Lo ammazzo come un cane... ma lui rideva ancora
Lo ammazzò come un cane... ma lui rideva ancora (Italy 1972 / Director: Angelo Pannacciò [as Elo Pannacciò / Mark Welles])
- Runtime: 84 min
- Release Date: 2.1.1972
Also known as
Death Played the Flute (U.S.A.) | Requiem for a Bounty Hunter (U.K.) | La rançon du teur (France)
Cast and crew
- Cast: Michael Forest (John Barton), Giuseppe Cardillo [as Steven Tedd]('Whistler' Kimble), Franco Borelli [as Chet Davis](Suzy's fiancee), Susanna Levi (Suzy Barton), Giovanni Petti [as John Petty](Barton’s father), Irio Fantini, Benito Pacifico [as Dennis Colt](Ramson henchman), Ivi D’Annunzio (prostitute), Alceste Bogart, Michele Branca (Jim, Ramson henchman), Anna Bacchi, Itala Guitto
- Also with: Antonio Molino Rojo (Ramson), Raúl Aparici (Reed, Ramson henchman), Sergio Aparici (Cameron, Ramson henchman), Juan Fairen (Kelly, Ramson henchman), Luciano Conti (Al, Ramson henchman), Marcello Meconizzi (Ramson henchman)
- Dubious English credits: Ray O'Conner, Laurence Bien, Thomas Rudy
- Story: Angelo Pannacciò
- Screenplay: Angelo Pannacciò
- Cinematography: Girolamo La Rosa [Technicolor - Techniscope 2,35:1]
- Music: Daniele Patucchi
- Song: "A Man is Made of Love" sung by Ann Collin
- Producer: Pelio Quaglia
Synopsis
Nick Barton returns home to his ranch and finds his family massacred by outlaws, only his daughter Suzy, who was raped, survived. Vowing revenge, he sets out to hunt down the killers. Along the way he meets a mysterious, flute-playing gunslinger named Kimble, who claims to know the identity of the killers and agrees to help bring them to justice. But he has a secret of his own.
Trivia
Lo ammazzò come un cane... ma lui rideva ancora was re-released in 1979. According to some sources, it also was edited into Porno erotico western, another film released by Pannacciò in 1979. The completely different synopsis and cast of the latter film taken into consideration, it doesn’t seem likely.
