Quattro dell'Ave Maria, I

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I quattro dell'Ave Maria (Italy 1968 / Director: Giuseppe Colizzi)

Also known as

Ace High (USA) | Revenge at El Paso (UK) | Have Gun Will Travel (UK) | Asso piglia tutto (Italy) | Trumfove eso (Czechoslobakia) | Vier für ein Ave Maria (Germany) | O ás vale mais (Portugal) | Luojan lähettiläät (Finland) | Tappava hymy (Finland) | Les quattre de l'Ave Maria (France) | Deux honnetes crapules (France) | Bosszu El Pasoban (Hungary) | Haevenere fra El Paso (Denmark) | Ess pa top (Norway) | Los 4 Truhanes (Spain) | Ess i topp (Sweden) | Trumfové eso (Czechoslovakia) | Os 4 Da Ave Maria (Brazil) | 荒野の三悪党 Koya no san akuto (Japan) | The Four of the Ave Maria | Gunmen of the Ave Maria | Four Gunmen of the Ave Maria | Revenge in El Paso | Aces High
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Synopsis

After beating Bill San Antonio and "rescuing" the stolen gold (see Dio perdona... Io no!), Cat (Terence Hill) and Hutch (Bud Spencer) try to collect from the partner, a banker who gave tips about gold deliveries. The banker makes a deal with Cacopoulos (Eli Wallach) for his escape and Caco will kill Cat and Hutch. Caco, of course double-crosses the banker, steals Cat and Hutch's money and sets out for Mexico on an agenda of revenge, with Cat and Hutch in pursuit.

Credits

  • Cast (Italian): Eli Wallach (Cacopoulos), Terence Hill (Cat Stevens), Bud Spencer (Hutch Bessy), Brock Peters (Thomas), Livio Lorenzon (Paco Rosa), Steffen Zacharias (Mr. Harold), Tiffany Hoyveld (Thomas' wife), Armando Bandini (bank accountant), Kevin McCarthy (as Kevin Mc Carthy) (Drake), Remo Capitani (Cangaciero), Federico Boido [as Rick Boyd] (Foster), Isa Foster, Bruno Corazzari (Deputy Charlie), Dante Cleri (El Paso banker), Antonietta Fiorito, Aldo Sala (casino employee), Giuseppe Terranova (casino cashier), Edoardo Torricella (roulette player), Corrado Olmi (man on street), Luciano Telli (casino cashier)
  • Uncredited actors: Franco Gulà  (Al), Leroy Haynes (boxer), Giancarlo Badessi (boxing promoter), Arnaldo Caivano (fight observer), José María Tasso (photographer), Vicente Roca (Don Pedro Ramirez), Frank Brana (Joe, assassin), Gildo de Marco (Drake henchman), Mel Gaines (Drake henchman), Gino Marturano (Drake henchman), Riccardo Pizzuti (Drake henchman), Simonetta Santaniello (farm girl), Enzo Santaniello (farm boy), Roger Beaumont (croupier), Angelo Casadei (roulette player), Carlo Landa (roulette player), Aldo Formisano (casino guest), Quinto Marziali (casino patron), Severino D'Ottavi (casino observer), Umberto Fantoni (casino croupier), Luigi Tasca (casino employee), Armando Tortorici (billiards observer)
  • Story and Screenplay: Giuseppe Colizzi
  • Cinematography: Marcello Masciocchi [Technicolor - Techniscope 2,35:1]
  • Music: Carlo Rustichelli
  • Producers: Bino Cicogna, Giuseppe Colizzi

Reviews

Trivia

  • One of three Colizzi films, the other two being God forgives, I don't and Boot Hill, aren't technically a trilogy but form part of an informal trilogy, with Ace High following God forgives.... and the adventures culminating in Boot Hill.

Versions and runtimes

  • Runtime: 132 min
  • Paramount's US/international version is approx. 120 minutes long and therefore missing about 10-15min of footage.

Release Dates

  • October 31, 1968 (Italy)

Filming locations

  • Almería
  • Tabernas: Rambla Lanujar - Cat & Hutch Riding
  • Almeria: Cortijo del Fraile - The Battle
  • Almeria: El Sotillo - Cacopoulos in the Kitchen
  • Tabernas: Rambla Alfaro - The Chase

Production and business

Dubbing

  • Germany: the original theatrical dub from 1969 seems to be lost, currently only the comedic dub from its 1977 re-release is available on home video and occasionally seen on television.

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