Marco Polo (1962 film)

Marco Polo
Directed by	Piero Pierotti
Screenplay by	Oreste Biancoli Ennio De Concini Eliana De Sabata Antoinette Pellevant Piero Pierotti Duccio Tessari[1]
Produced by	Luigi Carpentieri′ Ermanno Donati[1]
Starring	Rory Calhoun Yoko Tanikol Camillo Pilotto Pierre Cressoy
Cinematography	Ricardo Pallottini[1]
Edited by	Ornella Micheli[1]
Music by	Angelo Francisco Lavagnino[1]
Production companies	Alta Vista Filmorsa Panda Film[1]
Release dates	21 June 1962 (1962-06-21) (Italy) 17 May 1963 (1963-05-17) (France)
Running time	95 min
Countries	Italy France[1][2]
Budget	$4 million[3]

Marco Polo (Italian: L'avventura di un italiano in Cina) is a 1962 historical action adventure film directed by Piero Pierotti. The American English-dubbed version includes scenes directed by Hugo Fregonese and a new score by Les Baxter.[1][4]

Cast

• Rory Calhoun as Marco Polo
• Yoko Tani as Princess Amurroy
• Camillo Pilotto as Grand Khan
• Pierre Cressoy as Cuday
• Michael Chow as Ciu-Lin
• Tiny Yong as Tai-Au (credited as Thien-Huong)
• Franco Ressel

Release

Marco Polo was released in Italy on 21 June 1962,[1] in the United States in August 1962[1] and in France on 17 May 1963.[2]

Reception

In a contemporary review for The New York Times upon the film's American release, critic Eugene Archer wrote: "Rory Calhoun, playing the title role of 'Marco Polo' in doublet and tights, is as dauntlessly American as Gary Cooper, who acted the role in an equally foolish Hollywood version a couple of decades ago. ... Under Hugo Fregonese's passable direction, the swashbuckling saga from American International is predictably juvenile, colorful and harmless. As usual, any resemblance between the dubbed sound track and the events pictured on the screen is purely coincidental."[5]

Comic book adaption

• Charlton Comics: Marco Polo (1962)[6][7]

References

Footnotes

1. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 112.
2. "Marco Polo" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
3. "French Look Beyond France". Variety. 2 May 1962. p. 84. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
4. Suzanne Conklin Akbari; Amilcare A. Iannucci; John Tulk (January 2008). Marco Polo and the Encounter of East and West. Toronto Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0802099280.
5. Archer, Eugene (1962-09-20). "'Marco Polo' Is an Italian Film Starring Rory Calhoun". The New York Times. p. 29.
6. "Charlton Comics: Marco Polo". Grand Comics Database.
7. Charlton Comics: Marco Polo at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

Sources

• Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.

External links

• Marco Polo at IMDb