The Black Duke

{{Infobox film | name = The Black Duke | image = The Black Duke.jpg | caption = | director = Pino Mercanti | writer = Mario Amendola | starring = Cameron Mitchell<br />Maria Grazia Spina | music = Giorgio Fabor | cinematography = Antonio Macasoli | editing = | producer = | released = {{Film date|1963}} | country = Italy | language = Italian }}

'''''The Black Duke''''' ({{langx|it|'''Il duca nero'''}}) is a 1963 Italian historical adventure film directed by Pino Mercanti.<ref name="60s">{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |author4=Mario Pecorari |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film|year=1991 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 1992|isbn=8876055932}}</ref>

== Plot == The domain of the cruel Cesare Borgia is opposed by Caterina Sforza, who gives the assignment to the beautiful Geneva to assassinate him. But Geneva and Cesare fall in love.

== Cast ==

* Cameron Mitchell as Cesare Borgia<ref>{{cite book |last1=Aaker |first1=Everett |title=Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary |date=25 May 2017 |isbn=978-1476662503 |pages=304 |publisher=McFarland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ltUkDwAAQBAJ&q=%22The+Black+Duke%22+%221963%22&pg=RA1-PA1992 |accessdate=28 June 2020}}</ref> * Maria Grazia Spina as Ginevra * Conrado San Martín as Riccardo Brancaleone * Franco Fantasia as Veniero * Gloria Osuna as Lucrezia Borgia * Manuel Castineiras as Tancredi * Dina De Santis as Lavinia Serpieri * Gloria Milland as Caterina Sforza<ref name="screen">{{cite book |last1=Willis |first1=John |title=Screen World |date=1966 |publisher=Biblo & Tannen Publishers |isbn=0819603074 |pages=212 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VCQ9AErr-uMC&q=%22The+Black+Duke%22+%22Pino+Mercanti%22&pg=PA212 |accessdate=28 June 2020}}</ref> * Giovanni Vari as Morialdo * Giulio Maculani as Giulio * Nino Persello as Tito Serpieri * Silvio Bagolini as Serafino * Piero Gerlini as Gabino

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0057018}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Black Duke, The}} Category:1963 films Category:1963 adventure films Category:Italian historical adventure films Category:Italian swashbuckler films Category:Films directed by Pino Mercanti Category:Films set in the 1490s Category:Films set in the 16th century Category:Cultural depictions of Cesare Borgia Category:Cultural depictions of Lucrezia Borgia Category:Cultural depictions of Caterina Sforza Category:1963 Italian films