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Ace High

Name: Ace High
Genre: Western, Action, Comedy
Released: 1968-10-02
Duration: 132 min
Rating: 6.5

★ 6,5 /10 (222 Votes)

1968 IT 132 min

Overview

After Cacopoulos manages to save himself from being hung on a false charge, he robs Cat Stevens and Hutch Bessy of a lot of money and steals their horses. This results in a merry chase and Stevens and Bessy become unwilling allies in Cacopoulus' revenge against the people who deserted him and framed him to get their money back.

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Release date

02/10/1968

Votes

222

Popularity

2.1

Nobody beats Caco at his own game, because even if you win...you lose!

Genres

Western Action Comedy

Status

Released

Original title

I quattro dell'Ave Maria

Language

Runtime

132 min

Eli Wallach

Cacopoulos

Terence Hill

Cat Stevens

Bud Spencer

Hutch Bessy

Brock Peters

Thomas

Kevin McCarthy

Drake

Livio Lorenzon

Paco Rosa

Steffen Zacharias

Harold

Armando Bandini

Bank Manager

Remo Capitani

Cangaceiro

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Federico Boido

Drake's Henchman

Isa Foster

Cacopoulos' Woman

Bruno Corazzari

Charlie

Dante Cleri

Card-Playing Banker

Aldo Sala

Casino Employee

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Antonietta Fiorito

Tiffany Hoyveld

Thomas' Wife

Giuseppe Terranova

Casino Treasurer

Edoardo Torricella

Roulette Player

Corrado Olmi

Bandit

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Luciano Telli

Roulette Player

Frank Braña

Man With Jail Kay

Riccardo Pizzuti

Drake's Henchman

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Arnaldo Caivano

Townsman at Boxing Match (uncredited)

Quinto Marziali

Casino Guest (uncredited)

Giancarlo Badessi

Man with Moustache Promoting the Black Boxer (uncredited)

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Roger Beaumont

Croupier (uncredited)

Angelo Casadei

Roulette Player (uncredited)

Gildo Di Marco

Henchman Choked by Hutch Bessy (uncredited)

Mel Gaines

Drake Henchman (uncredited)

Franco Gulà

Al - Oldtimer (uncredited)

Leroy Haynes

Prize boxer (uncredited)

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Carlo Landa

Roulette Player (uncredited)

Gino Marturano

Drake Henchman (uncredited)

Fulvio Pellegrino

Drunken Man (uncredited)

Vicente Roca

Ramirez, Court Martial Member (uncredited)

Enzo Santaniello

Irish Family's Boy (uncredited)

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Simonetta Santaniello

Irish Family's Daughter (uncredited)

José María Tasso

Photographer (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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Well, no. Money corrupts men, it softens him. So to keep you young and pure, I think I'll take everything. Ace High is directed by Giuseppe Colizzi and Colizzi co-writes the screenplay with Bino Cicogna. It stars Eli Wallach, Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Brock Peters and Kevin McCarthy. Music is by Carlo Rustichelli and cinematography by Marcello Masciocchi (Technicolor/Techniscope of course). After Cacopoulos (Wallach) manages to save himself from being hung on a false charge, he robs Cat Stevens (Hill) and Hutch Bessy (Spencer) of a lot of money and steals their horses. This results i…

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Ok, so perhaps it is a stretch too far to picture Eli Wallach as a Greek gent called “Cacapoulos”, but he does look like he is having some fun in this adequate western. He only just manages to save himself from the noose then he “borrows” the possessions and horses of “Stevens” (Terrence Hill) and “Bussy” (Bud Spencer) and flees preparing his own unique form of revenge against those who would, believe it or not, wrongly have strung him up. What he didn’t know at the time was that there was $300,000 in their poke and these bounty hunters aren’t going to just wave it goodbye, so after many adven…

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