Credited cast: | |||
Robert Woods | ... | Johnny 'Colt' Blyth / Starblack | |
Elga Andersen | ... | Caroline Williams | |
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Franco Lantieri | ... | Curry |
Jane Tilden | ... | Johnny's Mother | |
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Andrea Scotti | ||
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Howard Ross | ... | Jop |
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Harald Wolff | ... | Thomas King |
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Eugenio Galadini | ... | Williams (as Graham Sooty) |
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Valentino Macchi | ||
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Rossella Bergamonti | ||
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Sergio Ukmar | ||
Ettore Manni | |||
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Giulio Galadini | ||
Gianluigi Crescenzi | |||
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Demeter Bitenc | ... | Burt |
Starblack is a hero who dresses in black and his face is covered by a black scarf and he carries in his shirt a black star, which he always leaves at the scene of his enterprises, as a symbol of justice.
In the tradition of Clark Kent/Superman, Robert Woods plays both the seemingly gawky and cowardly Johnny Black and the black-masked avenger Starblack, who resembles such 1940s serial heroes as Batman or The Phantom, but in a Western context. The film alternates between the gruff stoicism associated with Italian westerns and a cartoonish feel that was no doubt a homage to the old-time serials that the director/writer/star had enjoyed as children. Somehow it all works and produces a Eurowestern that is both exciting and fun. Woods, who is usually very convincing as a tough, violent character, here plays the (outwardly) bumbling and weak-willed Johnny Black very convincingly, like a cross between Will Hutchins and Tony Perkins! Overall, STARBLACK is a very entertaining film that should appeal to a broad audience and is a choice role for star Robert Woods (who also wrote and sings the title theme on and off throughout the film!).