Lo chiamavano King
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Lo chiamavano King |
| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1971 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Renato Savino (as Don Reynolds ) |
| script | Renato Savino |
| production | Luigi Nannerini |
| music | Luis Bacalov |
| camera | Guglielmo Mancori |
| cut | Roberto Colangeli |
| occupation | |
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Lo chiamavano King is not listed in the German speaking spaghetti western from 1971, the screenwriter Renato Savino under the pseudonym Don Reynolds also staged. In addition to Richard Harrison , Klaus Kinski plays one of the main roles.
action
John Marley, also known as the "King", is a well-known bounty hunter. An assignment for Inspector Gordon and Major Harrington leads him to the Mexican border, where he is supposed to stop the arms trade. Responsible for this are the Benson brothers, who also killed King's brother and raped his wife; they run a profitable business selling stolen rifles. King goes in search of the bandits; he leaves his wife in the care of his best friend, Sheriff Foster. After he was able to take out the brothers and their people, he discovers that Foster is the man behind the gang. He can shoot him in a final duel.
criticism
"In addition to the conventionality of the characters and situations, the film combines technical inadequacies with narrative inconsistencies and thus becomes a completely inconsistent work," judged Segnalazioni Cinematografiche in 1972. Christian Keßler writes similarly in his spaghetti western book: "A tough film that works well with individual images , but without something like a river coming about. "
Remarks
Giancarlo Romitelli is often suspected of being the director behind the pseudonym Don Reynolds . However, screenwriter Savino stated it was his.
Ann Collin sings the movie song "His Name was King" . An instrumental version with the participation of Edda Dell'Orso , which can also be heard in the film , was used as the theme song in the video game western " Red Dead Revolver ". Furthermore is the song in the version of Ann Collin use in the film Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino , in which it functions as its own musical theme for by Christoph Waltz embodied character "Dr. King Schultz ”takes over.
Web links
- Lo chiamavano King in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The film at comingsoon.it