Genio, due compari, un pollo, Un
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Un Genio, due compari, un pollo (1975 / Director: Damiano Damiani)
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Also known as
Nobody's the greatest | Nobody ist der Größte (Germany) | A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe | Mitt namn är fortfarande Nobody (Sweden) | Nobody on nerokkain (Finland)
Cast and Crew
- Cast: Terence Hill (Joe Thanks), Miou-Miou (Lucy), Robert Charlebois (Bill Locomotiva), Patrick McGoohan (Major Cabot), Raimund Harmstorf (Sergeant Milton), Piero Vida (Jacky Roll), Rik Battaglia (Captain), Mario Valgoi (Thomas Trader), Mario Brega (Coach driver), Friedrich von Ledebur (Don Felipe, the priest (as Frederick von Ledebur)), Jean Martin (Colonel Pembroke), Klaus Kinski (Doc Foster), Clara Colosimo (La ruffiana), Ferdinando Cerulli (Her husband), Benito Stefanelli (Mortimer), Renato Baldini (Sheriff in saloon), Roy Bosier (Jeremy), Gérard Boucaron (Village idiot), Miriam Mahler (Pembroke's Daughter, Carla Cassola, Vittorio Fanfoni, Armando Bottin, Valerio Ruggeri, Karl Braun (Poker Player (uncredited)), Lina Franchi (Mary Gomez (prostitute) (uncredited)), Furio Meniconi(uncredited), Pietro Torrisi (Mortimer Henchman (uncredited))
- Cinematography: Giuseppe Ruzzolini
- Music: Ennio Morricone
- Screenplay: Damiano Damiani, Fulvio Morsella, Ernesto Gastaldi
Review
An amiable con man sets out to land a big score from a man even less honorable than himself in this comic spaghetti western. Joe Thanks (Terence Hill) is a swindler and quick-draw artist who wanders into a dusty little town after literally falling out of a stagecoach while asleep. After besting card-sharp Doc Foster (Klaus Kinski) in a public shootout, Joe reconnects with his old friend Steam Engine Bill (Robert Charlebois), who is traveling with his beautiful but dizzy-headed girlfriend Lucy (Miou-Miou). Joe has learned that Major Cabot (Patrick McGoohan), an officer in the U.S. Cavalry, is escorting a $300,000 fortune that's been earmarked for Indian relief efforts; however, Cabot has no intention of actually delivering the cash, so Joe hatches a scheme to take it for himself. Bill, who bears a slight resemblance to Cabot, will pose as the officer and intercept the money, but when Bill and Lucy are found out and jailed, Joe must come to their rescue. While his name does not appear in the credits, Sergio Leone is said to have co-produced Un Genio, Due Compari, Un Pollo (aka A Genius, Two Partners, and a Dupe) and directed the pre-credit sequence, with Damiano Damiani helming the rest of the picture and receiving screen credit. In Germany, the film was released as Nobody ist der Grosste (aka Nobody is the Greatest) and marketed as an unofficial sequel to Il Mio Nome e Nessuno (aka My Name Is Nobody).
DVD
- German remastered Special Edition DVD by Paramount (buy @ amazon.de)
- 4-disc set by Paramount (buy @ amazon.de)
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Trivia
- Is marketed as a sequel to My Name is Nobody, but it is not exactly so.
- Some of the original film negative was stolen during production and the film had to be finished with alternate takes.
