Ehi amico... c'è Sabata, hai chiuso!

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Ehi amico... c'è Sabata, hai chiuso! (Italy 1969 / Director: Gianfranco Parolini (as Frank Kramer))

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  • Run Time: 106 minutes
  • Release Date: 16.9.1969
  • Filming Locations: Almería

Also known as

Sabata (U.S.A.) | Sabata (France) | Sabata (Brazil) | Sabata (Germany) | Sabata (Portugal) | Oro sangriento (Spain) | Sabata, salaperäinen ratsastaja (Finland) | Sabata, o tromokratis tou El Passo (Greece) | Hé barátom, itt van Sabata (Hungary) | Sabata viene a matar (Mexico) | Sabata vadiler hakimi (Turkey)

Cast and Crew

  • Cast: Lee Van Cleef (Sabata), William Berger (Banjo), Franco Ressel (Hardy Stengel), Ignazio Spalla (as Pedro Sanchez)(Carrincha), Claudio Undari (as Robert Hundar)(Oswald), Aldo Canti (as Nick Jordan)(Alley Cat/Indio), Antonio Gradoli (as Anthony Gradwell)(Ferguson), Linda Veras (Jane), Gianni Rizzo (Judge O'Hara), Spartaco Conversi (as Spanny Convery)(Slim), Carlo Tamberlani (as Charles Tamblyn)(Nichols), Luciano Pigozzi (as Alan Collins)(False Father Brown), Marco Zuanelli (Sharky), Franco Marletta, Andrea Aureli (as Andrew Ray)(Daniel), John Bartha (as Janos Bartha)(sheriff), Giuseppe Mattei (as Joseph Mathews)(Frankie), Romano Puppo (Rocky Bendato), Vittorio André (Logan), Fortunato Arena (bandit), Gino Barbacane (uncredited), Gilberto Galimberti (Shotgun), Rodolfo Lodi (Father Brown), Gino Marturano (McCallum), Ana María Noé (Sharky's mother), Mimmo Poli (bartender), Bruno Ukmar (Virginian brother), Franco Ukmar (Virginian brother)
  • Story: Gianfranco Parolini, Renato Izzo
  • Screenplay: Gianfranco Parolini, Renato Izzo
  • Cinematography: Sandro Mancori [Technicolor, Techniscope 2,35:1]
  • Music: Marcello Giombini
  • Producer: Alberto Grimaldi

Plot

Sabata foils the attempts of the town leaders of Daugherty, Texas to rob their own bank of $100,000 in order to buy land and sell it to the approaching railroad.

Review

Spaghetti Western fans used to the likes of Django and The Good, The Bad and the Ugly might be taken by surprise when watching Sabata. True, the film does star spaghetti Western star Lee Van Cleef as the tight-lipped hero of the title, but it has a very different feel from the genre's traditional, Sergio Leone-derived style. Director/co-writer Gianfranco Parolini (alias Frank Kramer) takes things in a direction that seems to fall halfway between The Wild Wild West TV series and a James Bond movie; the film is packed with colorful characters, exotic weapons, and the action scenes that mix wild stunts with pyrotechnics. Parolini appropriately gives the film a light touch, playing up the colorful and humorous aspects while delivering the action. The end result is a little too long for this sort of light material, causing it to drag a bit in the middle, but it is too good-natured and entertaining to dislike. In short, Sabata is likely to make fun viewing for Euro-cult fans and anyone interested in an offbeat Western.

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