With gun and mask

Movie
German title	With gun and mask
Original title	Il segno del Coyote
Country of production	Italy , Spain
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1963
length	81 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Mario Caiano
script	José Mallorquí
production	Aldo U. Passalacqua
music	Francesco De Masi Manuel Parada
camera	Carlo Fiore Aldo Greci
occupation
Fernando Casanova : Don César de Echagüe / El Coyote (as Fred Canow ) María Luz Galicia : Leonora Acevedo Jésús Tordesillas : Señor Diego de Echagüe Fernando Sancho : one of the Lugone brothers José Jaspe : second Lugones brother Fernando Hilbeck : Joaquin Gaillardo Felix Fernandez : Don Goyo Paola Barbara : Teodora Acevedo Mario Feliciani : Governor Parker Giulia Rubini : Beatrice Arturo Dominici : Judge Clemens Giuseppe Fortis : Wilkes Piero Lulli : Lenny Andrea Scotti : son of Don Goyo Maruja Tamayo : Señora de Echagüe

With Colt and mask (original title: Il segno del Coyote ) is an adventure film with influences of early spaghetti westerns , which the Zorro ready or almost ready character of El Coyote of José Mallorquí developed which the screenplay, into the film. The film premiered in German-speaking cinemas on March 28, 1964.

action

In newly annexed California, the Yankees, led by Governor Parker, are putting pressure on their despised Hispanic people to be evicted from their lands. César de Echagüe, who comes from a family of ranchers, is considered a coward and show-off, but in reality and in secrecy he is "El Coyote", who fights these injustices with a gun and a mask. His fiancée Leonor suffers greatly from his public reputation until she - El Coyote finally exposes the machinations of Governor Parker and his helpers - realizes what she has in her César.

criticism

The lexicon of international films criticized the basic attitude of the film, which shows "adventurous entertainment in the Zorro style with subliminal justification for vigilante justice" . Christian Keßler notices the significantly higher proportion of westerns compared to Il segno di Zorro, which was shot by the director directly before, and explains: "The villains of the film are a real asset". The film is very fast-paced and "rewind its undemanding action efficiently and without accidents". The French R. Tabès gave a very similar judgment.

Remarks

Numerous Italian and primarily Spanish actors can be found in supporting roles, who in the following years were among the regular character actors of the Spaghetti Westerns ( Raf Baldassarre , José Jaspe , Miguel Del Castillo , Fernando Sancho , Andrea Scotti , Fernando Hilbeck and others).

The music for the film - attributed to Manuel Parada in the Spanish version of the film - appeared on CD in 1998 (together with De Masi's compositions for the much later Django and Sabata - like bloody vultures ).

Web links

• With Colt and mask in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The film at comingsoon

Individual evidence

1. ↑ With gun and mask. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
2. ↑ Christian Keßler: Welcome to Hell . 2002, p. 222
3. ↑ in season '64 . Paris 1964.
4. ↑ http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/title/16277/Segno+Del+Coyote,+Il