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Hands of Steel ()

Vendetta dal futuro (original title)
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A cyborg is programmed to kill a scientist who holds the fate of mankind in his hands. He fails and hides in a diner in a desert run by a woman who likes him. The people who sent him are after him and so is the local arm wrestling champ.
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Paco Queruak
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Linda
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Peter Howell
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Raul Morales
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Cooper (as Robert Ben)
Pat Monti
Andrea Coppola ...
Eddie (as Andrew Louis Coppola)
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Prof. Olster
Frank Walden ...
Detective
Darwyn Swalve ...
Anatola Blanco
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Dr. Peckinpah
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Francis Turner
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Mosely Security Guard (uncredited)
Omero Capanna ...
Gunman with Helmet (uncredited)
Franco Fantasia ...
Rev. Arthur Mosely (uncredited)
Dean Ricca ...
Ronny (uncredited)
Sergio Testori ...
Hunt (uncredited)
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Mosely Security Guard (uncredited)

Directed by

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Sergio Martino ... (as Martin Dolman)

Written by

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Sergio Martino ... (story by) (as Martin Dolman)
 
Elisa Briganti ... (screenplay by) (as Elisabeth Parker Jr.) &
Sergio Martino ... (screenplay by) (as Martin Dolman) &
Saul Sasha ... (screenplay by) (as Saul Saska) &
John Crowther ... (screenplay by)
 
Lewis E. Ciannelli ... (additional dialogue)
 
Ernesto Gastaldi ... (screenplay) (uncredited)
 
Dardano Sacchetti ... (screenplay) (uncredited)

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Luciano Martino ... producer (as Frank Cook)

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Claudio Simonetti

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Giancarlo Ferrando ... director of photography (as John McFerrand)

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Eugenio Alabiso ... (as Alan Beugen)

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Silvana Di Legge ... assistant editor (as Sylvia Law)
Constance Farrar ... assistant editor
Teresa Fox ... assistant editor
Larry Thomas ... assistant editor

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Massimo Antonello Geleng ... (as Audrey Bellows)

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Massimo Antonello Geleng ... (as Audrey Bellows)

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Valentina Di Palma

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Giuseppe Ferranti ... makeup artist (as Victor Basil)
Barbara Morosetti ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Luciano Martino ... production manager (as Frank Cook)
Brian Peerce ... unit manager
Robert E. Warner ... production manager: USA

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Franco Fantasia ... assistant director (as Frank Farrell)

Art Department

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Roberto Granieri ... property master
Renato Casaro ... poster designer (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Tullio Arcangeli ... sound effects
Franco Borni ... sound recordist (as Frank Borny)
Sotir Gjika ... sound effects
Roberto Sterbini ... sound effects
Gianni Zampagni ... sound recordist

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Nick Plantico ... special effects
Paolo Ricci ... special effects (as Paul Callard)
Roberto Ricci ... special effects (as Robert Callard)
Sergio Stivaletti ... special makeup effects
Elio Terribili ... explosion effects (as Elio Terry)

Stunts

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Nick Plantico ... stunt double: Darwyn Swalve / stunts

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Brian Cochise ... assistant camera
Giorgio Garibaldi Schwarze ... still photographer (as G. Beorge Schwarze)
Bruce Heller ... camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Valentina Di Palma ... wardrobe (as Valentina De Palma)

Script and Continuity Department

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Donatella Donati ... script supervisor (as Donna Phillips)
Barbara Fast ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Leonardo Curreri ... business manager (as Leonard Curren)
Julian Priest ... production assistant
Edward Mannix ... voice dubbing (uncredited)
Ted Rusoff ... voice dubbing (uncredited)
Susan Spafford ... voice dubbing (uncredited)
Frank von Kuegelgen ... voice dubbing (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

Sinister industrialist Francis Turner, played by John Saxon, creates a cyborg known as Paco Queruak (Daniel Greene) who has been programmed to terminate the leader of an ecological faction that stands in the way of the dystopian country in which the story is set. After failing in his mission to eliminate the ecologist, Paco flees to Arizona where he must face his opponents; and ultimately choose between his humanity and robotic natures. Written by Zach R.

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Taglines 30% human, 70% robot, 100% lethal. [Scandinavian DVD cover] See more »
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Also Known As
  • Mani di pietra (Italy)
  • Hands of Steel (United States)
  • Return to the Terminator (Hong Kong, English title)
  • Hands of Steel (Canada, English title)
  • Return of the Terminator (Malaysia, English title)
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Trivia John Saxon, strictly adhering to Screen Actors Guild rules, refused to act in any scenes shot in America (all his scenes were shot in Italy) because this was not a union film. He credits SAG with saving his life, as he would have likely been on the helicopter that crashed, claiming the life of his co-star Claudio Cassinelli. He has not violated any SAG guidelines since. Two different but identically painted Bell helicopters were used for filming: the aircraft seen in close-up shots with Saxon has Italian registration, whereas the one seen flying--the helicopter involved in the fatal crash--has American registration. See more »
Goofs Turner's helicopter in the long shots is a Bell Jet Ranger but in close ups, it is an Agusta A109 variant. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Hands of Steel (2010). See more »
Quotes Raul Morales: When I get through with you, you'll have to wipe your ass with your nose
Paco Queruak: Fuck you
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