A fist goes west

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Movie
German title A fist goes west
Original title Occhio alla penna
One fist goes west
Country of production Italy
Germany
original language Italian
Publishing year 1981
length 88 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Michele Lupo
script Sergio Donati
Gene Luotto
production Horst Wendlandt
Tobis Film
Claudio Mancini
Alex Cinematografica
music Ennio Morricone
camera Franco Di Giacomo
cut Eugenio Alabiso
occupation

A fist goes west (original title: Occhio alla penna ) is an Italian - German western comedy by Michele Lupo. The film was shot in 1980 and premiered in the Federal Republic of Germany on May 14, 1981.

action

Buddy and the Indian "thundering eagle", also known as "eagle eye", secure their survival in the times of the Wild West mainly by stealing, cheating, robbing and taking advantage of other people. "Eagle Eye" feels very connected to Buddy and describes him as a blood brother because he saved his life with the help of a blood transfusion . Buddy, on the other hand, is annoyed by the Indian's company, as he has to regularly free him from captivity. The film starts with such a liberation campaign. Buddy then decides to move on alone. He leaves "Eagle Eye" at a train station and takes the train away.

However, "Eagle Eye" follows his friend and ambushes the train. During the attack, he “captured” Buddy as a hostage and also stole a valuable-looking travel bag. Buddy and "Eagle Eye" move on with this bag to a farm near the Yucca provincial nest. Once there, the residents of the farm initially mistake them for members of the band of robbers from Colorado-Slim: the notorious Desperado has been terrorizing the small town for a long time. But then the farmers notice the bag, the contents of which turns out to be a mobile hospital room - it belonged to the long-awaited doctor, whom Buddy is now assumed to be. With luck, "Eagle Eye" and Buddy can cure the farmer's grandfather from his illness (constipation) and are invited to a rich meal on the farm as a thank you. Colorado-Slim and his gang come by and try to force the farmers to give up their land again. Buddy can put the gang on the run.

From now on, Buddy and “Eagle Eye” will be celebrated in the village. Buddy is employed as a doctor and the whole village is treated by him. He prescribes gunpowder for stomach pain and mercury as a laxative. Buddy and his friend are well rewarded. Even so, Sheriff Bronson suspects that Buddy may not be a doctor, but a con man. But Bronson is also viewed with suspicion, especially by Romy Gordon, whose father was the local sheriff and was shot by Colorado Slim.

The band of robbers tries again to get Buddy and “Eagle Eye” out of the way; there is a big fight in the saloon, in which "eagle eye", Buddy and the sheriff can put the gang to flight. Buddy and his friend make an interesting discovery afterwards and are able to uncover Sheriff Bronson's plans; because under the city there is a vein of gold . While Bronson outwardly mimes the lonely hero and upright defender, he secretly works with Colorado-Slim. The city should be deserted so that the sheriff can calmly mine the gold vein.

The big day of the city's foundation comes, on which the population celebrates. Colorado-Slim receives the order to destroy the city. But Buddy and "Eagle Eye" intervene, prevent the city from being destroyed with a big fight and put Colorado-Slim, his gang and Sheriff Bronson to flight. After that, however, both have to quickly disappear because the cavalry and angry Indians are on their trail.

Reviews

"Much more entertaining than Terence Hill's going it alone, Bud Spencer cuts a brilliant figure here and once again provides the right Italo-Western flair of the 70s."

- Ulrich P. Bruckner: For a few more corpses, Munich 2006, p. 434.

"With excellent swipes at the usual westerns, the fun is part of the tolerable Spencer clothes."

"Somewhat simple-minded, but gag and fast-paced mixture of beating adventures, Western milieu and genre abuse."

“The film is making its flying visit to a dead genre with dignity and great entertainment value. Bravo!"

- Christian Keßler: Willkommen in der Hölle, 2002, p. 158.

production

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Detailed portfolio about the film on heyse-online.de
  2. ^ Cinema
  3. A fist goes west. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. Ulrich P. Bruckner: For a few more corpses, Munich 2006, p. 435