La ciudad maldita

Movie
Original title	La ciudad maldita
Country of production	Spain , Italy
original language	Spanish
Publishing year	1978
length	91 minutes
Rod
Director	Juan Bosch; (as John Wood )
script	Juan Bosch ; Alberto De Stefanis
production	José María Cunillés ; Antonio Girasante ; Luis Marin ; Alberto Grimaldi
music	Franco Julian
camera	Gino Santini
cut	José Antonio Rojo
occupation
	Chet Bakon : OP, detective; Diana Lorys : Dinah; Roberto Camardiel : Sheriff Noonan; José Martínez : Max Thaler ; (as Denny Martin ); Luciano Pigozzi : Donald Wilson ; (as Alan Collins ); Antonio Molino Rojo : Peter; Nat Graywood; Adolfo Thous; Eduardo Bea; Francisco Clement; (as Frank Clement ); Francisco Casares; Manuel Alberdi; Lone Fleming;

La ciudad maldita is a spaghetti western from the final phase of the genre that has not been shown in Germany. The script is based on the novel Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett . Directed by Juan Bosch .

action

In the village of Personville, greed has become the dominant motive. Corruption and crime are the order of the day. Donald Wilson finds this condition unbearable and hires a detective agency to send help. Then OP arrives in the city; soon after, Wilson is found dead. His girlfriend Dinah now fears for her life, but OP manages to protect her and also to expose the grievances of the place. He can unmask Sheriff Noonan as the driving force behind the proceedings.

criticism

Ángel Comas described Hammett's attempted transfer to the West as a "bold undertaking".

Remarks

The identity of the main character acting under the name Chet Bacon is not clear; the opinion, widely spread in several sources, that it is Gianni Garko is wrong. Director Bosch called him a third-rate provincial actor who wanted to make it in film.

In Spain, just over 150,000 people saw the film in cinemas.

Web links

La ciudad maldita in the Internet Movie Database (English)
The film at comingsoon

Individual evidence

^ Comas, in: Joan Bosch: el cine i la vida. 2006, p. 14x
^ Entry of the film at Westerns all'Italiana with a picture of the main actor
↑ Ángel Comas: Joan Bosch: el cine i la vida , 2006, p. 110
↑ http://www.mundocine.net/La-ciudad-maldita-pelicula-14596.html

[1] Comas, in: Joan Bosch: el cine i la vida. 2006, p. 14x

[2] Entry of the film at Westerns all'Italiana with a picture of the main actor

[3] Ángel Comas: Joan Bosch: el cine i la vida , 2006, p. 110

[4] ttp://www.mundocine.net/La-ciudad-maldita-pelicula-14596.html