California

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California (Italy · Spain 1977 / Director: Michele Lupo).

Also known as

California addio (Italy) | Lo chiamavano California (Italy) | Spiel mir das Lied von Californien (German censored version) | Der Mann aus Virginia (Germany) | Adios California (France) | California (Spain) | Le llamaban California (Spain) [video title] | Califórnia Adeus (Brazil) | California - mies ilman lakia (Finland) | Mannen utan lag (Sweden) | Kalifornia (Greece) | Kalifornia, antio (Greek reissue title) | Stin koilada tou thanatou (Greece) | Kalifornie (Czech Republic) | Kalifornia (Poland) | Chamavam-lhe Califórnia (Portugal) | Opgøret i Dakota (Denmark)| کالیفرنیا (Iran) | カリフォルニア (DVD title - Japan) | Сбогом Калифорния (Bulgaria)
California movie poster

Synopsis

At the end of the Civil War, a discharged Confederate soldier travels with a fellow solider to Missouri where his young companion is shot and hung for horse stealing. California decides to take the dead companion's belongings to his family's ranch, where he falls in love with his friend's sister. But then the "ghosts" of the war return in an unexpected way haunting him again.

Credits

  • Cast (Italian): Giuliano Gemma (Michael 'California' Random), Miguel Bosé (Willy Preston), Chris Avram (Nelson), Paola Bosé (Helen Preston), Claudio Undari [as Robert Hundar] (Eric Plummer), Malisa Longo (Yasmine), Dana Ghia (Mrs. Preston), Ferdinando Murolo (Brooke, southern outlaw), Franco Ressel (Full), Piero Leri, Mario Novelli (searcher brother), Enzo Fiermonte (searcher father), Piero Morgia (blond soldier on road), Andrea Aureli (wagon driver), Franco Fantasia (army recruiting officer), Romano Puppo (Gary Duke), Alfio Caltabiano (bounty killer w/gray sideburns), William Berger (Mr. Preston), Raimund Harmstorf (Rope Whitaker)
  • Uncredited actors: Nazzareno Zamperla (searcher brother) [credited as maestro d'armi], Diana Lorys (Betty, hideout madam), Tom Felleghy (colonel), Sergio Silveri (Union officer), Alberto Dell'Acqua (Confederate soldier on road), Enrico Chiappofreddo (Confederate soldier), Sergio Testori (Confederate soldier), Roberto Dell'Acqua (Confederate soldier), Antonio Spinnato (Confederate soldier), Rinaldo Zamperla (Confederate soldier), Arnaldo Dell'Acqua (Confederate soldier), Paolo Magalotti (Confederate outlaw), Virgilio Ponti (Fred, southern outlaw), Angelo Susani (Confederate outlaw), Renzo Pevarello (Confederate outlaw), Marcello Meconizzi (demobilization official), Rolando De Santis (demobilization officer), Ottaviano Dell'Acqua (traveller), Mario Castaldi (saloon poker player)
  • Story: Franco Bucceri, Roberto Leoni
  • Screenplay: Franco Bucceri, Nico Ducci, Roberto Leoni, Mino Roli
  • Cinematography: Alejandro Ulloa [Technicolor - Techniscope 2,35:1]
  • Music: Gianni Ferrio
  • Producer: Manolo Bolgnini
  • Editor: Antonietta Zita
  • Sound: Bernardino Franzetti

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Trivia

Versions and runtimes

  • Runtime: 96 min

Release Dates

  • July 16, 1977 (Italy)

Filming locations

  • Elios Film Studios, Rome
  • Rome: Caldara di Manziana - Catching Frogs
  • Rome, Monte Guadagnolo - The Ranch
  • Tabernas: Buho - On the Trail
  • Tabernas: Mini Hollywood - The Final Scenes

  • Catching Frogs

  • The Ranch

  • On the Trail

  • The Final Scenes

Production and business

  • Production companies: Uranos Cinematografica, Belma Cinematografica, José Frade P.C., Madrid
  • Distribution companies: Capitol International

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