Sette uomini d'Oro
The bulk of this amusing crime film consists of a plan to
steal a fortune in gold from the supposedly impregnable vaults
of Geneva's Credit Suisse Bank.
A criminal genius (Philippe Leroy) watches from across the
street as his six henchmen, whose names all begin with the
letter "A" carry out the caper.
Among the burglars are such familiar actors as Gabriele Tinti
and Gaston Moschin, while Rosanna Podesta appears as Leroy's
mistress, the scheming Giorgia.
After the heist itself, which consumes nearly an hour of screen
time, the group becomes fraught with mistrust and suspicion,
only to lose out on their wealth when the stolen gold ends
up scattered in a public square.
Leroy and the rest returned in director Marco Vicario's Il
Grande Colpo dei Sette Uomini d'Oro the following year.
Cast:
Rossana Podestà, Philippe Leroy, Gastone Moschin, Gabriele
Tinti, Giampiero Albertini, Dario De Grassi, Manuel Zarzo,
Maurice Poli, Ennio Balbo
Director:
Marco Vicario
Il Grande colpo dei sette uomini d'Oro
Director Marco Vicario's sequel to his own Sette Uomini d'Oro,
this similarly lighthearted crime film begins with The Professor
(Philippe Leroy) and his men captured by American agents during
a plot to steal a vault from a moving train.
They are assigned to kidnap Castro-like Latin dictator Enrico
Maria Salerno in order to avoid prosecution, and The Professor
uses the mission as a convenient excuse to jack $7 million
in gold from a nearby ship.
Rosanna Podestà returns as the sexy Giorgia, and Vicario
fills the film with campy setpieces including flying jet-packs
and a bizarre ending circling back to the start of Sette Uomini
d'Oro.
Armando Travajoli's score is typical of its time, featuring
a breathy female voice.
This sequel seems unfocused compared to its tightly-knit predecessor,
and is slightly disappointing as a result.
Cast:
Rossana Podestà, Philippe Leroy, Gastone Moschin, Maurice
Poli, Manuel Zarzo, Gabriele Tinti, Giampiero Albertini, Dario
De Grassi, Enrico Maria Salerno
Director:
Marco Vicario |
