Jonny Madoc
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Jonny Madoc |
| Original title | Due once di piombo |
| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1966 |
| length | 83 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Maurizio Lucidi (as Maurice A. Bright ) |
| script | Adriano Bolzoni |
| production |
Franco Palombi Gabriele Silvestri |
| music | Lallo Gori |
| camera |
Franco Villa (as Frank Town ) |
| cut | Anna Amedei |
| occupation | |
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Jonny Madoc (Original title: Due once di piombo ) is a 1966 under the direction of Maurizio Lucidi twisted spaghetti westerns . The film, shown for the first time in German on June 23, 1967, which was also marketed as Jonny Madoc, the Sniper , received the title American Bull on video cassette .
action
The crafty Mexican Pistolero Pecos Martinez arrives in the town of Houston, where 5 sheriffs have already lost their lives in the past few months. He begins to checkmate the criminals there. Over time it turns out that he acts out of motives for revenge. Houston is Martinez's hometown, and he has an ostrich to contend with gang boss Joe Clan, who killed Pecos' parents and siblings as a soldier. Clane is struggling to find the spoils of a robbery that one of his own people has stolen from him; behind it is a respectable citizen of the city unknown to him. Since Pecos can give a clue, he buys his life after he was captured and tortured by Kline as a result of a shootout and fight.
With the help of the saloon operator Ester, Pecos can escape and take action against clans with the paralyzed Doctor Burton. When the lost money reaches Burton's house in a roundabout way, the doctor is shot and his daughter is taken hostage. Pecos can outsmart the gang and take revenge on clans. Then Pecos rides away.
criticism
The lexicon of international films judged: “A tough spaghetti western who puts an uncomfortable story in the picture without distancing itself and practices brutality as an end in itself.” Vice considered the film “no worse than many other westerns from local production”, but lamented the hero's moral upheavals . “If you want, this story is often more funny in its bloodthirstiness. In any case, however, it is very viscous ”, wrote Klaus U. Reinke. The Protestant film observer came to the conclusion that the film was not worth watching. Reason: "A mishmash of random events, unnecessary dialogues and shootings."
Remarks
Il mio nome è Pecos is often used as the original Italian title ; the following year, a sequel appeared, which was titled Jonny Madoc reckons in the German-speaking region .
The movie songs include “The Ballad of Pecos”, which Bob Smart sings, and “Dal Sud verra'qualcuno”, which Franco Fajila & The Beats interpret. A single (BT 021) was released on the label "45 Beat".
"The scriptwriters once turned a Mexican into a silent hero, which completely violated the previous Italo-Western conventions, since the Mexicans had previously only been portrayed as oppressed farmers."
Web links
- Jonny Madoc in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The film at comingsoon
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jonny Madoc. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Vice in “Il Resto del Carlino”, August 1967
- ↑ Reinke, in: Filmecho / Filmwoche , Issue 57–58. 1967
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 292/1967.
- ^ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari: Dizionario del Cinema Italiano, I film vol. 3, dal 1960 al 1969. Gremese 1992, pp. 183/184
- ↑ Ulrich P. Bruckner: For a few more corpses. Munich 2006, p. 115