Blood of the Executioner

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Blood of the Executioner (1963)

09/19/1963 (IT) Drama, Adventure, Action 1h 30m

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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.

Luigi Capuano

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Lex Barker

Sandrigo Bembo
Guy Madison

Rodrigo Zeno
Alessandra Panaro

Leonora Danin
Mario Petri

Boia Guarnieri
Alberto Farnese

Michele Arcà

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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 so... read the rest.

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Original Title Il boia di Venezia

Status Released

Original Language German

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