Ben and Charlie

Movie
German title	Ben and Charlie
Original title	Amico, Stammi lontano almeno un palmo
Country of production	Italy
original language	Spanish
Publishing year	1971
length	100 minutes
Age rating	FSK 18
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Director	Michele Lupo
script	Sergio Donati Luigi Montefiori
production	Franco Committeri
music	Gianni Ferrio
camera	Aristide Massaccesi
cut	Antonietta Zita
occupation
Giuliano Gemma : Ben Bellow George Eastman : Charlie Logan Vittorio Congia : Allan "3%" Smith Luciano Catenacci : Kurt van Niessen as Luciano Lorcas Giacomo Rossi Stuart : Detective Hawkins Remo Capitani : José Gonzalez Nello Pazzafini : George Quarry Marisa Mell : Sarah Luis Induni : Sheriff of Winfrey Franco Fantasia : Sheriff Robbins Aldo Sambrell : Sheriff Walker Roberto Camardiel : Sheriff of Silvertown Francisco Sanz : Samuel J. Cobb Jorge Rigaud : priest Chris Huerta : Bank Manager José Manuel Martin : José Perez
synchronization

Ben und Charlie is a parodistic spaghetti western by Michele Lupo , which many critics have described as successful , which premiered on April 18, 1972 in Germany. The title of the DVD version was Two Sky Dogs in the Wild West , another Two Left Hands in the Right Pocket .

content

Charlie Logan is waiting outside the jail for his old pal Ben Bellow to beat him up. They both decide to split up and Ben makes a living doing small scams. In doing so, by chance he runs into Charlie again, whom he immediately implicated in a bank robbery after a reconciliation out of reason. However, the two can escape leaving their prey behind until they are placed in a hotel. Charlie is arrested by the corrupt sheriff, but can be freed by Ben. Since the sheriff dies in this action, both have become outlaws, who now form a gang that includes an ex-bank clerk and three shady characters.

In disputes about leadership, Ben can assert himself; after another quarrel, Charlie leaves the group and settles in a town. This is exactly where the gang's next coup is supposed to take place, which fails due to betrayal. The bank clerk is killed; Ben is wounded. With Charlie's help, he can kill the traitors; the friend-foe flee with a suitcase of money. However, the escape leads them into the desert; a stagecoach appearing at the last minute saves them - only supposedly, because only the suitcase continues; Ben and Charlie fail to climb it. On the way through the desert, Ben is already making fantastic plans.

criticism

“What really stands out about the film is the perfect camera work by Aristide Massaccesi; Gianni Ferrio's relaxed, relaxed music aptly underlines the casual adventures of the two heroes. Very entertaining spaghetti western parody with a great buddy team. "

- Ulrich P. Bruckner: For a few more corpses

“One of those successful genre parodies that work precisely because they don't limit themselves to depicting a blunt sequence of gags and jokes, but enrich the parody with serious elements. There are numerous successful individual sequences (in this) modest, but very much looking film, which is very entertaining and has a really empathetic plot to offer. "

- Christian Keßler : Welcome to hell

"Boring Italo-Western without its own profile."

- Lexicon of international film

Remarks

• The song Let it rain, let it pour is interpreted by Stefan Grossman ; Another song is Starting Over .

synchronization

Christian Brückner speaks for Gemma, Gerd Holtenau for Pazzafini and Manfred Grote for Aldo Sambrell.

Web links

• Ben and Charlie in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 2006, pp. 383/556
2. ↑ Terrorverlag, 2002, p. 25
3. ↑ Ben and Charlie. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .