Vita, a volte, è molto dura, vero Provvidenza
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La vita, a volte, è molto dura, vero Provvidenza? (Italy · France · West Germany 1972 / Director: Giulio Petroni)
Also known as
Life Is Tough, Eh Providence? | Providenza - Mausefalle für zwei schräge Vögel (Germany) | Zwei schaffen alle (Germany) | Mausefalle für zwei schräge Vögel (Germany) | I ma ha' en skrue los! (Netherlands) | La vie est parfois bien dure, n'est-ce pas (France) | On m'appelle providence (France) | Ya le llaman providencia (Spain) | E agora me chamam Providence… e dai! (Brazil) | Providensa - petturi vai pyhimys (Finland) | Providenzia – palkkionmetsästäjä (Finland) | I må ha' en skrue løs! (Denmark) | För hur många dollar som helst (Sweden) | Providenza, E Agora Me Chamam Providence...E Daí? (Brazil) | Life's Tough, Isn't It, Ah Well, That's Providence | They Call Me Providence | Sometimes Life Is Hard - Right, Providence?- BluRay · DVD
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Synopsis
This Italian western comedy has no shooting deaths, but a lot of fistfights. Provvidenza is a bounty hunter. He makes his living solely by catching his dim but powerful friend, the Hurricane Kid (Gregg Palmer) and turning him in for the reward money. A fully armed horseless carriage is one of the inventive elements of this film. One of the film's sillier highlights is an amazingly loud and long belch by the Kid.
Credits
- Cast (Italian): Tomas Milian (Provvidenza / Providence), Gregg Palmer (Hurricane Kid Smith), Janet Agren (Stella), Dieter Eppler (Sheriff Howard Pendleton), Stelio Candelli (Colonel Arthur James), Gabriella Giorgelli (sister), Hans Terofal (Horace Timothy O'Ryan), Maurice Poli (Sheriff Keensburg), Renzo Marignano (priest), Horst Janson (Sheriff Villaggio), Giovanni Cianfriglia [as Ken Wood] (The Challenger), Claude Berthy (gun store owner), Carla Mancini, Luigi Antonio Guerra, Paul Muller (Mr. Summers)
- Uncredited actors: Mike Bongiorno (Colonel Mike Goodmorning), Gilberto Galimberti (gambler), Gaetano Scala (gambler), Franco Daddi (gambler), Luigi Ciavarro (Pendleton deputy), Paolo Figlia (Pendleton deputy), Rocco Lerro (Pendleton deputy), Omero Capanna (James henchman), Osiride Pevarello (James henchman), Renzo Pevarello (James henchman), Franco Ukmar (James henchman), Fernando Cerulli (piano player), Rodolfo Licari (man hung on sign), Al Thomas (Thomas), Enrico Chiappafreddo (pool room brawler), Bruno Arié (saloon patron), Domenico Cianfriglia (pool room brawler), Augusto Funari (pool room patron), Virgilio Ponti (saloon patron), Mario Pascucci (saloon patron), Angelo Casadei (saloon waiter), Ettore Geri (barman), Margarete Horowitz (church woman), Alfonso Sarlo (church builder), Marcello Verziera (James henchman), Alberto Dell'Acqua (James henchman), Ottaviano Dell'Acqua (James henchman), Arnaldo Dell'Acqua (James henchman), Giovanni Ukmar (James henchman), Bruno Ukmar (James henchman), Vincenzo Maggio (James henchman), Clemente Ukmar (James henchman), Pietro Torrisi (James henchman), Oscar Giustini (pool room brawler w/2 ball imprint), Giancarlo Ukmar (pool room brawler), Artemio Antonini (pool room brawler)
- Director: Giulio Petroni
- Story: Piero Regnoli [as Dean Craig]
- Screenplay: Giulio Petroni, Antonio Marino, Piero Regnoli, Franco Castellano, Giuseppe Moccia [as Pipolo], Piero Regnoli [as Dean Craig]
- Dialogue: Antoinette Pellevant, Gunter Ebert
- Cinematography: Alessandro d'Eva [Technicolor - Techniscope 2,35:1]
- Music: Ennio Morricone
- Producer: Giulio Sbarigia
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Trivia
- In 1973 the sequel Here We Go Again, Eh Providence? was produced.
Versions and runtimes
- Runtime: 100 min
Release Dates
- October 26, 1972 (Italy)
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Categories:
- 1972
- Italy
- France
- Germany
- Giulio Petroni
- Ennio Morricone
- Piero Regnoli
- Thomas Milian
- Giovanni Cianfriglia
- Gregg Palmer
- Gabriella Giorgelli
- Carla Mancini
- Maurice Poli
- Stelio Candelli
- Omero Capanna
- Bruno Arié
- Renzo Pevarello
- Osiride Pevarello
- Alberto Dell'Acqua
- Gaetano Scala
- Paolo Figlia
- Gilberto Galimberti
- Rocco Lerro
- Franco Ukmar
- Roberto Dell'Acqua
- Pietro Torrisi
- Comedy