A pistol for Ringo

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Movie
German title A pistol for Ringo
Original title Una pistola per Ringo
Country of production Italy , Spain
original language Italian
Publishing year 1965
length 100 minutes,
German verse 94 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
Rod
Director Duccio Tessari
script Alfonso Balcázar ,
Duccio Tessari
production Luciano Ercoli ,
Alberto Pugliese
music Ennio Morricone
camera Francisco Marín
cut Licia Quaglia
occupation

A pistol for Ringo (original title: Una pistola per Ringo ) is an Italian-Spanish feature film from 1965 by Duccio Tessari . It's an action-packed spaghetti western from the early stages of this genre. On September 2, 1966, the German-language premiere of the work, now regarded as a classic of the genre, took place.

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The Mexican bandit Sancho raids the local bank and withdraws with his gang at Major Clyde's estate. There he used those present - in addition to the major and his daughter, a number of servants - as hostages. Ringo, suspected of murder in Quemado prison, is released to crack down on the bandits and free the hostages. For this he negotiates 30% of the looted money. Ringo sneaks into Sancho’s gang and promises to arrange his departure for even more money. Tender bonds develop between the gangster bride Dolores and the lonely major; Sancho knows how to emphasize his demands with the shooting of hostages. Ringo manages to outsmart Sancho and defeat the gang. Dolores dies in the process. Ringo seeks new adventures with his wages.

criticism

"A well-built, psychologically differentiated and dramatic bandit story."

- Hans Jürgen Weber, in Filmecho / Filmwoche 87-88, 1966.

"Humorous episodes alternate with brutal scenes, played convincingly and skilfully staged."

"Perhaps the most successful example of the transition phase from mere imitation of American models to an independent philosophy."

- Christian Keßler : Welcome to Hell, 2002.

“A tough, corpse-rich Western [...]. Amazingly cleverly built, with psychological tracing of the characters, the film could certainly satisfy adult friends of the genre. "

Remarks

In the same year Ringo Comes back in the cinemas, also directed by Duccio Tessari and with largely the same cast.

In the first distribution copies, Giuliano Gemma appears under the pseudonym Montgomery Wood .

Maurizio Graf sings the film song Angel Eyes .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Francesco Mininni: Magazine italiano tv .
  2. ^ A pistol for Ringo. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 396/1966