E lo chiamarono Spirito Santo

...e lo chiamarono Spirito Santo (Italy 1971 / Director: Roberto Mauri)

Also known as

And His Name Was Holy Ghost | He Was Called The Holy Ghost | Son nom est Sacramento (France) | O keravnos tis paranomias (Greece) | E o chamavam Espirito Santo (Brazil)

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Synopsis

After gaining his freedom with the help of an old friend of his father, Spirito Santo recovers in an abandoned mine the gold fruit of a previous robbery and makes preparations for a new job recruiting a strange sacristan armed with a machine-gun. Meanwhile a Native American sheriff is on his trail.

Credits

Cast (Italian): Vassili Karis (Spirito Santo / Holy Ghost / Sacramento / Jack Fulton), Mimmo Palmara [as Dick Palmer] (sheriff), Margaret Rose Keil [as Margaret Rose] (Consuelo), Jack Betts [as Hunt Powers] (Foster), José Torres (Father Steve), Vittorio Fanfoni (bearded Corporal), Lina Franchi (Rosita, Spirito Santo's mother), Aristide Caporale (stableman), Lorenzo Piani, Bruno Salvi (prison guard ?)
Uncredited actors: Salvatore Baccaro (convict), Emilio Zago (old man in the mine), Maria Francesca Pomentale (sheriff's sister), Bruno Arié (1st bounty hunter), Franco Ukmar (2nd bounty hunter), Ciro Papa (working camp watchman), Franco Pasquetto (sleepy mine guard)

Director: Roberto Mauri
Story: Roberto Mauri
Screenplay: Roberto Mauri
Cinematography: Mario Mancini [Telecolor, CineScope]
Music: Carlo Savina
Producer: Franco Vitolo, Jacques Letienne

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Trivia

The first film in a trilogy by Roberto Mauri
Second film: Return Of The Holy Ghost
Third film: Holy Ghost And The Five Magnificent Scoundrels

Versions and runtimes

Runtime: 101 min

Release Dates

November 26, 1971 (Italy)

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