L'armata Brancaleone
| L'armata Brancaleone | |
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| Directed by | Mario Monicelli |
| Written by | Agenore Incrocci Furio Scarpelli Mario Monicelli |
| Produced by | Mario Cecchi Gori |
| Starring | Vittorio Gassman Catherine Spaak Gian Maria Volonté Folco Lulli Maria Grazia Buccella Barbara Steele Enrico Maria Salerno |
| Music by | Carlo Rustichelli |
| Distributed by | Titanus Film |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
| Box office | $2.2 million (Italy) |
L'armata Brancaleone (known in English-speaking countries as For Love and Gold or The Incredible Army of Brancaleone) is an Italian comedy film released on April 7, 1966, written by the duo Age & Scarpelli and directed by Mario Monicelli. It features Vittorio Gassman in the main role. It was entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival.
The term Armata Brancaleone is still used today in Italian to define a group of badly assembled and poorly equipped people. Brancaleone is an actual historical name, meaning the paw of lions in heraldry jargon. Brancaleone degli Andalò was a governor of Rome in the Middle Ages.