I coltelli del vendicatore (1966)

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Director

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Mario Bava

Leopoldo Savona (uncredited) Savona was the original director. The film ran out of funding mid-production and when it was resumed he was replaced by Bava, who re-shot much of his footage.

Storyline

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After the apparent death of her husband, King Arald, Queen Karin is living as a peasant with her son, Moki, hiding from Hagen, Arald's enemy. A mysterious stranger named Rurik begins acting as Karin's guardian, which eventually leads to a brutal showdown between Rurik and Hagen.

Cast

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• Credited cast
• Uncredited cast
• Unidentified cast

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Credited cast

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Actors credited in the Italian version, in credit order.

Cameron Mitchell
as Rurik

Fausto Tozzi
as Hagen

Giacomo Rossi-Stuart
(credited as "Jack Rossi Stuart")
as King Harald

Luciano Polletin
as Moki
ANICA lists him as "Luciano Poletti", while IMDb has him as "Luciano Pollentin". Since he has no other credits under any of these names then it is difficult to know which, if any, can be correct.

Amedeo Trilli
(credited as "Mike Moore")
as Viking King

Renato Terra Caizzi (c.s.c.)
(credited as "Renato Terra")
Credit only

Sergio Cortona
Unidentified

E per la prima volta sullo schermo

Lissa Mitchell
(credited as "Lissa")
as Karin
Lissa was the second wife of Cameron Mitchell. This is her only-known film role

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Uncredited actors A-Z

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Bruno Ariè
as Hut intrudar
Bruno and Mario Ghignone alternate playing the same role

Aldo Canti
as Attacker

Angelo Casadei
as Viking at the wedding

Mario Ghignone
as Hut intruder
Mario and Bruno Ariè alternate playing the same role

Alfonso Giganti
as Viking at the wedding

Nadia Marsala
as Viking girl at the wedding

Romano Moraschini
as Viking of importance

Nicola Palumbo
as Viking at the wedding

Renzo Pevarello
as 1. Viking King's assassin
as 2. Hagen henchman

Goffredo Unger
as Hagen henchman

Rinaldo Zamperla
as Hagen henchman

"Son of Moses"
as Viking High Priest

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Unidentified actors

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Unidentified credited actors

• Renato Terra Caizzi - credited with c.s.c., does not appear
• Sergio Cortona - ANICA lists him as appearing in 3 other films from the 1950's (one with role), while IMDb has one other (different) credit without role. IMDb lists him as working in various production capacities in 19 films. It's hard to imagine who he could be playing since the only unidentified role of any substance is the witch in the opening scene.

Uncredited actors listed as appearing by other sources, but not identified

• Tony Burton - ANICA, which lists one other credit without role where they say he is credited as "Leslie Daniels", which sounds rather odd.
• Osiride Pevarello - IMDb as Hagen's henchman. Presumably misidentified in this role played by his brother, Renzo.

Stunt double for Cameron Mitchell. Maybe Aldo Canti again?

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Uncredited actors listed as appearing by other sources, but not identified

• Tony Burton - ANICA, which lists one other credit without role where they say he is credited as "Leslie Daniels", which sounds rather odd.

"Leslie Daniels" is a pseudonym that was frequently used by dubbing actor/director Tony La Penna for his on-screen roles. He appears on-screen in the film Viaggio in Italia (1954) where he plays a character named Tony Burton, so I guess the confusion must be related to that, though it still doesn't make much sense. I don't see La Penna anywhere among the unidentifieds.

Pic 13: The girl in red is a very young Nadia Marsala.

Btw, Giacomo Rossi Stuart's character is surely meant to named Harald rather than Arald. Harald is a very typical Norwegian name (the name of our current king in fact), but probably comes across sounding like Arald because the Italians don't pronounce the H (which is also why the name Hagen comes across sounding more like Aghen).

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"Leslie Daniels" is a pseudonym that was frequently used by dubbing actor/director Tony La Penna for his on-screen roles. He appears on-screen in the film Viaggio in Italia (1954) where he plays a character named Tony Burton, so I guess the confusion must be related to that, though it still doesn't make much sense. I don't see La Penna anywhere among the unidentifieds.

Pic 13: The girl in red is a very young Nadia Marsala.

Btw, Giacomo Rossi Stuart's character is surely meant to named Harald rather than Arald. Harald is a very typical Norwegian name (the name of our current king in fact), but probably comes across sounding like Arald because the Italians don't pronounce the H (which is also why the name Hagen comes across sounding more like Aghen).

There doesn't seem to be any way to make sense of that "Tony Burton" listing. Since he's uncredited I may as well leave it as it is, since the ANICA listing mentions neither Daniels or La Penna.

Marsala added, thanks. Her topic is a mess, what little there is of it.

"Arald" changed to "Harald".