A hole in the dollar
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | A hole in the dollar |
| Original title | Un dollaro bucato |
| Country of production |
France Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1965 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Giorgio Ferroni (as Kelvin Jackson Paget ) |
| script | Giorgio Ferroni Giorgio Stegani |
| production | Bruno Turchetto |
| music | Gianni Ferrio |
| camera |
Toni Secchi (as Tony Dry ) |
| cut |
Antonietta Zita (as Rosemary Ware ) |
| occupation | |
| |
A hole in the dollar (original title: Un dollaro bucato ) is a French-Italian feature film from 1965 by Giorgio Ferroni . It is an early spaghetti western set in the aftermath of the American Civil War in 1865.
content
Former Confederate Captain Gary O'Hara and his brother Phil are released home after the Civil War ends. Phil rides straight west, Gary first returns to his wife Judy. After three months the two decide to follow Phil to the west to start a new life there. Gary immediately rides to Yellowstone to make money and find a farm to start up a business. Judy is to sell the house and belongings and come after them. Looking for work in Yellowstone, Gary receives an offer from McCoy, who wants to use the sheriff's absence to use Gary to catch the bandit Blackie, who is terrorizing the city with a gang of southerners. Gary can catch the bandit; at this moment he recognizes his brother Phil in him. Phil shoots Gary and only then recognizes him again. He is then shot by McCoy's men.
However, Gary is not dead, only seriously injured: a silver dollar slowed the ball. He returns to town, but is not recognized because he has taken off his beard. There he learns that McCoy is actually behind the gang, some of which disguised themselves as soldiers of the Southern Army and Blackie had actually helped the residents against the bandits. He succeeds in being accepted into the gang, and he discovers that the sheriff is also making common cause with McCoy. He turns McCoy against the sheriff and shoots him. When Gary's cover is blown, he manages to escape. In Blackie's hiding place he finds a wanted poster on which McCoy and the sheriff are wanted. He catches McCoy in town, but does not shoot him; the angry citizens do that instead.
criticism
The critics were well-disposed towards the film, which they “staged excitingly and routinely” ( Lexicon of International Films ) or as “a well-crafted Western that is closer to the American role models than its Italian roots” and as “extremely entertaining and entertaining “Received (Ulrich P. Bruckner). The Italian Segnalazioni Cinematografiche described the work, "although it follows the canon of the Western often used, as structured and rhythmic with a convincing density of individual sequences testifying to maturity."
Others
The first film of three that director Ferroni shot with lead actor Gemma (whom he also preferred in other genres) near Rome. As was often the case in the early blooming phase of the Spaghetti Westerns, English fantasy names were mentioned in the opening credits for almost everyone involved. Giuliano Gemma was also listed as Montgomery Wood in the first prints .
The film songs are interpreted by Fred Bongusto ( A man… a story ) and Lidia MacDonald ( Give me back ).
The shooting time was 32 days; the budget was very small.
Web links
- A hole in the dollar in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The film at comingsoon
Individual evidence
- ↑ A hole in the dollar. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Ulrich P. Bruckner: For a few more corpses . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag 2006
- ↑ Segnalazioni Cinematografiche , Vol. 58, 1965
- ^ R. Poppi, M. Pecorari: Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film Vol. 3 . Gremese, 1992, p. 167