Giù la testa... hombre
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Giù la testa... hombre (1971/Director: Demofilo Fidani)
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Also known as
Ballad of Django | Fistful of Death | Strange Tale of Minnesota Stinky | Western Story | The Strnage Tale of Minnesota Stinky | Doppia taglia per Minnesota Stinky | Ich will deinen Kopf (Germany) | Adios Companeros (Germany)(DVD title) |Ballada par Django (Spain) | Macho Callagan se dechaine (France) | De bende van Butch Cassidy (The Netherlands) | Macho Callaghan gaat er op los (Netherlands)
Cast and crew
Jack Betts (aka Hunt Powers)(Butch Cassidy), Klaus Kinski (Reverend Cotton), Gordon Mitchell('Testa di ferro/Ironhead Donovan), Jeff Cameron (Macho Callaghan), Giancarlo Prete (as Philip Garner (Sundance Kid), Benito Pacifico (as Dennis Colt)(Buck O'Sullivan), Grazia Giuvi (saloon girl), Dino Strana (as Dean Stratford), Pietro Fumelli, Luciano Conti (as Lucky McMurray), Renzo Abore, Pino Polidori, Enzo Pulcrano (as Paul Crain), Giglio Gigli, Amerigo Anton (as Custer Gail), Manlio Salvatori, Alessandro Perrella, Enzio Radicchio
- Story: Demofilio Fidani
- Screenplay: Demofilio Fidani, Maria Rosa Valenza, Alfredo Medori
- Cinematography: Aristide Massaccesi (as Joe D'Amato) [Eastmancolor]
- Music: Coriolano Gori (as Lallo Gori)
- Producer: Diego Spataro
Synopsis
Macho Callaghan is a lieutenant in the Federate Guards and his job is to capture Butch Cassidy. Ironhead, and their band of outlaws. Getting in touch with Ironhead, Macho finds a way of being hired by the outlaws. But when the two leaders quarrel and decide to separate, Macho manages to convince Ironhead to attack Butch Cassidy. In the fight the two gangs are destroyed. Ironhead, the only survivor, tries to escape with the loot but Macho stops him by killing him and thus concludes his mission.
Review
This peculiar spaghetti western was inspired by the success of the American television series Macho Callahan with Italian audiences. Jeff Cameron (a pseudonym for actor Geoffredo Scarciofolo) plays Macho Callaghan, with spelling changed for legal reasons. Macho is the sole survivor of a bloody raid led by Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch. With the help of a kindly priest (Klaus Kinski), Macho infiltrates the gang, upsetting the Sundance Kid. Sundance tries to discredit Macho by staging a vicious outlaw battle, not knowing that both the newcomer and the priest are actually Pinkerton agents. A silly storyline and weak performances are somewhat offset by the cinematography of Aristide Massaccesi and the opportunity to see Klaus Kinski in a rare heroic role, but this one remains for genre completists only. Demofilo Fidani directed using the pseudonym "Miles Deem."
DVD
- Germany: Available from Best ent.
- Italy: Available from Cecchi Gori
