Yankee

Yankee (Italy, Spain 1966 / Director: Tinto Brass)

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Runtime: 104 min
Release Date: 25.8.1966
Filming locations: Cardiel, Cinca - Huesca

Also known as

L'Americano (Italy) | Yankee l'americano (Italy) | El Yankee ovvero matar o morir (Spain) | El Yankee (Spain)

Cast and crew

Cast: Philippe Leroy (Yankee), Adolfo Celi (Grande Concho/Cougar), Jacques Herlin (Philosopher, Cougar henchman), Tomas Torres (Ruiz, Cougar henchman), Francisco Sanz (Consalvo), Franco De Rosa (Angel Face, Cougar henchman), Pasquale Basile (Gold Teeth, Cougar henchman), Giorgio Bret Schneider (Painter, Cougar henchman), Renzo Pevarello (Portuguese, Cougar henchman), Antonio Basile (Tattoo, Cougar henchman), Tomas Milton (Tom), Cesar Ojinaga (Deputy), Valentino Macchi (Garcia, Cougar henchman), Henriquetta Señalada (cantina girl ?), Osiride Pevarello (Cougar henchman), José Halufi [as José Jalufi](Perro, unfaithful Cougar henchman), Mirella Martin (Rosita), Víctor Israel (sheriff)

Story: Alberto Silvestri, Tinto Brass
Screenplay: Tinto Brass, Alberto Silvestri, Giancarlo Fusco, Alfonso Balcazar Granda
Cinematography: Alfio Contini [Eastmancolor - Panoramica]
Music: Nini Rosso

Synopsis

Yankee, (Philippe Leroy in his first western) is a bounty killer who decides to take on a bandit chief and his henchmen when he realises the prices on all their heads adds up to a tidy sum. The bandit, El Grande Concho (Adolfo Celi), is lord of the entire region and resides like a king at court in an abandoned church surrounded by his entourage of philosopher, painter, fortune teller and soldiers; robbing and murdering anyone who ventures into his territory. Add to this a shipment of gold big enough to make them all rich beyond their dreams and the stage is set for gunplay, intrigue and cruelty as the lone gunman sets his wits and skills against the might of the megalomaniac leader.

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