''Ricco the Mean Machine'' ( it, Un tipo con una faccia strana ti cerca per ucciderti, es, Ajuste de cuentas, also known as ''The Cauldron of Death'' and ''The Dirty Mob'') is a 1973 Italian-Spanish

crime-thriller film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by

Tulio Demicheli Tulio Demicheli (born August 15, 1914, Buenos Aires, Argentina - d. May 25, 1992, Madrid, Spain) was an Argentine born Spanish film director, screenwriter and film producer of the classic era. Born as Armando Bartolomé Demichelli in 1914, ...

and starring

Christopher Mitchum Christopher Mitchum (born October 16, 1943) is an American film actor, screenwriter, and businessman. He was born in Los Angeles, California, the second son of film star Robert Mitchum and Dorothy Mitchum. He is the younger brother of actor Jam ...

and

Barbara Bouchet Barbara Bouchet (born Bärbel Gutscher; 15 August 1943)
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. It became a cult film because of its violent and gory scenes, including a graphic castration. The US title was actually a misspelling of the main character's name Rico.

Plot

Cast

as Rico Aversi *

Barbara Bouchet Barbara Bouchet (born Bärbel Gutscher; 15 August 1943)
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as Scilla Calogero * Malisa Longo as Rosa * Arthur Kennedy as Don Vito *

Eduardo Fajardo Eduardo Martínez Fajardo (14 August 1924 – 4 July 2019) was a Spanish film actor born in Meis (Pontevedra), Spain. He appeared in 183 films, 75 plays and made 2,000 television appearances between 1947 and 2002. Biography He was born in ...

as Cirano * Paola Senatore as Conchetta Aversi *

Manolo Zarzo Manuel López Zarza (born 26 April 1932) better known as Manuel Zarzo is a Spanish film actor. He has appeared in more than 150 films since 1951. Selected filmography * '' Day by Day'' (1951) * ''Love in a Hot Climate'' (1954) * ''Cursed Mou ...

as Tony *

José María Caffarel José María Caffarel Fábregas (10 November 1919 – 6 November 1999) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in more than 170 films between 1957 and 1998. He was born in Barcelona and died in Madrid, Spain. Selected filmography * '' The ...

as The Marseillese *

Ángel Álvarez Ángel Álvarez (26 September 1906 – 13 December 1983) was a prolific Spanish film actor. He made over 205 film appearances between 1945 and 1982. He is probably best known for his western films of the 1960s and 1970s. He appeared in Spaghe ...

as Giuseppe Calogero *

Luis Induni Luis Induni (5 March 1920, in Romano di Lombardia, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy – 31 December 1979, in Barcelona, Spain) was an Italian film actor of the 1950s 1960s and 1970s. He made his debut in the western film ''Billy the Kid'' (1962) al ...

as Gaspare Aversi * Victor Israel as Checana

References

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* Italian crime thriller films Spanish crime thriller films 1970s crime thriller films Films directed by Tulio Demicheli Films set in Turin 1970s Italian-language films 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-film-stub