Amore, piombo e furore

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Amore piombo e furore (Italy · Spain 1978 / Director: Monte Hellman)

Also known as

China 9, Liberty 37 (USA) | Gunfire (USA) | Clayton Drumm (Spain) | Los pistoleros (Spain) | Love, Bullets and Frenzy (Canada) | Clayton Shaw Med Order Att Doda (Sweden) | Det kom en Revolvermann (Finland) | Silahim ve ben (Turkey) | Clayton, o Cavaleiro da Noite (Portugal) | A Volta do Pistoleiro (Brazil) | Любов, ярост и куршуми (Bulgaria) | Clayton & Catherine
China 9 Liberty 37 movie poster

Synopsis

Gunslinger Clayton Drumm (Testi) is about to be hanged when he is given a chance to live if he will agree to murder Matthew (Oates), a rancher who has steadfastly refused to sell his land to the railroad company. Matthew's refusal is a major obstacle to the railroad's plans for expansion. Although he naturally accepts the assignment, Clayton has become weary of killing and wants to try to build a new life for himself. The would-be killer and his potential victim meet and quickly become close friends. The railroad doesn't fail to notice that Clayton has not lived up to his part of the bargain and now wants everybody who gets in their way, dead, including Clayton.

Credits

  • Cast (English): Fabio Testi (Clayton Drumm), Jenny Agutter (Catherine Sebanek), Warren Oates (Matthew Sebanek), Isabel Mestres (Barbara Sebanek), Gianrico Tondinelli (Johnny Sebanek), Franco Interlenghi (Hank Sebanek), Carlos Bravo (Duke), Paco Benlloch (Virgil Sebanek), Sydney Lassick [as Sidney Lassick] (circus attendee), Richard C. Adams (sheriff), Natalia Kim (Cassie), Ivonne Sentis [as Yvonne Sentis] (prostitute), Romano Puppo (Zeb), Luis Prendes (Williams), Helga Liné (Cottrell's wife), Sam Peckinpah (Wilbur Olsen), Mattieu Ettori (Cottrell, innkeeper), David Thomson [as David Thompson] (Jack, China deputy), Tony Brandt (Jefferson), Piero Fondi (Tanner), Luciano Spadoni (hangman), Frank Clement (Tom), Daniel Panes (Joe), José Murillo (Jimmy), Rafael Albaicín (China deputy), Luis Barboo (Henry, brothel bouncer)
  • Also with: William Redfield (sheriff's henchman)
  • Story and Screenplay: Jerry Harvey, Douglas Venturelli (with the collaboration of Ennio Di Concini, Don Vicente Escrivá)
  • Cinematography: Giuseppe Rotunno [Technicolor - Cinemascope 2,35:1]
  • Music: Pino Donaggio
  • Song: "China 9 Love Ballad" sung by Ronee Blakely
  • Producers: Gianni Bozzacchi, Valerio De Paolis, Monte Hellman

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Trivia

  • The English title refers to a signpost seen in the film with an arrow leading to "China 9" and another in the opposite direction to "Liberty 37".
  • The film was the last western from both director Hellman (who had previously directed cult westerns The Shooting and Ride in the Whirlwind) and actor Oates, who had performed in numerous westerns throughout his career.
  • Sam Peckinpah has a small cameo in the film as a writer.
  • Assistant Director Tony Brandt is credited as director on Italian prints and is reportedly credited as co-director on some European prints.
  • There is an actual highway sign that reads "China 9, Liberty 37" on Highway 90 in Beaumont, Texas.
  • The film was written by Jerry Harvey and Douglas Venturelli, both of whom traveled to Spain for the filming and had cameo appearances in the film. In Italian prints, Ennio Di Concini and Vicente Escrivá Soriano are given sole writing credit.
  • The film had a very sparse theatrical release in the United States and did not play in some cities until as late as 1984.

Versions and runtimes

  • Runtime: 98 min

Release Dates

  • August 4, 1978 (Italy)

Filming locations

  • Almería
  • Tabernas: Canon Negro
  • Tabernas: Buho
  • Rome: Manciano

Production and business

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