Se incontri Sartana prega per la tua morte
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...se incontri Sartana prega per la tua morte (Italy · West Germany 1968 / Director: Gianfranco Parolini).
Also known as
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death (USA) | Gunfighters Die Harder (USA) | Sartana (France) | Sartana (Greece) | Sartana (Germany) | Sartana - Bete um Deinen Tod (Germany) | Sartana Reza pela tua morte (Portugal) | Yksinäinen taistelija (Finland) | Si te encuentras con Sartana... reza por tu muerte (Spain) | Sartana (Spain) | Two Bags of Gold | Se Encontrar Sartana, Reze Pela Tua Morte! (Brazil)
Synopsis
Several dignitaries, among them the bank director, organize an insurance swindle by hiring a Mexican gang to steal a strong-box, and an American gang, led by Lasky (Berger), to kill the Mexicans. A mysterious stranger, Sartana (Garko), invites himself into the middle of this conflict, revolving around rival gangs, the town's bigwigs and the search for the missing loot. Double-crosses and changing alliances ensue.
Credits
- Cast: Gianni Garko [as John Garko](Sartana), William Berger (Lasky), Sydney Chaplin (Jeff Stewall), Gianni Rizzo (Al Hollman), Fernando Sancho (General Jose Manuel Francisco Mendoza Montezuma de la Plata Carezza 'Tampico' Rodriguez), Klaus Kinski (Morgan), Andrea Scotti [as Andrew Scott] (Carlos Perdido), Carlo Tamberlani (Reverend Logan), Franco Pesce (Dusty), Heidi Fischer [as Heidi Fisher] (Evelyn Hollman), Maria Pia Conte (Jane Randall), Gianfranco Parolini [as John Francis Littlewords](gambler), Sergio Jossa (Roy, stagecoach passenger), Antonietta Fiorito, Ugo Adinolfi [as Adinolfi Ugo], Arrigo Peri (Speedy, production assistant), Sabine Sun [as Sabine](Meg / Maggie) [poster credit], Nick Jordan [poster credit], Patricia Carr [poster credit]
- Also with: Salvatore Borgese (El Moreno, Tampico bandit), Remo Capitani (Lieutenant Miguel, Tampico bandit), Fortunato Arena (Tampico bandit), Clemente Ukmar (Tampico bandit), Giancarlo Ukmar (Tampico bandit), Gilberto Galimberti (Tampico bandit, Lasky henchman), Bruno Arié (Lasky henchman), Filippo Perego (old man in buggy), Anna Maria Perego (old woman in buggy), Sergio Testori (poker player), Lina Franchi (Hollman maid), Fulvio Pellegrino (poker player), Valerio Tordi (stage passenger), Mario Dionisi (Morgan gunman)
- Story: Luigi De Santis, Fabio Piccioni, Adolfo Cagnacci
- Screenplay: Renato Izzo, Gianfranco Parolini, Werner Hauff
- Music: Piero Piccioni
- Cinematography: Sandro Mancori (Eastmancolor - Pariscope 1,78:1)
- Producer: Aldo Addobbati
Reviews
Trivia
- The name "Sartana" first appeared in the film Blood at Sundown (Mille dollari sul nero, 1967), in which Garko played an antagonist called El General Sartana. The film was very successful in Germany and known by the short title Sartana. Italian producer Aldo Addobbati noticed the film's success and set up a co-production with a German producer in Italy. Garko was offered a contract and he accepted after inserting a clause stating that the script must be approved by him. In a 2005 interview, Garko said he wanted a subject that would not be based on vengeance, as he had already portrayed characters bent on revenge in Blood at Sundown and Guns of Violence (10.000 dollari per un massacro, 1967). After he turned down several scripts with a revenge theme, Renato Izzo wrote a story about a smart, non-sentimental character that profits by putting himself between two rival groups. Sartana's use of mechanical gadgets was added by director Parolini, who was a fan of the James Bond films. If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death then went into production.
- If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death was the first in a series of spaghetti westerns based on the character Sartana. It was followed by four other official Sartana films; I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death (Sono Sartana, il vostro becchino, 1969), Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay (Buon funerale, amigos!... paga Sartana, 1970), Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming (Nuvola di polvere... un grido di morte... arriva Sartana, Una, 1971) and Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin (C'è Sartana... vendi la pistola e comprati la bara, 1970), in which Garko was replaced by George Hilton. All the four sequels were directed by Giuliano Carnimeo, whereas Parolini was chosen to direct The Sabata Trilogy, after producer Alberto Grimaldi saw his work with the first Sartana film. As with Django a few years earlier, several directors, such as Demofilo Fidani, made unofficial sequels to cash in on the success of Sartana.
Versions and runtimes
- Runtime: 96 min
Release Dates
- Release Date: 14.8.1968
Filming locations
- Magliana: Italy - the quarry scenes
- Camposecco: Italy - the stagecoach attack
- Villa Mussolini: Italy - the hacienda
- La Pietrina: Mazzano Romano - Italy - Lasky is attacked by bandits
The Quarry Scenes
The Stagecoach Attack
The Hacienda
Lasky Is Attacked By Bandits
Production and business
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External Links
- The Double Crosses Are Endless: The First, and Most Original, Sartana Film
- Review by 800 SW (Spain)
- Review by Por um punhado de euros (Portuguese)
- Review at Varied Celluloid
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