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Directed by | Fernando Di Leo |
Screenplay by | Alberto Silvestri [1] |
Story by | Alberto Silvestri [1] |
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Cinematography | Roberto Gerardi [1] |
Edited by | Amedio Gimomini [1] |
Music by | Luis Enriquez Bacalov [1] |
Production company | Centro Produzioni Cinematografiche Citta di Milano
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Distributed by | Interfilm |
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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]
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 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]
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]