Più grande rapina del west, La

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La più grande rapina del west (Italy 1967 / Director: Maurizio Lucidi)

  • Runtime: 109 min
  • Release Date: 28.10.1967

Also known as

The Greatest Kidnapping in the West (USA) | The Greatest Robbery in the West (USA) | Ein Hallelujah für Django (Germany) | Django's Rache (Germany) | O maior roubo do oeste (Portugal) | El mayor atraco frustrado del oeste (Spain) | 3 salopards i poignee d'or (France) | 100.000 Dollar for Sheriffen i Middletown (Sweden) | Aleluia Para Django (Brazil)

Cast and crew

  • Cast: George Hilton (Billy 'Rum' Cooney / Django), Walter Barnes (Key Jarrett / Clay Thomas), Jack Betts [as Hunt Powers](Padre Santo / David Phaylard), Sonja Romanoff [as Sarah Ross](Mara, Jarrett girlfriend), Erika Blanc (Jenny), Mario Brega (Andreas / Yanaro), Enzo Fiermonte [as Glen Fortel](Sheriff Martin Cooney), Katia Christine (Katie O'Brien), Marisa Quattrini (friend of the Howards), Jeff Cameron [as Giovanni Scarciofolo](Mark), Salvatore Borgese (Jarrett henchman, maestro d'armi), Bruno Corazzari (Jarrett henchman), Luigi Casellato (bartender), Umberto Raho (Smolie, Jarrett henchman), Luciano Rossi (Astola, telegrapher), Luciano Catenacci (Chuck, Jarrett henchman), Federico Boido [as Rik Boyd](Jarrett henchman), Mauro Bosco (Jarrett henchman), Lorenzo Piani [as Lorenzo Sharon](Tony, Jarrett bandit guarding jail), Cesare Martignon (Howard, storekeeper), Lucia Righi (Mrs Howard), Valentino Macchi, Gino Barbacane (blond Jarrett henchman), Paolo Magalotti (Jarrett henchman), Luciano Bonanni (saloon patron), Bill Vanders (banker), Desiderio Raffaele, Roberto Alessandri (El Paso deputy), Tom Felleghy (Sheriff Roy Norman), Stefano Alessandrini
  • Also with: Aysanoa Runachunga (Asa, Indian guide), Alfonso Giganti (Middletown reverend), Amerigo Santarelli (Middletown townsman), Angelo Casadei (Middletown bank customer), Antonio Marcolini (Poorland townsman)
  • Story: Augusto Finocchi
  • Screenplay: Augusto Finocchi, Augusto Caminito
  • Cinematography: Riccardo Pallottini [Technicolor - Techniscope 2,35:1]
  • Music: Luis Bacalov
  • Song: "Halleluja for Django" sung by Hunt Powers
  • Producers: Franco Cittadini, Stenio Fiorentini

Synopsis

After robbing $500,000, the Jarrett gang hides in a small isolated western town, where they are waiting for a scout to take them through the desert to Mexico. But the unresolved conflicts between Jarrett and El Santo, the brains of the bandits, who has also an eye on Jarrett's girlfriend, become a problem amongst the bandits. And there is also an underestimated scalawag named Billy Rum and his friend Mark, who are trying to help the captured citizens.

Comment

A suspenseful western thriller directed by the capable Maurizio Lucidi. The film starts in a rather lightweight way, before it turns with the hostage situation into an often violent film. But at the end the film returns surprisingly back to the mellow mood of the beginning, which is probably the reason for the film's status of being relatively unknown. The cast is excellent with a large bunch of familiar faces, and there is also a welcome erotic element provided by Sarah Ross and Erika Blanc to light up the conflicts between the men.

by Stanton

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