The Seventh Sword

{{Infobox film

| name = The Seventh Sword

| image = Le-sette-spade-del-vendicatore.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Italian film poster

| native_name =

| director = Riccardo Freda

| producer = {{plainlist|*Cino Del Duca

Robert De Nesle{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=319}}}}

| writer =

| screenplay = {{plainlist|*Riccardo Freda

Filippo Sanjust{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=319}}}}

| story = {{plainlist|*Riccardo Freda

Filippo Sanjust{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=319}}}}

| based_on =

| starring = {{plainlist|*Brett Halsey

| narrator =

| music = Franco Mannino

| cinematography = Raffaele Masciocchi

| editing = Franco Fraticelli{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=319}}

| studio = {{plainlist|*Adelphia

Francisco Films}}

| distributor = Cino Del Duca

| released = {{Film date|1962|10|30|Italy|df=y}}

| runtime = 84 minutes

| country = {{plainlist|*Italy

France{{cite journal|journal=Monthly Film Bulletin|volume=30|issue=348|pages=147–148|year=1963|title=Sette spade del vendicatore, Le|location=London|issn=0027-0407}}}}

| language =

| budget =

| gross = ₤140 million

}}

The Seventh Sword ({{langx|it|Le sette spade del vendicatore}}, {{langx|fr|Sept épées pour le roi}}, also known as Seven Swords for the King) is a 1962 Italian-French adventure film directed by Riccardo Freda. It is a remake of Freda's debut film Don Cesare di Bazan.{{cite book|last=Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2007|isbn=8884405033}}{{cite book|last=Paolo Mereghetti|title=Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film|publisher=B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010|isbn=8860736269}}

Cast

Brett Halsey as Don Carlos di Bazan
Béatrice Altariba as Isabella
Giulio Bosetti as Duke of Saavedra
Gabriele Antonini as Filippo III
Mario Scaccia as Cardinal Inquisitor
Gabriele Tinti as Corvo
Alberto Sorrentino as Sancho
Jacques Stany as The seargeant

Release

The Seventh Swords was released in Italy on 30 October 1962, where it was distributed by Cino Del Duca.{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=319}} The film had a domestic gross of 140 million Italian lira in Italy.{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=319}}

Reception

In a contemporary review, the Monthly Film Bulletin stated that the Director "is here at his best" and that The Seventh Sword is "a film which is in its way delightful, with much to charm the eye and tickle the senses" The review noted specific scenes a tongue-in-cheek fight scene that plays in and out of a bedroom and "the final duel staged in a torture chamber of almost surrealist design and lurid colours"