# The Black Duke

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{{Infobox film
| name = The Black Duke
| image = The Black Duke.jpg
| caption =
| director = [Pino Mercanti](/source/Pino_Mercanti)
| writer =   [Mario Amendola](/source/Mario_Amendola)
| starring =  [Cameron Mitchell](/source/Cameron_Mitchell_(actor))<br />[Maria Grazia Spina](/source/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](/source/Italy) [historical](/source/Historical_film) [adventure film](/source/adventure_film) directed by [Pino Mercanti](/source/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](/source/Cesare_Borgia) is opposed by [Caterina Sforza](/source/Caterina_Sforza), who gives the assignment to the beautiful Geneva to assassinate him. But Geneva and Cesare fall in love.

== Cast ==

* [Cameron Mitchell](/source/Cameron_Mitchell_(actor)) as [Cesare Borgia](/source/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](/source/Maria_Grazia_Spina) as  Ginevra 
* [Conrado San Martín](/source/Conrado_San_Mart%C3%ADn) as Riccardo Brancaleone 
* [Franco Fantasia](/source/Franco_Fantasia) as Veniero 
* Gloria Osuna  as  [Lucrezia Borgia](/source/Lucrezia_Borgia)  
* Manuel Castineiras as  Tancredi 
* [Dina De Santis](/source/Dina_De_Santis) as  Lavinia Serpieri 
* [Gloria Milland](/source/Gloria_Milland) as  [Caterina Sforza](/source/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](/source/Giulio_Maculani) as  Giulio 
* Nino Persello as Tito Serpieri 
* [Silvio Bagolini](/source/Silvio_Bagolini) as  Serafino 
* [Piero Gerlini](/source/Piero_Gerlini) as  Gabino

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

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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

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