''The Two Crusaders'' () is a 1968

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directed by Giuseppe Orlandini, co-written by horror icon

Lucio Fulci Lucio Fulci (; 17 June 1927 – 13 March 1996) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Although he worked in a wide array of genres through a career spanning nearly five decades, including Commedia all'italiana, comedies and spagh ...

and starring the comic duo

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Plot

Viscount Ciccio is on the bill, so the people who live in his lands begin to stop paying his taxes. So he goes in search of a soldier of fortune to threaten the plebs and collect the money. Ciccio manages to find him, but soon he will understand that the man is suitable for everything except being a proper knight.

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Franco Franchi Francesco Benenato (18 September 1928 – 9 December 1992), known as Franco Franchi, was an Italian actor, comedian and singer. He was born in Palermo, Sicily and began his career in the 1950s, although his career only really took off in the ...

as Franco di Carrapipi *

Ciccio Ingrassia Francesco "Ciccio" Ingrassia (5 October 1922 – 28 April 2003) was an Italian actor, comedian and film director. He was born in Palermo, Sicily, and began his career in the 1950s, although his career only really took off in the 1960s. He star ...

as Ciccio Visconte di Braghelunge *

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as Clorinda *

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as Ciccio's Consouler * Umberto D'Orsi as Goffredo di Buglione *

Ignazio Leone Ignazio Leone (19 April 1923 – 30 December 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 105 films between 1952 and 1976. Selected filmography * '' The Walk'' (1953) * '' I Chose Love'' (1953) * '' Amici per la pelle'' (1955) * '' A Wo ...

as Biagio *

Marco Tulli Marco Tulli (20 November 1920 – 20 March 1982) was an Italian character actor, probably best known in the role of "Smilzo" in the Don Camillo film series. Born in Rome, Tulli debuted as actor while he was still a university student, at the en ...

as Fra Giulivo * Nino Fuscagni as Richard the Pantherheart *

Gastone Pescucci Gastone Pescucci (21 July 1926 – 28 October 1999) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Certaldo, Pescucci was mainly active on stage, where he alternated between classics and modern works. He was also active on telev ...

Enzo Andronico Enzo Andronico (13 May 1924 – 26 September 2002) was an Italian character actor. Born as Vincenzo Andronico in Palermo, he had a prolific career between theater, cinema and television, appearing in more than 100 films. Andronico's career is ma ...

as Man blind in one eye *

Fabio Testi Fabio Testi (born 2 August 1941) is an Italian actor. After growing up witnessing film work done around Lake Garda, Testi entered the sets of the film and began work as a stuntman and a double on set, where he worked as a stuntman on ''The Good, ...

as Warrior enlisting Franco and Ciccio * Pietro Ceccarelli as Tazio *

Furio Meniconi Furio Meniconi (22 February 1924 – 12 December 1981) was an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Meniconi was born in Rome into a family active in the cinema industry in the technical cast, or engaged in the general organizatio ...

as Saladin *

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* Paolo Poli as Narrator

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* Films directed by Giuseppe Orlandini Italian adventure comedy films Films set in the Middle Ages Italian buddy comedy films 1960s buddy comedy films Crusades films 1960s adventure comedy films Films scored by Lallo Gori 1968 comedy films 1968 films 1960s Italian-language films 1960s Italian films Italian-language adventure comedy films {{1960s-Italy-comedy-film-stub

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