El macho

Movie
Original title	El macho
Country of production	Italy
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1977
length	110 minutes
Rod
Director	Marcello Andrei (as Mark Andrew )
script	Marcello Andrei Fabio Pittorru
production	Riccardo Billi Alberto Pani Nicola Vinzi
music	Marcello Ramoino
camera	Luciano Trasatti
cut	Otello Colangeli
occupation
Carlos Monzón : El Macho / El Buitre Malisa Longo : Kelly Susana Giménez : Soledad Benito Stefanelli : Sheriff Bruno Di Luia : Hidalgo's gunslinger Giuseppe Castellano : Ross Blek Maria Marselli Attilio Severini Gilberto Galimberti : Deputy George Hilton : Hidalgo Vittorio Fanfoni : Angel Enzo Maggio : Sam

El Macho is the title of a spaghetti western from 1977 starring the Argentinian boxer Carlos Monzón , directed by Marcello Andrei . The film has not yet received a German-language publication.

action

El Macho, an adventurer and gambler, looks like the outlaw El Buitre, who works with the gentleman bandit Hidalgo - always well-groomed and wearing gloves. El Buitre is fatally wounded in a stagecoach raid on Hidalgos and El Buitres, in which they loot the gold belonging to the banker Ted Ross and later dies. The banker and sheriff persuade El Macho to take on the role of bandit in order to get the gold back; for this he should receive a reward of $ 10,000.

El Macho was successful for a long time until Buitre's girlfriend, Kelly, discovered the fraud, but also discovered together with Macho that the banker and the sheriff were playing a fraudulent game to deceive the insurance company. They manage to outsmart everyone; so you can now enjoy the gold.

criticism

“The only purpose of the film is to present ex-boxer Monzon, who is doing well; Unfortunately, the direction is not up to date. The presented landscape is a bit too green, despite the limestone. The buildings and furnishings, like the figure drawing, are of secondary importance and the dialogues and the plot are weak in character, ”says G. Cèbe.

Christian Keßler points out that the best idea of ​​the film is to let the superchauvi El Macho play the role of a rather cowardly contemporary. “Unfortunately, the script doesn't come up with any other surprises. (...) Even Trasatti's image guidance is completely uninspired. "

Remarks

Sammy Bardot interprets the theme song .

Contrary to several sources, the film is a purely Italian production by "SB Produzione".

Web links

• El Macho in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The film at comingsoon

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ecran 73 November 1977th
2. ↑ Keßler, in: Welcome to Hell. 2002, p. 92
3. ^ Entry at the Archivio del Cinema Italiano