Prezzo del potere, Il
Il prezzo del potere (Italy, Spain 1969 / Director: Tonino Valerii)
- Runtime: 113 min
- Release Date: 18.12.1969
Also known as
The Price of Power (U.S.A.) | La muerte de un presidente (Spain) | Texas (France / U.K.) | Blutiges Blei (Germany) | Tappajan tie (Finland) | Dallasin surmanluodit (Finland) | A Bullet For The President (U.S.A.) | Ringo y el precio del poder (Argentina/Mexico) | O preço do poder (Portugal/Brazil) | Det blodiga Dallas (Sweden) | En hämnares väg (Finland) | Texas' tavse hævner (Denmark) | O kynigos ton 7 symmorion (Greece) | Cena Vlasti (Serbia) | Cena moci (Czech Republic)
Cast and crew
- Cast: Giuliano Gemma (William 'Bill' Willer), Warren Vanders (Arthur McDonald), María Cuadra (Lucretia Garfield), Ray Saunders [as Rai Saunders](Jack Donovan), Fernando Rey (Pinkerton), Antonio Casas (Mr. Willer), Benito Stefanelli (Sheriff Jefferson), Maria Luisa Sala (Governor's wife), Ángel Álvarez (J.B. Cotton), Massimo Carocci (Anthony Ward), Norma Jordan (Anne Goddard), Ángel del Pozo (Pinkerton lawyer), Julio Peña (Governor of Texas), Franco Meroni, Luis Rico Pelaez (Doctor Hunter), Francisco Sanz (Pat, Tribune editor), Manuel Zarzo (Nick), Jose Suarez (Vice President), Van Johnson (President James Garfield), Carlos Bravo (deputy), José Canalejas (deputy), Joaquin Parra (Slim, deputy), Frank Braña (Mortimer), Lorenzo Robledo (Brett), Ralph Neville (Judge Ralley), Lisardo Iglesias
- Also with: José Calvo (Doctor Strips), Michael Harvey (Wallace), Riccardo Pizzuti (deputy), Paolo Figlia (deputy), Luigi Ciavarro (deputy), Giancarlo Bastianoni (Pinkerton henchman)
- Story: Massimo Patrizi, Ernesto Gastaldi
- Screenplay: Massimo Patrizi
- Cinematography: Stelvio Massi [Technicolor - Techniscope 2,35:1]
- Music: Luis Bacalov
- Song: "Catch a Star from the Sky" sung by Norma Jordan
- Producer: Bianco Manini
Plot
The US civil war has ended and President Lincoln is dead. The new president is planning a trip to Dallas, Texas. In the Dallas sheriff's office a prisoner is being interrogated about a plot to assassinate the president. Thus begins The Price Of Power, Tonino Valerii's allegory of the assassination of President Kennedy and racial politics in 1960s America.
Comment
Italian director Tonino Valerii recreates a fistful of JFK conspiracy theories in Western settings with this bizarre look at the assassination of President James Garfield in 1890 Dallas. Granted, the assassination really occurred in Washington in 1881, but Valerii and screenwriter Massimo Patrizi don't let their allegory be ruined by facts. Anyway, it's a well-made film, with cinematography by Stelvio Massi and a suitably stentorian soundtrack by Luis Enrique Bacalov, but its appeal is probably limited to fans of Euro-oaters. Giuliano Gemma, Fernando Rey, and Van Johnson star, while genre enthusiasts will recognize veterans Frank Brana and Antonio Casas.
External Links
- 1969
- Italy
- Spain
- Tonino Valerii
- Stelvio Massi
- Ernesto Gastaldi
- Luis Enríquez Bacalov
- Giuliano Gemma
- Fernando Rey
- Frank Brana
- Antonio Casas
- Ray Saunders
- Julio Peña
- Angel Del Pozo
- Charly Bravo
- Lorenzo Robledo
- Benito Stefanelli
- José Calvo
- Angel Alvarez
- Francisco Sanz
- Riccardo Pizzuti
- Norma Jordan
- Manuel Zarzo
- José Canalejas
- Paolo Figlia