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Avenger of the Seven Seas

Original title: Il giustiziere dei mari
  • 1962
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
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Avenger of the Seven Seas (1962)
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It's 1790 and British Naval Commander Redway is driven by greed for money and will stop at nothing to get it. His second in command, David Robinson, questions his allegiance when Redway kill... Read allIt's 1790 and British Naval Commander Redway is driven by greed for money and will stop at nothing to get it. His second in command, David Robinson, questions his allegiance when Redway kills his father and takes his brother prisoner. In order to save his brother and avenge his f... Read allIt's 1790 and British Naval Commander Redway is driven by greed for money and will stop at nothing to get it. His second in command, David Robinson, questions his allegiance when Redway kills his father and takes his brother prisoner. In order to save his brother and avenge his father's death David must join forces with a band of pirates, led by Captain Bernard, hunt ... Read all

  • Director
    • Domenico Paolella
  • Writers
    • Ugo Guerra
    • Luciano Martino
    • Ernesto Gastaldi
  • Stars
    • Michèle Mercier
    • Richard Harrison
    • Roldano Lupi
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    164
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Domenico Paolella
    • Writers
      • Ugo Guerra
      • Luciano Martino
      • Ernesto Gastaldi
    • Stars
      • Michèle Mercier
      • Richard Harrison
      • Roldano Lupi
    • 4User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Richard Harrison in Avenger of the Seven Seas (1962)
    Avenger of the Seven Seas (1962)
    Richard Harrison in Avenger of the Seven Seas (1962)
    Richard Harrison and Michèle Mercier in Avenger of the Seven Seas (1962)
    Richard Harrison and Michèle Mercier in Avenger of the Seven Seas (1962)
    Richard Harrison and Michèle Mercier in Avenger of the Seven Seas (1962)
    Avenger of the Seven Seas (1962)
    Avenger of the Seven Seas (1962)
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    Michèle Mercier
    Michèle Mercier
    • Jennifer van Artz
    Richard Harrison
    Richard Harrison
    • Lt. David Robinson
    Roldano Lupi
    Roldano Lupi
    • Capt. Redway
    Marisa Belli
    • Nike
    Paul Muller
    Paul Muller
    • Hornblut
    Carlo Hintermann
    • Errol Robinson
    Italo Sain
    • Cary Robinson
    Romano Giomini
    • Tribal Leader
    Lilia Nguyen
    • Fisherwoman
    • (as Liliane Nguyen)
    Walter Barnes
    Walter Barnes
    • Bernard Van Artz
    • Director
      • Domenico Paolella
    • Writers
      • Ugo Guerra
      • Luciano Martino
      • Ernesto Gastaldi(uncredited)
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      Redway: [to David Robinson] Blood? Your veins don't hold enough of it for my revenge.

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    Enjoyable Italian adventures with intrepid pirates and exotic scenarios .
    Enjoyable Italian adventures with intrepid pirates and exotic scenarios . This ¨Avengers of the seven seas¨ or ¨La isla de la ambición¨ (1962) or ¨Il giustiziere dei mari¨(original title) contains adventures , thrills , action and ship battles . It's 1790 , somewhere in the South Seas , a British Naval Commander Redway (Roldano Lupi) is driven by ambition for getting money and will stop at nothing to get it . Redway arrives with his underlings men Lt. David Robinson (Richard Harrison) , Hornblut (Paul Muller and other troopers on the island of Freeland to collect the annual tribute in the form of pearls to England . Once ashore, greedy Redway, his second in command, and their men meet with the island's representative, Errol Robinson. David instantly recognizes Errol as his dad and it results out David has a brother, Gary, he hasn't seen since he was a baby. In order to save his sibling and avenge his father's death David must join forces with a band of pirates led by Captain Bernard Van Artz (Walter Barnes) and his daughter Jennifer van Artz (Michèle Mercier) , hunt down and kill Redway . Meanwhile , the pirates are pursued but they take shelter at their secret island of Quantral . By the way they take on enemies , are imprisoned as well as mistreated by abusive guards , whipped , betrayed and sold to a cannibal tribe . There then takes place riots , fights , escapes and attacks .

    Entertaining adventure movie with natives , intrepid pirates , prisoners and colorful scenarios .Packing verwhelming battles and full of villainy , romance , swashbuckler and heroism . This thrilling picture turns out to be a be a mixture of Pirate movie and adventure , including blood-thirsty cannibals . Along the way we are treated to see swashbuckling , wall-to-wall action , sword-play ,treason , twists and turns .The film is a nice pirate-adventure movie , a passable , acceptable tale , being produced in enough budget . Amusing adventures with valiant pirates and spectacular scenarios on jungles and marshes with carnivorous plants . This classic story of romantic adventure come to life enriched by Eastmancolor cinematography in charge of Carlo Bellero , though a perfect remastering being necessary . This release has some nice and even quite exciting moments here and there , though isn't always interesting , sometimes is diverting and fresh and on a couple of sympathetic occasions is frankly delicious . The film bears remarkable resemblance to ¨Women of the Devil's land¨(1962) also directed by Domenico Paolella with similar cast , scenerios and shot at the same time . The picture is full of struggles , fencing , villainy , romance , ambushes , swashbuckler and heroism . As for the cast, as was also usual, at the top, we found an American actor decided to try his luck in European cinema . In this case the character brought to life , was rightly played by Richard Harrison. He is cool as the lieutenant/pirate hero who encounters dangerous situations while trying to revenge his beloved relatives . He was an actor who had his first major role in "Master of the world" by William Witney along with Vincent Price , then he changed in action roles , mainly series B westerns , get some success and ends up traveling in Europe in the sixties where he made many Peplum and Euro-westerns . Worthwhile watching for a demonstration of the confrontation between the Richard Harrison against the dangerous villain played by Roldano Lupi .Richard Harrison played in Hollywood some minor roles as ¨Kronos¨, and ¨South Pacific¨ . Then , Harrison jumped at the chance when offered the first character in 1961 ,¨The Invincible Gladiator¨ , which was filming in Europe . He wound up settling in Italy for the next two decades . To avoid being penned in too much as a muscle man , he sought characters in routine spaghetti westerns as ¨Texas the Red¨, ¨¨, ¨Reverendo Colt¨ , ¨One Hundred Thousand Dollars for Ringo¨, ¨Stagecoach of the Condemned¨ , ¨Gunfight at High Noon¨ ,¨Joe Dakota¨ , even the main role from ¨For a fistful of dollars¨ was offered to Richard Harrison , but he turned down and explaining : Maybe my greatest contribution to cinema was not doing Fistful of Dollars, and recommending Clint Eastwood for the part . The female role was performed by Michèle Mercier, unforgettable starring in the role of Angélique, "the Marquise of the Angels", was both a blessing and a curse. It catapulted her to almost instant stardom, rivalling Brigitte Bardot in her celebrity and popularity, but ruined her acting career. By the end of the 1960s, the names Angélique and Michèle Mercier were synonymous, and to escape type-casting, Mercier was compelled to leave France and try to re-start her career in United States, unfortunately without any success. Support cast is frankly good , thanks to the familiar secondary actors as Roldano Lupi and Walter Barnes . The rest of the cast , we find a negative character to which the director gives a special treatment : the nasty Paul Muller , a secondary actor who interpreted various roles for Jess Frank .

    The motion picture was professionally directed by Domenico Paolella . He was a director and writer, known for filming all kind of genres such as Nunexploitation : ¨The nun and the devil¨, ¨Unholy Convent¨ , Peplum : ¨Maciste Nell'inferno Di Gengis Khan¨, ¨Il Gladiatore Che Sfidò L'Impero¨ , ¨Golia Conquista Di Bagdad¨ , ¨Ercole Contro Tiranni , ¨Maciste against Mongols¨, among others .
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    • Release date
      • March 22, 1962 (Italy)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • France
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Rächer der Meere
    • Production companies
      • Documento Film
      • Le Louvre Film
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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