Arrigo Colombo

{{short description|Italian film producer}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Arrigo Colombo

| birth_date = 1916

| birth_place = Italy

| death_date = {{death year and age|1998|1916}}

| occupation = Film producer

}}

Arrigo Colombo (1916–1998) was an Italian film producer.

He founded Jolly Film with Giorgio Papi,{{cite news |url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2014/05/18/per-un-pugno-di-dollari-ecco-come-il-film-di-leone-e-diventato-leggenda/989145/ |title=Per un pugno di dollari, ecco come il film di Sergio Leone è diventato leggenda |first=Giampiero |last=Calapà |date=18 May 2014 |access-date=24 April 2019 |newspaper=Il Fatto Quotidiano |language=it}} which produced Duello nel Texas (1963).{{cite news |url=http://www.dailygreen.it/31303-2/ |title=L’ultimo western italiano prima di Leone |first=Gianni |last=Lucini |date=21 August 2017 |access-date=24 April 2019 |work=Daily Green |language=it}}

Arrigo Colombo and Giorgio Papi hired Sergio Leone to direct A Fistful of Dollars (1964) with a budget of 200.000 dollars.{{cite news |url=https://www.laopiniondezamora.es/ultima/2014/06/30/oeste-lugar-guapos/771332.html |title=El Oeste no es lugar para guapos |first=Franco |last=Torre |date=30 June 2014 |access-date=24 April 2019 |newspaper=La Opinión de Zamora |language=es |publisher=Prensa Ibérica}} He was the only one who accepted the project by Giuliano Montaldo Sacco e Vanzetti (1971).{{cite news |url=https://www.taxidrivers.it/110520/stasera-in-tv/stasera-in-tv-su-rai-storia-alle-2110-sacco-e-vanzetti-di-giuliano-montaldo-con-gian-maria-volonte-e-riccardo-cucciolla.html |title=Stasera in tv su Rai Storia alle 21,10 Sacco e Vanzetti di Giuliano Montaldo, con Gian Maria Volonté e Riccardo Cucciolla |first=Luca |last=Biscontini |date=2 December 2018 |access-date=24 April 2019 |work=Taxidrivers |publisher=Disqus}}