The man from El Paso
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The man from El Paso |
| Original title | Un hombre llamado Noon |
| Country of production | Spain , UK , Italy |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1973 |
| length | 100 (German v. 95) minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Peter Collinson |
| script |
Scott Finch Antonio Recoder (as Tony Record ) based on a novel by Louis L'Amour |
| production | Euan Lloyd |
| music | Luis Bacalov |
| camera | John Cabrera |
| cut | Alan Pattillo |
| occupation | |
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The man from El Paso (original title: Un hombre llamado Noon ) is a western in the style of the Italian films of the genre, which was made by Peter Collinson in a Spanish-British-Italian co-production based on the novel "The Man Called Noon" by Louis L'Amour ( First published in 1970). It started on August 30, 1973 in the German-speaking area.
action
Successful businessman Jonas Mandrin is seriously wounded in a robbery in New York in an attempted murder that kills his wife and child; a headshot leads to the loss of his memory. He assumes the identity of the gunslinger Ruble Noon and meets the outlaw JB Rimes, with whom he becomes friends and then tries to reconstruct his previous life bit by bit. They travel to a ranch owned by Fan Davidge in search of the human being, Mandrin, where Noon finds a hiding place that seems familiar to him. While Judge Niland is looking for them and Peg, the sister of a certain Cullane - Noon is accused of murdering Cullane - is on their heels, Noon can be slow in many adventurous encounters and sometimes bloody confrontations, such as with gang boss Ben Janish Activate memory and, with the help of the fan who loves him, find the gold he had hidden.
criticism
"The film is quick and gripping at first, but soon gets lost in the confused ramifications of the plot resolution," writes Hans Peter Kochrath in Die Zeit and criticizes the director: "The Englishman Collinson with his clumsily staged shootings is also not up to the milieu. The only plus points are the impressively weathered faces of the two main actors. ”L. Autera writes in a very similar way in the Corriere della Sera . The American criticism also focuses on the actors and remains cautiously positive overall.
The lexicon of international film saw a "mixture of western and crime thriller, full of clichés, but superbly photographed."
Remarks
English title is A Man Called Noon , Italian Lo chiamavano Mezzogiorno .
Web links
- The man from El Paso in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The film at comingsoon
- Pictures of the film at cinema.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/699712.The_Man_Called_Noon
- ↑ August 21, 1973
- ^ H. Weiler on September 25, 1973
- ↑ The man from El Paso. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .