Pistoleros de Arizona, Los

Pistoleros de Arizona (Spain · Italy · West Germany 1964 / Director: Alfonso Balcázar)

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Synopsis

One of the first paella/spaghetti westerns, and the first one produced by the Balcázar Studios. Woods is a gunman who wins 5000 $ in a poker game and also becomes co-owner of a ranch. A corrupt landowner tries to chase all small farmers from the valley. This early euro western is a modest production, saved only by some nice location work and a flamboyant performance by the great Fernando Sancho as a rascal with a heart of gold, but still as trustworthy as a rattlesnake.

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Cast (Spanish): Robert Woods (Jeff Clayton), Fernando Sancho (Carrancho), Helmut Schmid [as Helmut Schmit] (Jimmy (The Black) Nero), Maria Sebaldt [as Maria Sebalt] (Helen Greenwood), Antonio Molino Rojo (Dingus, Nero henchman), Frank Stewart (David Greenwood ?), Richard Haussler (Dundee, attorney), Miguel de la Riva (Jack, Nero henchman), Norman Preston, Hans Nielsen (Judge Keystone), Francisco Sanz (Craig, banker), Jaime Avellan (Sheriff Benson), Pedro Gil (Sheriff Ellis), Cesar Ojinaga (Glenn, betting rancher), Fernando Rubio (Carrancho henchman), Alberto Gadea (Gypsy, Nero henchman), Carlos Hurtado (Nero henchman at farm), Juan Torres (Peter Peabody, farmer), Rafael Anglada [as Rafael Angladh] (Creek Town bartender), Francisco Garcia, Jose Castellvi
Uncredited actors: Remo De Angelis (district judge stage passenger), Eduardo Lizarza (Tucson sheriff), Joaquín Ferré (Tucson dealer)

Director: Alfonso Balcázar
Story: Alessandro Continenza
Screenplay: Jose Antonio de la Loma, Alfonso Balcázar, Alessandro Continenza
Cinematography: Carlo Carlini, Roberto Reale [Technicolor - Techniscope 2,35:1]
Music: Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Songs: "A Gambling Man" sung by Don Powell, "Die Gejagten der Sierra Nevada" sung by Ralf Paulsen, "Kein Gold am Blue River" sung by Ronny
Producer: Edmondo Amati