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Directed by | Steno |
Story by | Castellano & Pipolo |
Starring | Johnny Dorelli |
Cinematography | Mario Capriotti [1] |
Edited by | Ornella Micheli [1] |
Music by | Franco Pisano [1] |
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Running time | 96 minutes [1] |
Country | Italy [1] |
How to Kill 400 Duponts ( Italian: Arrriva Dorellik) is a 1967 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. The main character of the film, Dorellik, is a parody of the comic series Diabolik. The character was created in the late 60s for several sketches on television. [2] [3]
Dorellik, an Italian contract killer who lives on the French Riviera accepts a job to kill everyone named Dupont in France for a rich customer who expects to receive a large inheritance.
How to Kill 400 Duponts was a film starring popular singer and television host Johnny Dorelli. [4] The Italian title Arriva Dorellik made reference to Dorelli's character Dorellik, which premiered on his television show Johnny Sera. [4]
How to Kill 400 Duponts was released in Italy in 1967. [1] Producer Dino De Laurentiis had been producing a film based on the Diabolik fumetti neri series and sued the producers of How to Kill 400 Duponts over their original title Dorellik, which led to the film being re-titled Arriva Dorellik ( lit. Here Comes Dorellik) just before the film's release. [4] Terry-Thomas, who played a starring role in Arriva Dorellik, also ended up guest-starring in De Laurentiis' Danger: Diabolik.
How to Kill 400 Duponts | |
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Directed by | Steno |
Story by | Castellano & Pipolo |
Starring | Johnny Dorelli |
Cinematography | Mario Capriotti [1] |
Edited by | Ornella Micheli [1] |
Music by | Franco Pisano [1] |
Production companies |
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Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes [1] |
Country | Italy [1] |
How to Kill 400 Duponts ( Italian: Arrriva Dorellik) is a 1967 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. The main character of the film, Dorellik, is a parody of the comic series Diabolik. The character was created in the late 60s for several sketches on television. [2] [3]
Dorellik, an Italian contract killer who lives on the French Riviera accepts a job to kill everyone named Dupont in France for a rich customer who expects to receive a large inheritance.
How to Kill 400 Duponts was a film starring popular singer and television host Johnny Dorelli. [4] The Italian title Arriva Dorellik made reference to Dorelli's character Dorellik, which premiered on his television show Johnny Sera. [4]
How to Kill 400 Duponts was released in Italy in 1967. [1] Producer Dino De Laurentiis had been producing a film based on the Diabolik fumetti neri series and sued the producers of How to Kill 400 Duponts over their original title Dorellik, which led to the film being re-titled Arriva Dorellik ( lit. Here Comes Dorellik) just before the film's release. [4] Terry-Thomas, who played a starring role in Arriva Dorellik, also ended up guest-starring in De Laurentiis' Danger: Diabolik.