Pistoleros

Movie
German title	Pistoleros
Original title	All'ombra di una colt
Country of production	Italy , Spain
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1965
length	82 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Gianni Grimaldi
script	Gianni Grimaldi ; Maria del Carmen Martínez novel
production	Vincenzo Genesi
music	Nico Fidenco
camera	Stelvio Massi
cut	Franco Fraticelli
occupation
	Stephen Forsyth : Steve Blaine; Conrado San Martín : Duke Buchanan; Franco Ressel : Harold Jackson ; (as Frank Ressel ); Franco Lantieri : Burns ; (as Frank Liston ); José Calvo : Sheriff ; (as Pepe Calvo ); Anna Maria Polani : Susan Buchanan ; (as Anne Sherman ); Helga Liné : Fabienne; Aldo Sambrell : Ramirez ; (as Aldo Sanbrel ); Rufino Inglés : Buck ; (as Graham Sooty ); Javier Rivera : Bandit ; (as Xavier de Rivera ); José Marco : gang member; Andrea Scotti : Oliver ; (as Andrew Scott ); Xan das Bolas : village doctor; Rafael Ab + lbaicín : auctioneer;

Pistoleros is an Italian-Spanish spaghetti western from the early phase of the genre, which was created under the direction of Gianni Grimaldi and was released in German cinemas on October 7, 1966.

action

The two snipers Steve and Duke also take on defense missions in smaller cities against raids by bandits. Duke is badly wounded on such an assignment; Steve breaks his promise to him and disappears with Duke's daughter Susan, with whom he settles in Providence. There he is targeted by the bankers who want the city to themselves, as well as by Duke's girlfriend, who works in the saloon. In the showdown, Steve has to defend himself against several enemies, but he succeeds.

Reviews

"An acceptable, but perfectly average film with a passable score by Nico Fidenco"

- Christian Kessler

"Second class spaghetti western."

- Lexicon of international film

"Entertaining, tough early-wester of comedy director Grimaldi"

- Ulrich P. Bruckner

“The gun hero Steve's fight for home and hearth and cricket. Colorful Mexico spectacle based on the black and white motto »Pistols pop - gangsters fall« "

- Protestant film observer

Web links

Pistoleros in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Pistoleros on nerdistan.at

Individual evidence

↑ Kessler: Welcome to Hell. An overview of the spaghetti westerns. 2002
↑ Pistoleros. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
^ Bruckner: For a few more corpses. The spaghetti western from its beginnings until today. 2006
↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 388/1966

[1] Kessler: Welcome to Hell. An overview of the spaghetti westerns. 2002

[2] Pistoleros. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[3] Bruckner: For a few more corpses. The spaghetti western from its beginnings until today. 2006

[4] Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 388/1966