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3 unusual facts about Antonio Margheriti


Antonio Margheriti

He stopped using his real name in the USA early in his career, when he was told by his dubbing director Ted Rusoff that the English translation of the name "Antonio Margheriti" was "Anthony Daisies", and that it sounded too effeminate.

Treasure Island in Outer Space (1987) made for Italian TV, starring Anthony Quinn, David Warbeck & John Morghen

Tisa Farrow

Farrow is perhaps most known for starring in the horror film, Zombi II, but she also appeared in acclaimed filmmaker René Clément's And Hope to Die, in James Toback's first feature production Fingers, opposite Harvey Keitel, as well in Woody Allen's Manhattan (1979) and Antonio Margheriti's The Last Hunter (1980).


Arturo Dominici

His filmography includes more than 80 titles, including Antonio Margheriti's Castle of Blood (1964), in which he appeared with Black Sunday star Barbara Steele.

Bruce Baron

Baron also appeared as the villain in Ruggero Deodato's sci-fi actioner The Atlantis Interceptors (1983), in Code Name: Wild Geese (1984), directed by Antonio Margheriti starring Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine and Klaus Kinski, and in Overdose (1987), by French softcore/exploitation director Jean-Marie Pallardy.

The Last Hunter

Director Antonio Margheriti decided to make a Vietnam War film due to the success of the American film The Deer Hunter.


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The Last Hunter

Unlike director Michael Cimino, Antonio Margheriti did not want to make a political film that was for or against the Vietnam War.