Sandrigo Bembo
Lex Barker
Sandrigo Bembo
Overview
Set in medieval Venice, this swashbuckler chronicles the courage of an executioner and his godson as they attempt to show that the Grand Inquisitor is in league with murderous pirates.
Cast
Rodrigo Zeno
Guy Madison
Rodrigo Zeno
Leonora Danin
Alessandra Panaro
Leonora Danin
Boia Guarnieri
Mario Petri
Boia Guarnieri
Michele Arcà
Alberto Farnese
Michele Arcà
Bortolo
Giulio Marchetti
Bortolo
il doge Giovanni Bembo
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
il doge Giovanni Bembo
Pietro
Franco Fantasia
Pietro
il consigliere Grimani
Raf Baldassarre
il consigliere Grimani
Smeralda
Mirella Rossi
Smeralda
John Bartha
Attilio Severini
Reviews
CinemaSerf
Set during the Grand Inquisition, this is actually quite an entertaining little bit of Peplum. The Doge of Venice (Feodor Chaliapin Jr) has a handsome young son "Sandrigo" (Lex Barker) who has managed to irritate the Inquisitor "Zeno" (Guy Madison). The latter decides to frame the former for treason, and now it falls to Barker to save both himself and his father, whilst still keeping hold of his lady love "Leonora" (Alessandra Panaro). Luigi Capuano has packed quite a lot into ninety minutes here. The production standards are actually quite high, there is bundles of intrigue and swordplay, a soupçon of romance and Madison plays well as the baddie. The plot is pretty processional, the ending is never in doubt - but this is still quite a watchable action adventure that looks good and flows well.
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