La banda J. & S. cronaca criminale del Far West
La Banda J. & S. cronaca criminale del Far West (Italy, Germany, Spain 1972 / Director: Sergio Corbucci)
Contents:
- Runtime: 97 min
- Release Date: 11.8.72
- Filming locations: Colmenar viejo - Madrid, Tabernas, Polopos - Almeria
Also known as
J. and S. - storia criminale del far west (Italy) | Bandera Bandits (U.K.) | Bandits! (U.K.) | Far West Story (France) | Los Hijos del día y de la noche (Spain) | Die rote Sonne der Rache (Germany) | Sonny and Jed (U.S.A.) | Lännen karhukopla (Finland) | Grym revansch (Sweden) | Jed & Sonny (Australia) | Sony & Jed - O Bando J&S (Brazil) | The Gang of the Far West | J & S: The Criminal Story of an Outlaw Couple
Cast and crew
- Cast: Thomas Milian (Jed), Susan George (Sonny), Telly Savalas (Franciscus), Rosanna Yanni (Linda Garcia), Franco Giacobino (Aparacito), Eduardo Fajardo (Don Garcia), Herbert Fux (Merril, Francicus deputy), Gene Collins (Franciscus deputy), Werner Pocath (anniversary party host), Alvaro de Luna (lawman in bowler hat at party), Pilar Climent (newlywed mending Jed's shirt), Luis Aller (newlywed young Mexican), Laura Betti (bordello madame)
- Additional Spanish credits: Victor Israel (Felipe, hotel waiter), Fabián Conde (townsman), José Canalejas (Don Garcia henchman), Simón Arriaga (Sumilo, Mexican village leader), Bennie Thomas (Silvertown sheriff), José Riesgo (Little P ranch host), Ricardo Lilló (marrying padre), Juan Cazalilla, Miguel Armario (photographer), Leopoldo Francés (black ferryman), Jaime Doria (Garcia aide ?), Raphael Albaicín (Garcia bodyguard), Dan Van Heusen (outlaw), Gonzalo Esquiros (deputy at party), David Nero, Lorenzo Robledo (roulette croupier), Carmen Guardón (prostitute with forehead curl), Lucy Tiller (dark-haired prostitute), Beatriz Savón (blonde prostitute), Carmen Rodriguez Sierra
- Also with: Joaquin Parra (stagecoach shotgun), Juanito Santiago (Chico, Mexican boy), Antonio Orengo (party guest)
- Story: Sergio Corbucci
- Screenplay: Sergio Corbucci, Sabatino Ciuffini, Mario Amendola, Adriano Bolzoni, José Maria Forqué
- Cinematography: Luis Cuadrado [Technicolor, Cinescope 2,35:1]
- Music: Ennio Morricone
- Song: "Sunny" sung by I Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni
- Producer: Roberto Loyola
Synopsis
Jed (Tomas Milian) is an unlikely hero in this Italian western. As thoroughly unlikable a robber as ever walked the West, he nonetheless robs from the rich and gives to the poor. Not only is he a murderous, ill-tempered sort, he is bad-mannered, too. When Sonny (Susan George) decides he should be her man and teach her how to be a proper outlaw, sparks fly.
Comment
"Sergio Corbucci doesn't have much luck with his lout westerns lately. This cumbersome Bonnie and Clyde model presents Tomas Milian and Susan George as shaggy yobs in a stone age look, who rake the propertied class, let churl speech through their teeth and resist their treacherous enemies. But this is neither especially funny nor super adventurous. Only semi rude and pretty confuse." (Ponkie)
At least Corbucci's then famous visual framing is still recognizable in this SW, which he probably made with "the little finger of the left hand". (by Stanton)
