My life depends on a dollar

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Movie
German title My life depends on a dollar
Original title ... dai nemici mi guardo io!
Country of production Italy
original language Italian
Publishing year 1968
length 97 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Mario Amendola
script Bruno Corbucci
production Luigi Rovere
music Bruno Nicolai
camera Aldo Giordani
cut Renato Cinquini
occupation

My life depends on one US dollar (Original title: ! Dai nemici mi guardo io ) is a spaghetti western by Mario Amendola from the year 1968. The German premiere took place on 30 May 1969th

action

After the American Civil War, Alan Burton (Southwood) wandered aimlessly. In the Texan desert, he manages to stop a stagecoach that takes him to San Antonio. But the vehicle was attacked a little later, with the bandits targeting an ex-Confederate major (Mendez) who was traveling with them. The cleverly hiding Burton succeeds in eliminating all attackers; When he speaks to the major, who was also fatally wounded, the latter reveals the reason for the attack: Shortly before the end of the armed conflict with the north, the southerners had hidden their still very rich war chest so that it would not fall into the hands of the Union troops; The hiding place, however, can only be found by locating three special dollars, which have the same embossing on the front and back and whose printed numbers mark the exact location in encrypted form. The major was in possession of one of the valuable coins, which is why he was the target of the horde of the scoundrel "El Condor" (Ellis). Burton finds the coin in the cramped hand of one of the villains he has shot.

In San Antonio, a fortune teller (Mizar) approaches him, but the following night she tries to stab Burton in his hotel room, which of course fails. Because Burton, who had already presented the bodies of the attack in the desert to the sheriff, had to kill again in self-defense, he is taken into custody pending a hearing with a judge's verdict; the Mexican crook "Hondo" (Mateos) is also there. Both manage to escape thanks to the duping of a deputy (Scratuglia), but then Burton wants to move on alone, not knowing that the rather annoying friend is also involved in the search for the dollars. Meanwhile, "El Condor" has Confederate Sergeant Garland (Robledo) tortured at the horse changing station in Sonora until his desperate wife (Gallotti) reveals the hiding place of the second dollar; both are then killed anyway. The third coin is meanwhile in a bank; "El Condor" was able to take the key to the locker from the original owner - also via murder.

Things are getting out of hand. Burton, who makes the pretty Mexican Juana (Chelli) beautiful, sneaks into the gang of "El Condor", but is exposed when a stranger gives the pious gang boss a tip in the confessional. So the loiter becomes the victim of torture with drops of water, from which "Hondo" releases him. Both then kidnap "El Condor", who previously had to find out during a visit to the bank that the third dollar that was safely kept is no longer in the safe. By eliminating the gang in the great outdoors and bringing the second dollar out of the boot heel of the lead-pumped villain (who had indirectly betrayed that hiding place for killing a harmless cobbler while in town) to the light of day, the only problem left is the third Coin. To the complete amazement of Burton, she conjures up "Hondo", who has also scented his great chance and who is now unperturbed, the unloved "Gringo" - whom he only saved twice for tactical reasons, but also betrayed once (in the confessional) - to kill. His bullet gets stuck in the breast pocket on the way to the target's heart, where the two other coins are stored. However, because the bullet prevention function also erased one of the number marks, all life-threatening efforts were in vain. While "Hondo" struggles with the forces of fate, Burton rides away, later grabs Juana and wants to start a rancher life with her ...

Reviews

The lexicon of the international film saw a “tough spaghetti western who enriches a well thought-out story with religious and psychological elements and denounces human greed”. The evangelical film observer does not have such a good opinion of the film : “Hard Italian Western [...]. Since the strip lacks atmosphere and inner tension, it is not able to satisfy despite many adventurous situations. "

Remarks

Ico Cerutti sings the film song Where is my Fortune .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ My life depends on a dollar. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband Munich, Review No. 383/1969