Dollaro di fifa, Un
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Un dollaro di fifa (Italy 1960 / Director: Giorgio Simonelli)
Also known as
Dos valientes a la fuerza (Spain) | A Dollar of Funk | A Dollar of Fear | Um Dólar De Medo / Xerifes De Araque (Brazil)- DVD
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Synopsis
Two conmen, Alamo and Mike, arrive by chance in Paradise City, a town that has become so dangerous that it is now called Danger City. They are mistaken for two famous gunmen who are supposed to restore law and order. Backed by the courageous Perkins sisters, Alice and Sara, the two reluctantly set about fulfilling their task. Comic mayhem ensues …
Credits
- Cast (Italian opening credits): Ugo Tognazzi (Alamo), Walter Chiari (Mike), Mario Carotenuto (sheriff), Hélène Chanel (Alice Perkins), Leonora Ruffo (Sara Perkins), Dominique Boschero (Sherry), Aroldo Tieri (mayor), Arturo Dominici (Spiritual), Renzo Palmer (Smile), Mimmo Poli (the mayor’s mustachioed factotum), Renato Mambor (Hurricane), Nando Angelini, Bruno Pagliani, Giorgio Cerioni (Spiritual’s short-lived affiliate), Nino Musco (clerk of the court), Giorgio Zuccaro, Ignazio Balsamo (poker player), Gina Mascetti (Native American woman), Manlio Salvatori [misspelled as Salvatore] (Native American chief), Giovanni Vari (townsman O’Brien)
- Story: Mario Guerra
- Screenplay: Mario Guerra, Giulio Scarnicci, Renzo Tarabusi
- Cinematography: Clemente Santoni (as Tino Santoni) [Eastmancolor – widescreen]
- Music: Gianni Ferrio (as Giovanni Ferrio)
- Song: “Oh Cherie” sung by Claudio Villa
- Production: Emo Bistolfi, Renato Tonini
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Trivia
- The film’s title, meaning “a dollar of fear,” is a spoof on Un dollaro di onore (“a dollar of honor”), the Italian title of Howard Hawks’s Rio Bravo (1959).
Versions and runtimes
- Runtime: approx. 90 min
Release dates
- August 28, 1960 (Italy)
- January 23, 1970 (Spain)
Filming locations
- Cinecittà Studios, Rome, Italy