Ricco the Mean Machine

Ricco the Mean Machine
Ricco the Mean Machine
	US film poster
Directed by	Tulio Demicheli
Screenplay by	Santiago Moncada; José Gutiérrez Maesso; Mario Di Nardo
Produced by	José Gutiérrez Maesso
Starring	Christopher Mitchum; Barbara Bouchet; Arthur Kennedy; Malisa Longo; Manolo Zarzo; Eduardo Fajardo; Luis Induni
Cinematography	Francisco Fraile
Edited by	Ángel Serrano
Music by	Nando De Luca
Production; companies	Tecisa; B.R.C. Produzione
Distributed by	Excisa (Spain); Alpherat (Italy)
Release date	1973;
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	Spain; Italy

Ricco the Mean Machine (Italian: Un tipo con una faccia strana ti cerca per ucciderti, Spanish: Ajuste de cuentas, also known as Heavy Dues, The Cauldron of Death and The Dirty Mob) is a 1973 Italian-Spanish crime-thriller film directed by Tulio Demicheli and starring Christopher Mitchum and Barbara Bouchet.^[1] It acquired a cult following because of its violent and gory scenes, including a graphic castration.^[2] The US title was actually a misspelling of the main character's name Rico.^[2]

Plot

Cast

Christopher Mitchum as Rico Aversi
Barbara Bouchet as Scilla Calogero
Malisa Longo as Rosa
Arthur Kennedy as Don Vito
Eduardo Fajardo as Cirano
Paola Senatore as Conchetta Aversi
Manolo Zarzo as Tony
José María Caffarel as The Marseillese
Ángel Álvarez as Giuseppe Calogero
Luis Induni as Gaspare Aversi
Victor Israel as Checana

References

^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059695.
^ ^a ^b Roberto Curti (22 October 2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland, 2013. ISBN 978-0786469765.

External links

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[70-79_z-1] Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059695.

[Curticrime-2] Roberto Curti (22 October 2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland, 2013. ISBN 978-0786469765.

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1960s	Hay alguien detrás de la puerta (1960) El cielo dentro de la casa (1960) El amor que yo te di (1960) Mi noche de bodas (1961) El hijo del capitán Blood (1962) Los elegidos (1964) La primera aventura (1965) Desafío en Río Bravo (1965) Espionage in Lisbon (1965) Nuestro agente en Casablanca (1966) La mujer perdida (1966) Un hombre y un colt (1967)
1970s	Los Monstruos del Terror (1970) Reza por tu alma... y muere (1970) Coartada en disco rojo (1972) Uno, dos, tres... dispara otra vez (1973) Ricco the Mean Machine (1973) Ella (1973) Shoshena (1974) Bienvenido, Mister Krif (1975) Juego sucio en Panamá (1975) Eva, ¿qué hace ese hombre en tu cama? (1975) La llamada del sexo (1977) Préstamela esta noche (1978)
1980s	Ángel negro (1980) Novia, esposa y amante (1981) Los ojos de un niño (1982) Con el cuerpo prestado (1983) Los renglones torcidos de Dios (1983) El sexo de los ricos (1984) El misterio Eva Perón (1987)