How to Kill 400 Duponts
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| Directed by | Steno |
| Story by | Castellano & Pipolo |
| Starring | Johnny Dorelli |
| Cinematography | Mario Capriotti[1] |
| Edited by | Ornella Micheli[1] |
| Music by | Franco Pisano[1] |
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Running time | 96 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy[1] |
How to Kill 400 Duponts (Italian: Arrriva Dorellik) is a 1967 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. The main character of the film, Dorellik, is a parody of the comic series Diabolik. The character was created in the late 1960s for several sketches on television.[2][3]
Plot
[edit]Dorellik, an Italian contract killer who lives on the French Riviera accepts a job to kill everyone named Dupont in France for a rich customer who expects to receive a large inheritance.
Cast
[edit]- Johnny Dorelli as Dorellik
- Margaret Lee as Baby Eva
- Alfred Adam as Inspector Saval
- Terry-Thomas as Police Commissioner Green
- Riccardo Garrone as Vladimiro Dupont
- Rossella Como as Barbara Leduc
- Didi Perego as Gisele Dupont
- Agata Flori as Carlotta
- Piero Gerlini as Raphael Dupont
- Totò Mignone as Berthold Dupont
- Samson Burke as Last Dupont
Production
[edit]How to Kill 400 Duponts was a film starring popular singer and television host Johnny Dorelli.[4] The Italian title Arriva Dorellik made reference to Dorelli's character Dorellik, which premiered on his television show Johnny Sera.[4]
Release
[edit]How to Kill 400 Duponts was released in Italy in 1967.[1] Producer Dino De Laurentiis had been producing a film based on the Diabolik fumetti neri series and sued the producers of How to Kill 400 Duponts over their original title Dorellik, which led to the film being re-titled Arriva Dorellik (lit. Here Comes Dorellik) just before the film's release.[4] Terry-Thomas, who played a starring role in Arriva Dorellik, also ended up guest-starring in De Laurentiis' Danger: Diabolik.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Curti 2016, p. 71.
- ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.
- ↑ Paolo Mereghetti (2010). Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 978-8860736260.
- 1 2 3 Curti 2016, p. 72.
Sources
[edit]- 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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