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Music director
  
Mario Nascimbene

Country
  
United States

5.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Adventure, Romance

Duration
  

Language
  
English

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Director
  
Etienne Perier Baccio Bandini

Release date
  
1962

Writer
  
Anthony Marshall (novel), Michael Kanin (screenplay), Fay Kanin (screenplay), Alec Coppel (screenplay), Sandro Continenza (screenplay), Dominique Fabre (screenplay)

Directors
  
Etienne Perier, Baccio Bandini

Screenplay
  
Michael Kanin, Sandro Continenza, Alec Coppel, Fay Kanin, Dominique Fabre

Cast
  
Stewart Granger
(Thomas Stanswood),
Sylva Koscina
(Orietta Arconti),
Christine Kaufmann
(Serenella Arconti),
Alberto Lupo
(Andrea Paresi),
Marina Berti
(Countess of Osta),
Tullio Carminati
(Father Giacomo)

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Swordsman of Siena (Italian: La congiura dei dieci) is a 1962 Italian adventure film directed by Etienne Perier and Baccio Bandini and starring Stewart Granger, Sylva Koscina and Christine Kaufmann. The film is set in Spanish-controlled Italy during the sixteenth century.

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Main cast

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  • Stewart Granger as Thomas Stanswood
  • Sylva Koscina as Orietta Arconti
  • Christine Kaufmann as Serenella Arconti
  • Riccardo Garrone as Don Carlos
  • Alberto Lupo as Andrea Paresi
  • Marina Berti as Countess of Osta
  • Tullio Carminati as Father Giacomo
  • Claudio Gora as Leoni
  • Carlo Rizzo as Gino
  • Fausto Tozzi as Hugo
  • Tom Felleghi as The Spanish Captain

    • Production

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    The movie was first announced in 1951 with Yvonne de Carlo as star.

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    Robert Taylor was mentioned as a possible star. Granger was attached in 1954. Andrew Marton and then Roy Rowland were announced as director. However the film was postponed until 1961.

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    Granger sprained his back while filming a duel scene and was laid up for several days.

    Reception

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    According to MGM accounts, after the production budget and other associated costs were taken away, the film lost $100,000.

    In France it recorded admissions of 977,460.

    Still this swashbuckler film has meanwhile been recognised as "one of the best of its type" for Stewart Granger's accomplished fencing performances and the horse race.

    Biography

  • Hughes, Howard (2011). Cinema Italiano - The Complete Guide From Classics To Cult. London - New York: I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84885-608-0. 

    • References

    Swordsman of Siena Wikipedia
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