Testa o croce
Testa o croce (Italy 1969 / Director: Piero Pierotti)
- Runtime: 99 min
- Release Date: 4.6.1969
Also known as
Heads or Tails (U.S.A.) | Il boia arriva a cavallo (Italy) | Cara o cruz (Spain) | La derniere balle a pile ou face (France) | Blutrache einer Geschändeten (Germany) | Nacht der Rache (Germany) | Krona eller klave (Sweden) | Munt of kruis voor de laatste kogel (Belgium) | Black Talisman (Brazil) | Tails You Lose
Cast and crew
- Cast: John Ericson (William Huston / Will Hunter / 'Black Talisman'), Spela Rozin [as Sheyla Rosin] (Shanda Lee), Franco Lantieri (sheriff), Daniela Surina (Sybille Burton), Dada Gallotti (Lily), Loris Gizzi (Boccadirosa / Rosebud), Maria Teresa Piaggio (Miss Phils), Ugo Pagliai (Roland Burton), Pinuccio Ardia (Miserere), Pasquale Basile (Bear/Buck the hunter), Silvana Bacci (Minoa), Franco Daddi (Red, deputy), Antonietta Fiorito, Renato Navarrini (doctor), Edwige Fenech (Manuela), Isarco Ravaioli (Deputy Hold)
- Also with: Gilberto Galimberti (stranger with purplish red shirt)
- Story: Piero Pierotti
- Screenlay: Piero Pierotti
- Cinematography: Fausto Zuccoli [Technicolor - widescreen]
- Music: Carlo Savina
- Song: "Arizona Is Waiting" sung by Raoul
- Producers: Enrico Gianni, Vinod Pathak
Synopsis
Shanda is charged with the murder of the banker, Burton and to save her from being lynched, the sheriff sends her off to Phoenix. During the trip the two deputies to whom she's been entrusted rape and leave her in the desert, certain that she's dead. The girl is found by Black Talisman, an outlaw, who takes her to his hideout, nurses her back to health and after hearing her story, determines to avenge her and clear her name.