Lo chiamavano requiescat Fasthand
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Mi chiamavano Requiescat ... ma avevano sbagliato (1973 / Director: Mario Bianchi)
Also known as
Fast Hand Is Still My Name | Fasthand (USA) | Mano rápida (Spain) | Mi chiamavano 'Requiescat'... ma avevano sbagliato (Italy) | Sing mir das Lied der Rache (Germany)
Cast and crew
Sergio Ciani (as Alan Steel), William Berger, Frank Braña (as Frank Brana), Fernando Bilbao, Gilberto Galimberti (as Gill Rolland), Celine Bessy, Francisco Sanz, Karin Well (as Welma Truccolo), Ettore Ribotta, Sergio Dolfin, Stefano Oppedisano, Francesco D'Adda, Aldo Cecconi, Angelo Boscariol, Filippo Perego, Rodolfo Lodi, Aldo Sisti, Duilio Olmi,Lorenzo Robledo.
- Screenplay: Vittorio Salerno, Alberto Cardone, Eduardo M. Brochero
- Music: Gianni Ferrio
- Cinematography: Emilio Foriscot (Eastmancolor - Panoramico 1,66:1)
- Runtime: 83 min
Synopsis
After the civil war, the North American captain Jeff Mulligan falls into the hands of an outlaw, Muchedo, head of an exSouth American gang. To revenge some of his friends that the captain had orded to be hung, Muchedo shoots at the captains hands and leaves him tied to a tree in an abandoned forest, convinced that his death is guaranteed. But Mulligan is found by an Indian woman who saves him. He then looks for Muchedo and, when the outlaw robs a bank, Mulligan without leaving traces is skillful enough to get his hands onto the gold. Muchedo accuses one of his companions, but soon finds out the truth and captures Mulligan. He lets him escape, so that later he would follow him to where Mulligan hid the gold, but the captain isn't fooled and waits for Muchedo and his gang in the first isolated village that he comes to. In the end, he kills them all and has a face-to-face battle with Muchedo who is killed as well.
Review
Mario Bianchi directed this brutal spaghetti western under the pseudonym "Frank Bronston." William Berger plays a sadistic Confederate officer who bears a grudge against the Union. Taking a Union fort, Berger and his thuggish gang slaughter everyone in sight, torturing Captain Jeff Madison (Sergio Ciani appearing as "Alan Steel") and leaving him for dead. Despite having holes shot through both hands, as well as being tied to a stake, branded, and spat upon, Madison survives thanks to some kindly Indians who help him recuperate. Two years later, Madison seeks his bloody revenge against the gang. Genre veterans Paco Sanz and Fernando Bilbao are on hand, along with Celina Bessy as the obligatory sexy Indian maiden.
DVD
- Fasthand - Zieh oder stirb!
- Released: August 25 by UIG Ent (Germany! FSK 18)
- Video: Widescreen (unconf.)
- Audio: German (unconf.)
- Jetzt kaufen: Bei Amazon.de
- Zieh oder stirb
- German, from UIG
- Video: non-anam. widescreen, PAL
- Audio: German
- unconfirmed: mereley the original cover?
