(132) SUPERARGO (Double Feature) Ken Wood/Guy Madison
4003DVD
DOUBLE FEATURE
IN ENGLISH
FILM
ONE
SUPERARGO VS DIABOLICUS (1966)
85 MIN widescreen
director: Nick Nostro
starring Giovanni Cianfriglia (as Ken Wood) ˇ Gérard Tichy
ˇ Loredana Nusciak ˇ Mónica Randall
FILM TWO
SUPERARGO VS THE FACELESS GIANTS (1968)
87 MIN fullscreen
Original Italian Title: L'INVINCILE SUPERMAN also
known as SUPERARGO VS THE ROBOTS
director: Paolo Bianchi (Paolo Bianchini)
starring Giovanni Cianfriglia (as Ken Wood) ˇ Guy Madison ˇ
Luisa Baratto ˇ Liz Barrett ˇ Diana Lory
A combination of James Bond and Batman,
with an obvious homage to the Mexican luchador films. This 'guilty pleasure'
picture is full of noisy action, wrestling, double crosses, beautiful
babes, explosions and lots of fun. A comic-book styled superhero named
Superargo (played by Italian stuntman/actor Giovanni Cianfriglia aka Ken
Wood) challenges megalomaniac madman Diabolicus (Gerard Tichy) and fighting-diva
girlfriend (Loredana Nusciak) are stealing and stockpiling uranium in
a plan to take over the world.
For
the sequel, displaced American actor Guy Madison (Wild Bill Hickok,
TV 1951-1959) is the quirky new villain, Professor Wendland Wond. His
goal is world domination with the help of remote-controlled robots, specifically
designed to rob banks. Seemingly, Professor Wond has been abducting champion
wrestlers and converting them into his personal army of cyber soldiers,
so government authorities reluctantly recruit wrestling hero Superargo
to stop the mayhem.
An
Italian/Spanish coproduction movie in English
language;
(85 + 87 min.), in DVD format, encoded for NTSC ALL REGIONS,
playable on any American DVD machine. Extras include both theatrical trailers.