Uomo avvisato mezzo ammazzato... Parola di Spirito Santo

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Year: 1971
Director: Giuliano Carnimeo

Alternate titles

Blazing Guns (U.S.A.) | Forewarned, Half-Killed... the Word of the Holy Ghost | El Halcón de Sierra Madre (Spain) | Y le llamaban El Halcón (Spain) | Ein Halleluja für Spirito Santo (Germany) | Zwei wie Blitz und Donner (Germany) | Lo chiamarano Spirito Santo (Italy) | On l'appelle Spirito Santo (France) | Gringo nimelta 'Pyha Henki' (Finland) | Mannen utan namn - han kallades Holy Ghost (Sweden)

Cast and crew

• Cast: Gianni Garko (Holy Ghost/Spirito Santo), Víctor Israel (priest), Poldo Bendandi (General Ubarte), Cris Huerta (Carezza/Chuck), George Rigaud (as Jorge Rigaud) (Don Firmino Mendoza), Pilar Velázquez (Juana Mendoza), Paolo Gozlino (as Paul Stevens)(Samuel Crow/Crohn/Bull), Nello Pazafini (colonel), Fortunato Arena (Matadodos/May), Aldo Barberito (Brother John), Carlo Gaddi (Fiesta), Franco Pesce (doctor), Monica Altomonte, Salvatore Baccaro (Holy Ghost henchman), Federico Boido (as Rick Boyd)(Vern Crow/Crohn), Pietro Ceccarelli (boxig coach), Pasquale Coletta, Gildo Di Marco (Holy Ghost henchman), Maria D'Incoronato, Evi Farinelli, Lina Ferri, Dada Gallotti, Italo Guitto, Gianclaudio Jabes (Holy Ghost henchman), Carla Mancini (unconfirmed), Furio Meniconi, César Ojinaga (Mexican soldier), Riccardo Petrazzi, Mimmo Poli (barman), Gianni Pulone, Thomas Rudy (lieutenant), Claudio Ruffini (poker player), Amerigo Santarelli (Holy Ghost henchman), Maurizio Tocchi, Goffredo Unger (as Fredy Unger) (Captain Ortega), Eagle (dove)

• Story: Tito Carpi

• Screenplay: Tito Carpi, Federico DeUrrutia, Giuliano Carnimeo

• Cinematography: Miguel Fernández Mila [Eastmancolor, CinemaScope]

• Music: Bruno Nicolai
• Song: "Libertad" sung by Giulia Rei (as Giulian De Mutis)

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• Producer: Luciano Martino

Synopsis

Gianni Garko stars as the Holy Ghost, a supernatural gunfighter dressed in white and with a dove sitting on his shoulder. With his sidekick, the Preacher (Victor Israel), the Holy Ghost rescues some farmers from the fortified prison of the evil Gen. Ruiz (Paolo Gozlino) then raids the castle again for gold treasure aided by some local prostitutes. Pilar Velazquez,Jorge Rigaud, Piero Lulli and Massimo Serato are among the familiar faces in the cast, and Bruno Nicolai's odd musical score is a fine accompaniment to such scenes as the Ghost's dove torturing a man for information by pecking at birdseed on his chest. The series continued with Vassili Karis as the Ghost in Roberto Mauri's ...e lo chiamarono Spirito Santo (1972) and its sequels Spirito santo e le cinque magnifiche canaglie (1972) and Bada alla tua pelle Spirito Santo! (1972).

DVD

• Spain, Suevia Films release

Links

• Internet Movie Database
• Review by Shobary