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| Directed by | Ferdinando Baldi |
| Written by | Tony Anthony Lloyd Battista |
| Starring | Tony Anthony Ana Obregón Gene Quintano Francisco Rabal Emiliano Redondo Jerry Lazarus Francisco Villena Kate Levan Lewis Gordon |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
| Distributed by | Cannon Films, Inc. |
| Release date(s) | January 21, 1983 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Treasure of the Four Crowns is an action adventure film, featuring Tony Anthony, Ana Obregón, Gene Quintano and Francisco Rabal and directed by Ferdinando Baldi. It was produced as a co-production between American company Filmways and Lupo-Anthony-Quintano Productions, an independent company, The same filmmakers had made Comin' at Ya! in 1981.
Treasure of the Four Crowns was released on January 21, 1983 in the U.S. by Cannon Films, Inc.
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The movie follows J.T. Striker, a Soldier of Fortune (Tony Anthony), who has been hired to assemble a group of professional thieves to retrieve the gems which are hidden inside two of the remaining four Mystical Crowns. These crowns are being held inside a heavily guarded compound that is the home of a cult led by the evil Brother Jonas.
Tony Anthony (born Roger Pettito on October 16, 1937, in Clarksburg, West Virginia) is a former film actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. He is best known for starring roles in spaghetti westerns such as A Stranger in Town, The Stranger Returns, The Silent Stranger and Blindman produced by Allen Klein. He also wrote, produced, and starred in two 1980s 3-D films; Comin' at Ya! and Treasure of the Four Crowns. He co-wrote a handful of films with director Saul Swimmer, and in once instance co-directed a Swimmer film. Treasure of the Four Crowns marks the final on-screen performance by Tony Anthony, though he continued working as a television producer
Treasure of the Four Crowns was rushed into production by Cannon Films, Inc. after the runaway success of Comin' at Ya! another 3D film by the same producers. It was released just as the 1981-83 3-D craze was coming to an end.
The film used a single strip 3-D process which involved two 2:35:1 format images being printed onto one 4:3 frame of film, stacked one over the other. Traditionally, this process is known as the "over and under" process. This camera system was named the Marks 3-Depix StereoSpace Converter (though the film posters heralded it as both "SuperVision" and "WonderVision"). In order to be projected in the Polarization 3-D process and viewed with clear glasses, the film required a 3-Depix Reverser to re-order the over and under images into separate projections. Tony Anthony himself was credited with designing a relatively low cost projection lens which made the film marketable for general release.
MGM released Treasure of the four Crowns on VHS in the 80s. There is no news of a DVD as of yet. Treasure of the four Crowns was also available on CED video discs.
The film's score was composed by Ennio Morricone.