Johnny Yuma

Movie
German title	Johnny Yuma
Original title	Johnny Yuma
Country of production	Italy
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1966
length	97 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Romolo Guerrieri
script	Romolo Guerrieri ; Fernando Di Leo ; Sauro Scavolini ; Giovanni Simonelli
music	Nora Orlandi
camera	Mario A. Capriotti
cut	Sergio Montanari
occupation
	Mark Damon : Johnny Yuma; Lawrence Dobkin : Laurence Jerome Carradine; Rosalba Neri : Samantha Felton; Luigi Vannucchi : Pedro ; (as Louis Vanner ); Fidel Gonzáles : Sorito; Gustavo D'Arpe : Pitt ; (as Gus Harper ); Gianni Solaro : Hans van der Oder ; (as Johnny Solaro ); Dada Gallotti : Susan ; (as Dada Gayford ); Mirella Pamphili : Saloon Girl ; (as Mirella Dugan ); Franco Lantieri : Sanco ; (as Frank Liston ); Ferdinando Poggi : Sugar ; (as Ned Poger ); Anthony La Penna : Thomas Felton ; (as Leslie Daniel );

Johnny Yuma is a spaghetti western by Romolo Guerrieri from 1966. The German premiere was on May 5, 1967.

action

The wealthy Thomas Felton is murdered by his wife Samantha, who has only been after his fortune from the start. According to the will, however, the sole heir is Felton's nephew Johnny Yuma. Samantha assigns her former lover, Carradine, to murder Yuma. When the two men first meet, they unintentionally get into a shootout and save each other's lives. Carradine reports to Yuma about his assignment and the two arrange a fair duel the next morning. Meanwhile Samantha has hired her brother Pedro and his gang to kill both men from an ambush. Again Carradine and Yuma stand by each other and bring down Pedro and his people. Carradine wants revenge on Samantha, but is shot by her. With the last of his strength, Carradine punctures the water tank of the carriage with which Samantha wants to flee through the desert with two shots. Yuma later finds the sun-scorched corpse of Samanthas.

Reviews

"A tough, colorful western."

- Ernst Bohlius, in: Filmecho / Filmwoche , issue 43, 1967.

The lexicon of international films put it briefly: “Spaghetti Westerns with a strong emphasis on violence and sex.” Even the Protestant film observer did not come to a better assessment: “Spaghetti Westerns, in which the blood flows particularly abundantly and red. [...] Because of the above-average number of corpses and the associated brutalities, even adults are not advised. "

background

Director Romolo Guerrieri , whose birth name is Girolami , is the uncle of Enzo Castellari , who became known for his films based on the spaghetti western character Django , in particular Keoma (1976) with Franco Nero . Romolo's brother Marino Girolami also shot some westerns.

The movie songs "Johnny Yuma" and "That Silent Man" were interpreted by the Wilder Brothers .

Web links

Johnny Yuma in the Internet Movie Database (English)
The film at comingsoon

Individual evidence

↑ Johnny Yuma. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 191/1967

[1] Johnny Yuma. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[2] Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 191/1967