| Carambola! | |
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| Directed by | Ferdinando Baldi |
| Written by | Ferdinando Baldi Nico Ducci Mino Roli |
| Produced by | Manolo Bolognini |
| Starring | Michael Coby Paul L. Smith |
| Cinematography | Aiace Parolin |
| Music by | Franco Bixio Vince Tempera |
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| Language | Italian |
Carambola! (Italian: Carambola, also known as Strange Adventures of Coby and Ben)[1] is a 1974 Italian comedic Spaghetti Western film co-written and directed by Ferdinando Baldi. It was the first film starring the duo Michael Coby and Paul L. Smith, a couple formed by producer Manolo Bolognini with the purpose of copying the successful films of the duo Terence Hill and Bud Spencer.[2][1][3] It was followed by Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket.[1]
- ^ a b c Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 978-8804572770.
- ^ Hughes 2004, p. 238.
- ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.