Only the Colt was his god

Movie
German title	Only the Colt was his god
Original title	La colt era il suo Dio
Country of production	Italy
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1972
length	85 minutes
Rod
Director	Luigi Batzella (as Dean Jones )
script	Arpad De Riso
music	Vassili Kojucharov
camera	Girgio Montagnani
cut	Luigi Batzella (as Paolo Solvay )
occupation
Jeff Cameron : Captain Mike Jackson Krista Nell : Mary Bryan Esmeralda Barros : Pacquita Gianfranco Clerici : Manuel (as Mark Davis ) Gino Turini : James Klinger (as John Turner ) Giulio Baraghini : Ramon Bradley Attilio Dottesio : Sheriff Bill Harris William Mayor : Richard Curtis (as William Major ) Mauro Mannatrizio : Major Nello Palladino : Bill Bryan Alessandro Perrella : Company spokesman Irio Fantini Sophia Kammara : Carol Curtis Donald O'Brien : Collins

Only the gun was his god (original title: La colt era il suo Dio ) is a cheaply produced spaghetti western , which is counted among the worst representatives of the genre. Luigi Batzella directed 1972; German-language premiere was on November 19, 1999 on a private television station. Alternative title is The Avenger's Colt .

action

In Lanford City, Manuel's gang, who work for the dishonest Inspector Klinger, terrorize the region's farmers. Army Captain Jackson, himself from Lanford, is sent to the city as a secret agent; he has five days to fight the outlaws.

Klinger is meanwhile in possession of a map that leads to a silver mine; Because of her he killed Burton Prior and kidnapped his daughter Mary, Jackson's former girlfriend, whom he carries with him as a bargaining chip. Jackson is able to eliminate most of the bandits and follows Jackson, who flees to Mexico, where he is imprisoned by the arrogant but hare-footed Manuel after an argument with him.

When he manages to escape, however, the captain can put Klinger in a final duel and defeat him.

criticism

“Vengeful spaghetti western”, “tiredly staged and undemanding; just another example of the abuse of religious topics as titles ”and“ eminently difficult to get through ”are the judgments of some critics.

Remarks

The director Batzella shot three westerns, each reusing parts of the other. Here the adopted parts were re-synchronized in order to adapt them to the (not very different from the other) plot.

Theo Maria Werner (anonymous) was also involved in the production.

Web links

• Only the Colt was his God in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The film at comingsoon

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Only the Colt was his god. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 4, 2016 .  
2. ↑ Segnalazione Cinematografiche, LXXIV, 1973
3. ↑ Christian Keßler: Welcome to Hell. 2002, p. 61
4. ↑ Keßler, ibid.
5. ^ R. Poppi, M. Pecorari: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film Vo. 4, A / L. Gremese 1993, p. 189