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Superargo and the Faceless Giants

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Superargo and the Faceless Giants
Directed byPaolo Bianchini
Screenplay byJulio Buchs[1]
Story byJulio Buchs[1]
Starring
Cinematography
  • Aldo Greci
  • Godofredo Pacheco
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Music by
Production
companies
  • G. V. Cinematografica
  • Società Europea Cinematografica
  • Ízaro Films[1]
Release date
  • January 1968 (1968-01) (Italy)
Running time
102 minutes[1]
Countries

Superargo and the Faceless Giants (Italian: Superargo - L'invincibile Superman, Spanish: Superargo, el gigante, also known as Superargo, The King of Criminals and Superargo the Giant) is a 1968 Italian-Spanish science fiction-superhero film written and directed by Paolo Bianchini (here credited as "Paul Maxwell"). It is the sequel of Nick Nostro's Superargo Versus Diabolicus.[2][3][4]

Plot

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Superargo battles Faceless Giants. One of his friends wants to kill Superargo.

Cast

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Release

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Superargo and the Faceless Giants was submitted to the Italian censorship board in September 1967, but was not released until January 1968 in Italy.[5] The film was released on home video in the United States from several labels including Code Red as a double feature with Wacky Taxi and as part of the Cinema Insomnia collection where it is interspersed with comic commentary by Mr. Lobo in a manner similar to horror host antecedents like Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.[5] Rifftrax released a version with their own humorous commentary in December 2016.[6]

Reception

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In a contemporary review, the Monthly Film Bulletin stated that "in the hierarchy of superheroes, Superargo....must rate lower than Jungle Jim."[7] The review found Guy Madison "completely miscast" as "one of the most harmless-looking of villains". The review concluded that the film would "please easily-pleased children, but comic strip aficionados will find even less to arouse them here than in Doc Savage."[7]

See also

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References

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Curti 2016, p. 123.
  2. ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.
  3. ^ Marco Giusti. 007 all'italiana. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. ISBN 9788876381874.
  4. ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
  5. ^ a b Curti 2016, p. 125.
  6. ^ "Superargo and the Faceless Giants". 9 December 2016.
  7. ^ a b McGillivray, David (1975). "Re dei Criminali, Il (Superargo)". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 42, no. 492. British Film Institute. pp. 203–204.

Sources

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  • Curti, Roberto (2016). Diabolika: Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema. Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1-936168-60-6.
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