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Tepepa (Italy · Spain 1969) is a Zapata-western by director Giulio Petroni.

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Synopsis

An English doctor saves a Mexican revolutionary leader (Tepepa) from the firing squad in order to exact personal revenge for the death of his fiancée. But things are not so simple, as the revolutionary is a popular man with the masses and his version of events throws doubt as to his guilt in the matter. The doctor is not swayed but, as political hostilities are renewed, both men are engulfed in the increasing violence and find themselves pursued by the ruthless Colonel Carrosco who is determined to recapture Tepepa and make an example of him to the peons who see him as a hero.

Credits

Cast (Italian): Thomas Milian (Jesus Maria "Tepepa" Moran), Orson Welles (Colonel Cascorro), John Steiner (Dr. Henry Price), José Torres (Pedro "El Piojo" Pereira), Luciano Casamonica (Paquito), Anna Maria Lanciaprima (Consuelo), Paloma Cela (Marieta), Clara Colosimo (sergeant's wife), Rafael Hernández (Paco), Giancarlo Badessi (sergeant), Angel Ortiz (Aurelio, Tepepa bandit), Lina Franchi, Armando Casamonica, Mario Doddi, Paola Natale, Alba Maiolini (Maria Virgen Escalande), Vittorio Gigli, George Wang (Mr. Chu), Francisco Sanz [as Paco Sanz] (Madera)
Uncredited: Aysanoa Runachagua (Vicente, bookkeeper)

Story and Screenplay: Franco Solinas, Ivan Della Mea
Cinematography: Francisco Marín [Technicolor - Techniscope 2,35:1]
Music: Ennio Morricone
Song: "Al Messico che vorrei" sung by Christy
Producers: Alfredo Cuomo, Nicolo Pomilia

Reviews

Trivia

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Versions and runtimes

Runtime: 132 min
Various shorter versions exist, e.g. one for Italian TV and the Spanish DVD both are about 97 minutes. Please help the SWDb expand this section.

Release Dates

January 31, 1969 (Italy)

Filming locations

Cabo de Gata, Tabernas - Almeria
Granada: Guadix - Henry arrives in Town
Tabernas: Alfaro - The Hanging Man
Almeria Los Albaricoques - Tepepa dictates a Letter
Almeria: San Jose - Don Callisto's farm

Henry arrives in Town
The Hanging Man
Tepepa dictates a Letter
Don Callisto's farm

Production and business

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Dubbing

Milian provides his own voice on the Italian track

External Links

Review by Son of Django
Review by 800 SW (Spain)
Review at coolasscinema
Review at Por um punhado de euros (Portuguese)

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-'''Tepepa''' (Italy, Spain 1968 / Director: Giulio Petroni)
+'''Tepepa''' (Italy · Spain [[:Category:1969|1969]]) is a Zapata-western by director [[Giulio Petroni]].
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+<div class="row d-block">
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+    <div class="col-md-6 order-md-2 h-100 float-md-right">
-[[Image:Tepepa Poster.jpg|200px]]</center>
+===<i class="fas fa-language fa-xs"></i> Also known as===
+Der Eliminator (Germany) | Durch die Hölle, Companeros (Germany) | Blood and Guns (USA) | Viva la revolucion (Spain) | Viva Tepepa! (Poland) | Tepepa, la rebelle tournamente (France) | Trois pour un massacre (France) | Hail to the Revolution | Long Live the Revolution | 復讐無頼-狼たちの荒野 DVD title Japan) | Тепепа (Bulgaria)</div>
+    <div class="col-md-6 order-md-1 float-md-left">[[File:Tepepa SpPoster.jpg|class=img-fluid|Tepepa movie poster|link=]]</div>
+    <div class="col-lg-6 order-md-3 float-md-right shadow" style="top:12px;margin-bottom:15px;"><div style="padding:8px;width:100%;font-size:105%;">
+<div style="height:0; border-top:1px solid #cfcfcf;text-align:center;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;"><span style="color:#cfcfcf;background:white; display:inline-block;position:relative;padding:0 17px;top: -11px;font-size:15px;"><i class="far fa-folder-open"></i> </span></div>
+* <i class="fas fa-play-circle"></i> [[File:Bluraylogo2.gif|20px|BluRay|link=]] [[/BR|BluRay]] · [[File:Dvdlogo2.png|20px|DVD|link=]] [[/DVD|DVD]]
+* <i class="fas fa-music"></i> [[/OST|Soundtrack]]
+* <i class="fas fa-images"></i> [[/Pictures|Pictures]]
+* <i class="fas fa-compact-disc"></i> [[/VHS|VHS]]
+* <i class="fab fa-youtube"></i> [[/Trailers&Clips|Trailers & Clips]]
+* <i class="far fa-file-alt"></i> [[Petroni on his westerns (interview)]]
+* <i class="fas fa-comments"></i> [https://forum.spaghetti-western.net/t/tepepa-giulio-petroni-1969/532 Forum Topic]
+* <i class="far fa-comment"></i> <!--[[/Opinions|Opinions and comments]]-->
+* <i class="fas fa-users"></i> <!--[[/Credits|Full credits]]-->
+* <i class="fa fa-list-ol"></i> [[Alternative Top 20|Alternative Top 20 (#10)]] · [[Quentin Tarantino's Top 20 favorite Spaghetti Westerns|QT favorite]]
+</div></div></div><div class="clearfix mb-4" style="width:100%;"></div>
-'''Contents:'''
+===<i class="fas fa-paragraph fa-xs"></i> Synopsis ===
-* [[/DVD|Available DVDs]]
+An English doctor saves a Mexican revolutionary leader (Tepepa) from the firing squad in order to exact personal revenge for the death of his fiancée.  But things are not so simple, as the revolutionary is a popular man with the masses and his version of events throws doubt as to his guilt in the matter.  The doctor is not swayed but, as political hostilities are renewed, both men are engulfed in the increasing violence and find themselves pursued by the ruthless Colonel Carrosco who is determined to recapture Tepepa and make an example of him to the peons who see him as a hero.
-* [[/BR|Available BluRays]]
-* [[/OST|Soundtrack]]
-* [[/Pictures|Pictures]]
-* [[/Trailers&Clips|Trailers & Clips]]
-* [[Tepepa film review|Film Review 1]]
-* [[Tepepa film review by Phil H|Film Review 2]]
-* [[Tepepa BluRay Rezension|Bluray Review (DE)]]
-* [[Tepepa BluRay Kritik|Bluray Review 2 (DE)]]
-*[https://forum.spaghetti-western.net/t/tepepa-giulio-petroni-1969/532 Forum Topic]
-</div>
-*'''Runtime:''' 132 min
-*'''Release Date:''' 31.1.1969
-*'''Filming Locations:''' Cabo de Gata, Tabernas - Almeria
-=== Also known as ===
-Der Eliminator (Germany) | Durch die Hölle, Companeros (Germany) | Blood and Guns (U.S.A.) | Viva la revolucion (Spain) | Viva Tepepa! (Poland) | Tepepa, la rebelle tournamente (France) | Trois pour un massacre (France) | Hail to the Revolution | Long Live the Revolution | 復讐無頼-狼たちの荒野 DVD title Japan) | Тепепа (Bulgaria)
-=== Cast and crew ===
+===<i class="fas fa-user-tag fa-xs"></i> Credits ===
-*'''Cast:''' Thomas Milian (Jesus Maria "Tepepa" Moran), Orson Welles (Colonel Cascorro), John Steiner (Dr. Henry Price), José Torres (Pedro "El Piojo" Pereira), Luciano Casamonica (Paquito), Anna Maria Lanciaprima (Consuelo), Paloma Cela (Marieta), Clara Colosimo (sergeant's wife), Rafael Hernández (Paco), Giancarlo Badessi (sergeant), Angel Ortiz (Aurelio, Tepepa bandit), Lina Franchi, Armando Casamonica, Mario Doddi, Paola Natale, Alba Maiolini (Maria Virgen Escalande), Vittorio Gigli, George Wang (Mr. Chu), Francisco Sanz [as Paco Sanz](Madera)
+*'''Cast''' (Italian): Thomas Milian (Jesus Maria "Tepepa" Moran), Orson Welles (Colonel Cascorro), John Steiner (Dr. Henry Price), José Torres (Pedro "El Piojo" Pereira), Luciano Casamonica (Paquito), Anna Maria Lanciaprima (Consuelo), Paloma Cela (Marieta), Clara Colosimo (sergeant's wife), Rafael Hernández (Paco), Giancarlo Badessi (sergeant), Angel Ortiz (Aurelio, Tepepa bandit), Lina Franchi, Armando Casamonica, Mario Doddi, Paola Natale, Alba Maiolini (Maria Virgen Escalande), Vittorio Gigli, George Wang (Mr. Chu), Francisco Sanz [as Paco Sanz] (Madera)
-*Also with: Aysanoa Runachagua (Vicente, bookkeeper)
+*Uncredited: Aysanoa Runachagua (Vicente, bookkeeper)
 *'''Story and Screenplay:''' Franco Solinas, Ivan Della Mea
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 *'''Producers:''' Alfredo Cuomo, Nicolo Pomilia
-=== Synopsis ===
+===<i class="fas fa-gavel fa-xs"></i> Reviews===
-An English doctor saves a Mexican revolutionary leader (Tepepa) from the firing squad in order to exact personal revenge for the death of his fiancée.  But things are not so simple, as the revolutionary is a popular man with the masses and his version of events throws doubt as to his guilt in the matter.  The doctor is not swayed but, as political hostilities are renewed, both men are engulfed in the increasing violence and find themselves pursued by the ruthless Colonel Carrosco who is determined to recapture Tepepa and make an example of him to the peons who see him as a hero.
+* [[Tepepa film review|Film Review 1]]
+* [[Tepepa film review by Phil H|Film Review 2]]
+* [[Tepepa BluRay Rezension|Bluray Review]] (DE)
+* [[Tepepa BluRay Kritik|Bluray Review 2]] (DE)
+===<i class="fas fa-lightbulb fa-xs"></i> Trivia ===
+{{gap}}
+===<i class="fas fa-stopwatch fa-xs"></i> Versions and runtimes===
+*'''Runtime:''' 132 min
+* Various shorter versions exist, e.g. one for Italian TV and the Spanish DVD both are about 97 minutes. Please help the SWDb expand this section.
+===<i class="far fa-calendar-alt fa-xs"></i> Release Dates===
+* January 31, 1969 (Italy)
+===<i class="fa fa-map fa-xs"></i> Filming locations===
+* Cabo de Gata, Tabernas - Almeria
+* Granada: Guadix - Henry arrives in Town
+* Tabernas: Alfaro - The Hanging Man
+* Almeria Los Albaricoques - Tepepa dictates a Letter
+* Almeria: San Jose - Don Callisto's farm
+<gallery mode="nolines">
+Guadix1.png|Henry arrives in Town
+Alfaro1.png|The Hanging Man
+LA.png|Tepepa dictates a Letter
+Romeral.png|Don Callisto's farm
+</gallery>
+===<i class="fas fa-dollar-sign fa-xs"></i> Production and business===
+{{gap}}
+===<i class="fas fa-microphone fa-xs"></i> Dubbing===
+* Milian provides his own voice on the Italian track
-=== External Links ===
+===<i class="fas fa-link fa-xs"></i> External Links ===
-* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063679/combined Internet Movie Database]
+* [https://sonofdjango.blogspot.com/2008/07/tepepa.html Review by Son of Django]
-* [http://sonofdjango.blogspot.com/2008/07/tepepa.html Review by Son of Django]
+* [https://800spaghettiwesterns.blogspot.com/2008/03/tepepa.html Review by 800 SW] (Spain)
-* [http://800spaghettiwesterns.blogspot.com/2008/03/tepepa.html Review by 800 SW (Spain)]
 * [http://www.coolasscinema.com/2009/02/tepepa-1968-review.html Review at coolasscinema]
-* [http://por-um-punhado-de-euros.blogspot.pt/2013/12/tepepa-1968-realizador-giulio-petroni.html Review at Por um punhado de euros (Portuguese)]
+* [https://por-um-punhado-de-euros.blogspot.pt/2013/12/tepepa-1968-realizador-giulio-petroni.html Review at Por um punhado de euros] (Portuguese)
+<div style="clear:both;display:block;"><span style="font-size:80%;color:gray;">Find this movie elsewhere:</span>
+<span style="padding:8px;">[[File:Tmdb.png|link=https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/81270-tepepa|The Movie Database|38px]]</span>
+<span style="padding:8px;">[[File:Letterboxd.png|link=https://letterboxd.com/film/tepepa/|Letterboxd|38px]]</span>
+<span style="padding:8px;">[[File:Wikipedia.png|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tepepa|Wikipedia|38px]]</span>
+<span style="padding:8px;">[[File:Imdb.png|link=|IMDb|38px|link=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063679/combined]]</span>
+</div>
 [[Category:1969]][[Category:Italy]][[Category:Spain]][[Category:Giulio Petroni]][[Category:Ennio Morricone]][[Category:Franco Solinas]][[Category:Francisco Marín]][[Category:Thomas Milian]][[Category:José Torres]][[Category:Francisco Sanz]][[Category:George Wang]][[Category:Giancarlo Badessi]][[Category:John Steiner]][[Category:Lina Franchi]][[Category:Christy]][[Category:Zapata Westerns]]