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For Love and Gold
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Title: For Love and Gold

Release Date: 7 Apr 1966

Runtime: 2h

Genre: Comedy, Adventure

Director: Fair Film, Les Films Marceau

Production Companies: Fair Film, Les Films Marceau

Overview: A group of rogues steal a scroll granting its bearer the property of the land of Aurocastro in Apulia, a province in the south of Italy. They elect a shaggy knight, Brancaleone from Norcia, as their leader, and decide to get possession of this supposedly wealthy land. Many adventures will occurr during the journey.

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Average Vote: 7.706 (367 votes)

Cast

  • Brancaleone da Norcia: Vittorio Gassman
  • Matelda: Catherine Spaak
  • Pecoro: Folco Lulli
  • Teofilatto dei Leonzi: Gian Maria Volonté
  • Vedova: Maria Grazia Buccella
  • Teodora: Barbara Steele
  • Zenone: Enrico Maria Salerno
  • Abacuc: Carlo Pisacane
  • Mangoldo: Ugo Fangareggi
  • Taccone: Gianluigi Crescenzi
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