# Arrigo Colombo

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{{short description|Italian film producer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Arrigo Colombo
| birth_date = 1916
| birth_place = Italy
| death_date = {{death year and age|1998|1916}}
| occupation = [Film producer](/source/Film_producer)
}}

'''Arrigo Colombo''' (1916–1998) was an Italian film producer.

He founded Jolly Film with [Giorgio Papi](/source/Giorgio_Papi),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2014/05/18/per-un-pugno-di-dollari-ecco-come-il-film-di-leone-e-diventato-leggenda/989145/ |title=Per un pugno di dollari, ecco come il film di Sergio Leone è diventato leggenda |first=Giampiero |last=Calapà |date=18 May 2014 |access-date=24 April 2019 |newspaper=[Il Fatto Quotidiano](/source/Il_Fatto_Quotidiano) |language=it}}</ref> which produced ''[Gunfight at Red Sands](/source/Gunfight_at_Red_Sands)'' (1963).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailygreen.it/31303-2/ |title=L’ultimo western italiano prima di Leone |first=Gianni |last=Lucini |date=21 August 2017 |access-date=24 April 2019 |work=Daily Green |language=it}}</ref>

Arrigo Colombo and Giorgio Papi hired [Sergio Leone](/source/Sergio_Leone) to direct ''[A Fistful of Dollars](/source/A_Fistful_of_Dollars)'' (1964) with a budget of 200.000 dollars.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.laopiniondezamora.es/ultima/2014/06/30/oeste-lugar-guapos/771332.html |title=El Oeste no es lugar para guapos |first=Franco |last=Torre |date=30 June 2014 |access-date=24 April 2019 |newspaper=La Opinión de Zamora |language=es |publisher=Prensa Ibérica}}</ref> He was the only one who accepted the project by [Giuliano Montaldo](/source/Giuliano_Montaldo) ''[Sacco & Vanzetti](/source/Sacco_%26_Vanzetti_(1971_film))'' (1971).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.taxidrivers.it/110520/stasera-in-tv/stasera-in-tv-su-rai-storia-alle-2110-sacco-e-vanzetti-di-giuliano-montaldo-con-gian-maria-volonte-e-riccardo-cucciolla.html |title=Stasera in tv su Rai Storia alle 21,10 Sacco e Vanzetti di Giuliano Montaldo, con Gian Maria Volonté e Riccardo Cucciolla |first=Luca |last=Biscontini |date=2 December 2018 |access-date=24 April 2019 |work=Taxidrivers |publisher=[Disqus](/source/Disqus)}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===As producer===
{{columnslist|
* ''La viuda indomable'' (1978)
* ''[Seven Beauties](/source/Seven_Beauties)'' (1975)
* ''[The Master and Margaret](/source/The_Master_and_Margaret_(1972_film))'' (1972)
* ''[Sacco & Vanzetti](/source/Sacco_%26_Vanzetti_(1971_film))'' (1971)
* ''[Violent City](/source/Violent_City)'' (1970)
* ''[Grand Slam](/source/Grand_Slam_(1967_film))'' (1967)
* ''[A Fistful of Dollars](/source/A_Fistful_of_Dollars)'' (1964)
* ''[I motorizzati](/source/I_motorizzati)'' (1962)
* ''Inspector Maigret'' (1958)
* ''[The Intruder](/source/The_Intruder_(1956_film))'' (1956)
* ''On Trial'' (1954)
* ''[I'm the Capataz](/source/I'm_the_Capataz)'' (1951)
}}

===As writer===
{{columnslist|
* ''[More Dollars for the MacGregors](/source/More_Dollars_for_the_MacGregors)'' (1970)
* ''[Requiem for a Gringo](/source/Requiem_for_a_Gringo)'' (1968)
* ''La duchessa di Santa Lucia'' (1959)
* ''[Under the Southern Cross](/source/Under_the_Southern_Cross_(1938_film))'' (1938)
}}

===As director===
* ''[Black Magic](/source/Black_Magic_(1949_film))'' (1949)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0173031}}

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Category:1916 births
Category:1998 deaths
Category:Italian film producers

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