Hawk of the Caribbean

1962 film by Piero Regnoli
  • Johnny Desmond
  • Yvonne Monlaur
CinematographyAldo Greci[1]Music byAldo Piga[1]
Production
companies
  • Nord Film Italiana
  • Remarch Film[1]
Release date
  • 5 April 1962 (1962-04-05) (Italy)
Running time
115 minutes[1]CountryItaly[1]LanguageItalian

Hawk of the Caribbean (Italian: Lo sparviero dei Caraibi), also known as Caribbean Hawk, is a 1962 Italian pirate film written and directed by Piero Regnoli and starring Johnny Desmond and Yvonne Monlaur.[2][page needed][3][page needed]

Plot

The Spanish government is forced to ask a group of ex-slaves for help when it is threatened by the English.[4]

Cast

  • Johnny Desmond as Juan Rodrigo Olivares
  • Yvonne Monlaur as Arica Mageiras
  • Armando Francioli as Esteban
  • Piero Lulli as Manuel
  • Franca Parisi as Donna Maria de la Rey Sandoval
  • Walter Brandi as Ramon
  • Elvi Lissiak as Lolita
  • Vincenzo Musolino as Rodriguez
  • Graziella Granata as Flora
  • Amedeo Trilli as Pablo
  • Franco Santi as Pedrito
  • Nerio Bernardi
  • Nino Marchesini as Viceking of Santa Cruz
  • Carlo Lombardi as Captain Pinto
  • Claudio Undari as Don Pedro de Alicante

Production

Yvonne Monlaur stated that the film went through production difficulties which caused a month long halt to filming.[1] This led to many scripted scenes left unfilmed.[1]

Release

Hawk of the Caribbean was released in Italy on 5 April 1962.[1]

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 33.
  2. ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8884405033.
  3. ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
  4. ^ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hawk_of_the_caribbean

Sources

  • Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.
  • Hawk of the Caribbean at IMDb


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