benedetto, Alberto
Fedele, Orso Maria Guerrini, Giuliana
Quaglia, Marco Sancrotti |
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| Crew |
| Story: |
Giuseppe
Fiori |
| Screenplay: |
Augusto
Caminito, Massimo De Rita, Carlo
Lizzani, Dino Maiuri, Antonio Troiso |
| Cinematography: |
Nino
Cristiani |
| Music:
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Don
Backy |
| Film
edting: |
Franco
Fraticelli |
| Production: |
De
Laurentiis |
| Distribution: |
Paramount |
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| Locations |
| Sardinia,
Italy |
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