John il Bastardo
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | John il Bastardo |
| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1967 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Armando Crispino |
| script |
Lucio Manlio Battistrada Armando Crispino |
| production |
Francesco Genesi Vincenzo Genesi |
| music | Nico Fidenco |
| camera | Sante Achilli |
| cut | Franco Fraticelli |
| occupation | |
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John the Bastard is a spaghetti western from 1967, which, under the debut directed by Armando Crispino with John Richardson was in the lead role. A performance in German-speaking countries did not take place.
action
Johnny Donald Tenorio is a womanizer, cynic and tormented by life. On the run from a forced wedding, he frees a Mexican woman who turns out to be the wife of his half-brother; in this way he discovers that he is the son of the Mexican landowner Don Diego. He decides to face his half-brother Don Francisco. On the way, Johnny and his servant meet a group of Mormon women whom he rejects and who therefore want to take revenge. He robs other girls of their innocence and has to defend themselves from their angry relatives. Finally, Johnny can escape everyone and also kill the bounty hunter Danite, who was set on him, with a stone statue.
criticism
Christian Keßler sums up that the film builds “a multitude of interesting details and characterizations in the format of an undemanding western revenge, which even give the film a tragic structure based on the classic model.” “Film Mese” judges: “After the spaghetti westerns themselves a few months ago who seized Hamlet, from an art-historical point of view this is his Don Giovanni. But Crispino's good resolutions fail because of the irony-free staging. "
Remarks
S. Moriones interprets the film song "The Ballad of John" .
The "Ischia Film" was shot in the studios and in the western village of De Laurentiis. The outdoor shots were taken in the area around Almería and in Polopos .
Web links
- John the Bastard in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The film at comingsoon