Three scoundrels and a hallelujah

Movie
German title	Three scoundrels and a hallelujah
Original title	Roy Colt & Winchester Jack
Country of production	Italy
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1970
length	99 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Mario Bava
script	Mario Di Nardo
production	Luigi Alessi
music	Piero Umiliani
camera	Antonio Rinaldi
cut	Olga Pedrini
occupation
Brett Halsey : Roy Colt Charles Southwood : Winchester Jack Marilù Tolo : Mahila Teodoro Corrà : The Reverend Isa Miranda : Lizzy Guido Lollobrigida : One of Winchester's people Bruno Corazzari : One of Reverend's people Mauro Bosco : Bellatreccia Federico Boido : Boida Piero Morgia : One of Winchester's gang Franco Pesce : Old man Giorgio Gargiullo : Sam Maurizio Laureri : villain Vincenzo Crocitti : deaf-mute Leo De Nobili : a second villain

Three Scoundrels and a Hallelujah (original title: Roy Colt & Winchester Jack ) is a comedic spaghetti western by Mario Bava , which was released in 1970. The film, received as one of his weakest works, received its German-language premiere on October 13, 1972.

action

The two bandits Roy Colt and Winchester Jack are fighting again for the rank of leader of their rather unsuccessful group; When Roy is defeated, he decides to change his life and has himself made sheriff in Carson City, where he prevents a murder. When the citizens of the city hand him a copy of a treasure map, he does everything in his power to get it into his possession. However, through the acquaintance of a half-mad Russian Reverend, Jack also has one half of the card, the Reverend the other. Roy and Jack's paths cross again and again; The favor of the Indian seductress Mahila also changes every now and then. The Jewish desperado Berenstein and the numerous bandits of the various groups are also on the way to the treasure, which is lined with robberies on stagecoaches, dangerous situations and brothel visits. When Roy reaches the old Indian cemetery where the treasure is supposed to be, everyone else is soon there too; everyone tries to outsmart each other and get them out of the way. When only Roy and Jack are left and they fight for the booty, Mahila can run away.

criticism

"All in all, not a disappointing film", writes Christian Keßler , "in which one should not expect a serious western, however". In contrast, Ulrich P. Bruckner considers the third Bava western to be “just as bad as its predecessor”. Segnalazioni Cinematografiche wrote similarly negative (“The attempt to pep up the genre with a series of humorous interludes that are supposed to drive the story forward fails because of the banality of the ideas and the mediocrity of the implementation”) and the lexicon of international film (“Italo- Westerns with the usual brawls, vulgar dialogue and fake sex scenes. ”).

Remarks

The film song of the film, also known as Colt e Winchester Jack in Italy , Roy Colt , is interpreted by Free Love .

The film was made available on DVD for the first time after its use in the cinema.

The film appeared as a photo story in “Winchester Star Ciné No. 24 ”from December 1971.

Web links

• Three scoundrels and Hallelujah in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The film at comingsoon.it

Individual evidence

1. ^ Title spelling according to the Archivio del Cinema Italiano
2. ↑ Christian Keßler: Welcome to Hell. 1999, p. 216
3. ↑ Ulrich P. Bruckner: For a few more corpses. Munich 2006, p. 642
4. ↑ Segnalazioni Cinematografiche, LXX, 1971
5. ↑ Three scoundrels and a hallelujah. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
6. ↑ Comparison of film scenes in cut reports
7. ^ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film dal 1970 al 1970. Vol. 4, tomo 2, MZ. Rome 1996. p. 243