The tramplers

Movie
German title	The tramplers
Original title	Gli uomini dal passo pesante
Country of production	Italy
original language	English
Publishing year	1966
length	99 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Albert Band
script	Albert Band ; Ugo Liberatore
production	Albert Band ; Alvaro Mancori ; Anna Maria Chrétien
music	Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
camera	Alvaro Mancori
cut	Maurizio Lucidi; (as Maurice A. Bright )
occupation
	Joseph Cotten : Temple Cordeen; Gordon Scott : Lon Cordeen; James Mitchum : Hoby Cordeen; Ilaria Occhini : Edith Wickett; Franco Nero : Charlie Garvey ; (as Frank Nero ); Claudio Gora : Fred Wickett ; (as Emil Jordan ); Emma Vannoni : Bess Cordeen; Carla Calò : Mrs. Cordeen ; (as Carroll Brown ); Franco Balducci : Pete Wiley; Georges Lycan : Longfellow Wiley ; (as George Lycan ); Muriel Franklin : Alice Cordeen; Dario Michaelis : Burt Cordeen; Edith Peters : Emma; Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia : Adrian Cordeen; Romano Puppo : Payne Cordeen;

The Trampler (Original title: Gli uomini dal passo pesante ) is a spaghetti westerns of Albert Band with Joseph Cotten in the role of family patriarch. The German-language premiere of the film based on the story Guns of North Texas by Will Cook was on June 24, 1966; The alternate title is Whining for Mercy .

action

Texas, shortly after the civil war: the old patriarch Temple Cordeen and his numerous sons continue to fight on his vast estate. The representatives of the north are in a difficult position; a journalist is lynched. The return of a son from the Civil War, Lon, creates a family crisis, not least with sister Alice, who is secretly engaged to Charlie Garvey. Lon does not prevent their relationship as he should, but supports them. After numerous arguments, the three of them leave the area and are successful as ranchers. When they return to Texas, Temple doesn't shy away from violence either. In the end, Lon leaves the house of his ancestors, in which the children of Temples founded new, intact families and in which Temple lives in mental derangement.

criticism

The lexicon of international films praised the film: “A psychologically deepened Western of sometimes depressing severity.” Spaghetti Western expert Christian Keßler praised “an eminently good screenplay” and the “great” actor Joseph Cotten. The Italian critics, on the other hand, reprimand the rhythm of the story and describe the direction and performance as professional.

Remarks

The Italian version is directed by Mario Sequi , who formed as Anthony Wileys .

The film grossed 260 million lire in Italy .

Web links

The Trampler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
The film at comingsoon.it
Die Trampler at Cinema Italiano with German voice actors

Individual evidence

↑ The Trampler. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
↑ Keßler: Welcome to Hell. 2002, p. 262
↑ Segnalazioni cinematografiche , vol. 60, 1966
^ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari: Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film Vol. 3, from 1960 to 1969. Gremese, Rome, 1992, p. 574

[1] The Trampler. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[2] Keßler: Welcome to Hell. 2002, p. 262

[3] Segnalazioni cinematografiche , vol. 60, 1966

[4] Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari: Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film Vol. 3, from 1960 to 1969. Gremese, Rome, 1992, p. 574