Not a penny for Ringo's head
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Not a penny for Ringo's head |
| Original title | Massacro al Grande Canyon |
| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Albert Band (unnamed) Sergio Corbucci (as "Stanley Corbett") |
| script | Albert Band, Sergio Corbucci |
| production | Danilo Marciani |
| music | Gianni Ferrio |
| camera | Enzo Barboni |
| cut | Franco Fraticelli |
| occupation | |
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Not a cent for Ringo's head (original title: Massacro al Grande Canyon) from 1964 is the first western directed by Sergio Corbucci (under the pseudonym "Stanley Corbett"). The actual director was the American Albert Band , who was also responsible for the film as a producer. The film, which was shown in German-language cinemas from March 10, 1967, is one of the works of its genre that has received the most releases. There are several synchronized versions.
action
Ex- Sheriff Wes Evans returns to his hometown after two years of hunting down his father's murderers to marry his fiancée Nancy. A battle rages between two families over pastureland in town, and since Wes was believed dead, Nancy married the eldest son of one of the opponents, Rudy Dancer. Wes mediates between the two families, but is betrayed by the family of his ex-fiancée: a mercenary troop was hired to resolve the conflict and after Wes' mediation bought them up, the dancers raise the price so that the mercenaries now intervene in the fight . The death of the younger son Clay, who was held hostage, is accepted. When Sheriff Burt Cooley is killed in a shootout, the city's residents are persuaded to intervene in the conflict, thereby re-establishing the balance. In the final fight in the Grand Canyon , the dancers lose and Rudy is killed. The hostage Clay is now to be hanged in front of his father on the dancers' farm, but Wes prevents this by presenting the dead Rudy. Nancy and Wes are now reunited and want to retire to a farm together.
criticism
The lexicon of international films judges the film: “Average spaghetti western, full of lead and rich in dialogue. A less important work in Sergio Corbucci's oeuvre ”; the film magazine Cinema describes it as the "little finger exercise of the ' Django ' maker". The Protestant film observer comes to the conclusion that the film is a conventional Western with unnecessary rawness that entertains little. His conclusion: superfluous.
Remarks
Sergio Corbucci on his collaboration: “Massacro al Grande Canyon is one of those mysterious films that are attributed to me, even though I only directed a few scenes. It was just a mercenary job. I took the money and flew back to Rome. "
Rodd Dana interprets the film song "The cow-boy song" . Depending on the version, it appears in different places in the film.
In the credits, Milla Sannoner is also listed under the stage name "Jill Powers" and is therefore mentioned twice.
synchronization
There are three dubbed versions of the film. The first one, made by IFU Remagen, is missing. A second was created for the video version; Since this also used pieces of music from other films (especially from Spiel mir das Lied von Tod ), it cannot be used for licensing reasons. New synthesizer music was recorded for the third version, created in 1998 and included on the DVDs that were released, as the original music and sound tapes were lost.
Web links
- Not a cent for Ringo's head in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Not a cent for Ringo's head. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Cinema
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband Munich, Review No. 151/1967
- ↑ (quoted from Sergio Corbucci a cura di Orio Caldiron, Ramberti Editore, Rimini, 1993.)