Hombre que mató a Billy el Niño, El

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El hombre que mató a Billy el Niño (Spain, Italy 1967 / Director: Julio Buchs)

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  • Runtime: 101 min (85 min)
  • Release Date: 9.3.1967
  • Filming Locations: Almería

Also known as

E divenne il piu spietato bandito del sud (Italy) | A Few Bullets more (U.S.A.) | The Man who killed Billy the Kid | Sein Steckbrief ist kein Heiligenbild (Germany) | O homem que matou Billy the Kid (Portugal)| L'homme qui a tue billy le kid (France) | The Man Who Killed Billy the Kid (U.K.) | I'll Kill Him and Return Alone | Mannen som sköt ˜Billy the Kid' (Sweden) | Minä ammuin Billy the Kidin (Finland) | Billy, o megalos paranomos (Greece)

Cast and crew

  • Cast: Peter Lee Lawrence (Billy Bonney), Fausto Tozzi (Pat Garrett), Dyanik Zurakowska (Helen Tunstill), Gloria Milland (Mrs. Bonney), Carlos Casaravilla (Murphy), Antonio Pica (John Tunstill), Enrique Avila (MacGregor), Frank Braña, Francisco Sanz (as Paco Sanz)(peddler), Luis Rivera (Mark Liston), Barta Barry (vaquero), Alfonso Rojas (Tunstill foreman), Luis Prendes (Mr. Huerte), Margot Cottens (Mrs. Huerte), Antonio Molino Rojo (Philip Matin), Luis Barboo (townsman), Emilio Rodriguez (MacGregor henchman), Tito Garcia (Francisco), Tomás Blanco (Sheriff of Lincoln), Luis Induni (Murphy henchman), Jose Canalejas (Murphy henchman), Orlando Baralla, Milo Quesada (Raul Alonso), Manuel Alexandre (Manuel Abarca), Miguel de la Riva, Carmen Porcel, Alfredo Santa Cruz (Alfredo Santacruz), Gonzalo Esquiroz, Alfonso de la Vega, Simon Arriaga, Santiago Rivera, Adriano Dominguez, Erasmo Pascual (Erasco Colmenero), Migeul Palenzuela, José Orjas (José Gonzalez), María Isbert
  • Story: Julio Buchs, José Mallorqui, Federico de Urrutia
  • Screenplay: Federico de Urrutia, Julio Buchs, Carlo Veo
  • Cinematography: Miguel Fernández Mila, (Domenico Scala) [Eastmancolor, Totalvision 2,35:1]
  • Music: Gianni Ferrio
  • Producer: Silvio Pattistini, Ricardo Sanz

Synopsis

This spaghetti western presents an fictitious version of the often filmed legend of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. Billy becomes innocently an outlaw while protecting his mother, but then turns into a trigger happy killer. When he falls in love he tries with the help of Pat Garrett, a fatherly friend, to change back. Circumstances force Billy to become violent again, just before he is shot by a former gang member. But it is Garrett who is blamed for the killing.

Comment

The title character of this spaghetti western can only be Sheriff Pat Garrett, herein portrayed by Fausto Tozzi. Billy himself is portrayed by top-billed Peter Lee Lawrence, who also acted under the name of Karl Hirenbach. Since there is very little suspense during the film's 86 minutes, the script concentrates on the "friendly enemy" relationship between Garrett and Billy in the months just prior to the fatal gundown. Oddly, violence is at a minimum, setting this one apart from the usual European frontier splatterfests. The film's original Spanish title was (what else?) El Hombre Que Mato Billy El Nino.

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