20.000 dólares por un cadaver

20,000 dólares por un cadáver (Spain 1970 / Director: José María Zabalza)

This is a Eurowestern

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Runtime: approx. 81 min
Release Date: May 2, 1970 (Spain)

Also known as

Veinte mil dólares por un cadáver (Spain) | Ehi! Gringo … scendi dalla croce (Italy, poster) | Hei! Gringo.... scendi dalla croce (Italy, credits) | 20.000 dollars pour un cadavre (France) | 20.000 Dólares Por Um Cadáver (Brazil) | Twenty Thousand Dollars for Every Corpse | 20.000 Dollars for the Dead Man (Spanish press kit)

Cast and crew

Cast (Spanish credits): Miguel de la Riva [as Michael Rivers] (Dale/Bruce Brice), Dyanik Zurakowska [as Dianik Zurakowska] (Helen/Dolly Brice), José Truchado (Ralston), Guillermo Méndez (sheriff), Fernando Sánchez Polack [as F. S. Polack] (Red Burkett, outlaw), José Marco [as Jose Marcos] (Raleigh, barber), Enrique Navarro (merchant), Juan Cortés (railroad rep), Javier Rivera (railroad superintendent), César García (Darby, Raleigh partner), Ricardo Costa (Matt, saloon outlaw), Ramón Lillo (outlaw)
Uncredited actors: Manuel Rojas (railroad attack instigator), Antonio Orengo, (store employee), José María Zabalza (dental patient)
Italian cast credits (all pseudonyms): Michael Rivers, Barbara Carson, Luis Hoover, Arthur Sullivan, Katy Keller, Max Green, Frank Steimberg [sic], Elizabeth Rush, Henry Hoover, Max Cort, Al Rivers, Francis Garcia, Richard Stock, Ray Hill

Director: José María Zabalza [as Peter Harrison (Italian credits)]
Story, screenplay: José María Zabalza [as Peter Harrison (Italian credits)]
Cinematography: Leopoldo Villaseñor [as Leopold Masterville (Italian credits)] [Eastmancolor – Techniscope 2,35:1]
Music: Ana Satrova [Italian credits: Andres Novolty]
Producers: H. Santaballa Valdés [as Rudy Walsh (Italian credits)], Rafael Durán [as Ralph Durand (Italian credits)]

Synopsis

The wagon transport company is trying to stop the progress of the railroad, but when the leader of the outlaw gang in charge of the disruptions is shot in a farm home invasion, a new leader must be found. The farmer decides to collect the reward for the outlaw and complications abound.

Comment

This third of Zabalza’s westerns shot within the same time frame with much of the same supporting cast, sorely misses the charisma of Claudia Gravy and the coolness of Carlos Quiney. Don’t be fooled by the Italian DVD cover, they are not in it. — Carlos

Locations

Filming locations: Province of Madrid, Spain: Patones, Colmenar Viejo, Aldea del Fresno, Villamanta, Hoyo de Manzanares, Torremocha; Province of Toledo, Spain: Seseña