A hallelujah for Camposanto

Movie
German title	A hallelujah for Camposanto
Original title	Gli fumavano le colt… lo chiamavano Camposanto!
Country of production	Italy
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1971
length	97 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Giuliano Carnimeo (as Anthony Ascott )
script	Enzo Barboni (as EB Clucher )
production	Mino Loy
music	Bruno Nicolai
camera	Stelvio Massi
cut	Ornella Micheli
occupation
Gianni Garko : Camposanto William Berger : The Count Christopher Chittel : John McIntire John Fordyce : George McIntire Ugo Fangareggi : Pedro Raimondo Penne : Chico Franco Ressel : judge Aldo Barberito : Sheriff Ivano Staccioli : Collector of Protection Money Nello Pazzafini : Cobra Ramirez Gianni Di Benedetto : Douglas Toland Ugo Adinolfi : breeder Gildo Di Marco : gravedigger Bill Vanders : Clay McIntire Pinuccio Ardia : Arms Dealer

A Hallelujah for Campo Santo (Original title: ! Gli fumavano le colt ... lo chiamavano Campo Santo ) is a comedic spaghetti westerns from the year 1971 , the Anthony Ascott - that's Giuliano Carnimeo - staged. The German premiere of the film was on June 9, 1972.

action

Clay McIntire is expecting his two sons back, who have been far away and long absent from their studies. His employees Pedro and Chico pick up the two, who are supposed to come back as tough guys, at the carriage station. Both John and George, however, turn out to be over-civilized greenhorns who are not up to the Wild West and who are rescued from the worst of anger by a stranger upon arrival.

When they get home, they push the cashier of a gang dominating the area off the head and out of the house, which encourages the outlaws, led by Cobra Ramirez, who live from blackmailing the farmers, to take countermeasures: They hire a killer - the "Count" - which is assigned to the McIntire family. In this situation, too, the stranger - who is called Camposanto - appears; he teaches the two boys western gear.

Both gunslingers know each other and fight a duel, in which they prove to be equal; The more far-sighted Camposanto, however, allows the two McIntires, including Pedro and Chico, to discover the real backers due to the length of the argument. However, they are captured. Camposanto intervenes again and saves her. With his support, he can also decide the last argument between the now matured sons and the bandits.

criticism

"What might be good for the film would be a smaller dose of the two greenhorns. Otherwise Giuliano Carnimeo offers one and a half hours of great entertainment."

- Ulrich P. Bruckner: For a few more corpses, Munich 2006, p. 389.

"Fights, shootings and deaths are served with such an obvious twinkle in the eye as a western parody that everyone has fun with."

- Ernst Bohlius, in: Filmecho / Filmwoche 36, 1972.

"A playful, loud fun."

- Joe Hembus : Das Western-Lexikon, Munich 1995, p. 169.

background

The entire film was shot in Italy; As is so often the case in Italian films, outdoor shots were also taken at the Montegelato waterfalls .

Web links

• A Hallelujah for Campo Santo in the Internet Movie Database (English)