Shamango
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Shamango |
| Original title | Gentleman Jo ... uccidi |
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| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1967 |
| length | 101 (German: 97) minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Giorgio Stegani (as George Finley ) |
| script | Jaime Jesus Balcázar |
| production |
Alvaro Mancori Anna Maria Chretien |
| music | Bruno Nicolai |
| camera | Francisco Marín |
| cut | Teresa Alcocer |
| occupation | |
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Gentleman Killer (Original title: Gentleman Jo ... uccidi ) is a spaghetti western from 1967. Giorgio Stegani staged under a pseudonym to with Anthony Steffen and Eduardo Fajardo occupied in the lead roles, divided by the critics recorded film in the German-speaking region on March 29, 1968 had its premiere. In 1972 he was given another cinematic entry under the title Django - The List of Deaths in the Luggage ; Another alternative title is Gentleman Joe - I am the avenger .
action
A border town claimed by Americans and Mexicans is being terrorized by a gang of unscrupulous Mexican bandits when professional gamer Joe arrives. Soon he is in danger of being hanged for his passion. Joe's brother, Captain Clay Reese, the only representative of the American government in the area who hopes for troops to avoid being captured by the Mexicans, is able to save Joe from the gallows - but is then killed by the Mexicans who want to consolidate their influence.
Joe, who is called a "gentleman" because of his excellent manners, now goes on a campaign of revenge against the gang and can eliminate many of them. But then he is captured, tortured and taken to the gallows again when Mexican soldiers, who are now officially supposed to take over the city, save him from it. They arrest the bandits and let Joe go.
criticism
While the lexicon of international films sees a “brutal Euro-Western full of clichés and subliminal racism”, Christian Keßler considers the “incredibly action-packed” film to be “extremely entertaining, even if the story soon turned out to be (albeit very well ) Chases evaporated ”, while Ulrich P. Bruckner praised the“ very catchy score ”.
The Italian critics said, "the finale, unusual and unexpected, with a few scenes that were effectively staged, formed the few highlights of a film of this genre that otherwise neither in representation nor in direction went beyond irritating mediocrity."
Remarks
The interior shots were taken in the "Elios Studios" in Rome and the "Balcazar Studios" in Barcelona ; Exterior shots at Esplugues de Llobregat and Fraga .
The film song Gold and Power is interpreted by Giulia De Mutis & I Cantori Moderni .
Web links
- Gentleman Killer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The film at comingsoon.it
Individual evidence
- ^ Title according to Archivio del Cinema italiano
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Shamango. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Keßler, Welcome to Hell. 2002, p. 107
- ^ Bruckner: For a few more corpses, Munich 2006, p. 596
- ↑ Segnalazine Cinematografiche, Vol. LXIII, 1968
- ↑ Bruckner, ibid.
