Shango's last fight

Movie
German title	Shango's last fight
Original title	Shango la pistola infallibile
Country of production	Italy
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1970
length	96 minutes
Rod
Director	Edoardo Mulargia; (as Edward G. Muller )
script	Anthony Steffen; (as Antonio De Teffe ) ; Edoardo Mulargia
production	Pino De Martino
music	Gianfranco Di Stefano
camera	Gino Santini
cut	Manlio Vianelli
occupation
	Anthony Steffen : Shango; Eduardo Fajardo : Major Droster; Maurice Poli : Martinez; Barbara Nelli : Consuelo; Giusva Fioravanti : Pedrito; Attilio Dottesio : Fernandez ; (as Attilio D'Ottesio ); Massimo Carocci : Scott; Spartaco Conversi : Bragna; Liana Del Balzo : Tana; Angelo Dessy : Pedro; Adriana Giuffrè : Rosaria; Franco Pesce : Manuel; Mirella Pamphili : Marisol; Andrea Scotti : Salvador; Gabriella Giorgelli : Pamela;

Shango last fight (Original title: Shango, la pistola infallibile ) is a spaghetti western from 1970. The German premiere took place on a private channel on 13 September 2005; the film is now available unabridged on DVD.

action

The Ranger Shango, which is to ensure a peaceful withdrawal of troops is a prisoner of the former Confederate - Major Droster and a Mexican bandit, Martinez. These two tyrannize a village of poor Mexican farmers. When Shango found freedom again more by chance than on purpose, he found shelter with one of these farmers, Fernández, and was asked for help against the oppressors. Shango succeeds in eliminating the bandits who are looking for him all over the village, man by man, until Martínez decides to threaten the wives of the Mexicans with death if the ranger is not handed over to him.

When he was extradited, Shango managed to shoot Martínez and his remaining men with a hidden rifle. Major Droster, who so far has also provided some men, is now giving up and leaving the city with his people. However, he returns unexpectedly and catches Shango unarmed and unprepared. Only with the help of the women of the peons can Shango get hold of a rifle and shoot the major and his assistants.

criticism

This is a “typical spaghetti western, which aligns its flimsy plot entirely with the image of the main actor at the time”, writes the lexicon of the international film with little enthusiasm. The Segnalazioni Cinematografiche also hit the same line, because the film "repeats constant battles and shootouts that always end with the victory of the protagonist without him developing any narrative".

Remarks

Leading actor Steffen ("never a particularly nuanced actor") wrote the script himself.

The film's soundtrack was released on LP (Cinevox MDF 33-39) and later on CD.

Web links

Shango last fight in the Internet Movie Database (English)
The film at comingsoon

Individual evidence

↑ Shango's last fight. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
↑ Segnalazioni Cinematografiche 69, 1970.
↑ Christian Keßler : Welcome to Hell . 2002, p. 234
^ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film dal 1970 al 1979. Vol. 4, tomo 2, MZ. Rome 1996, pp. 282/283
↑ http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/title/38083/Shango,+La+Pistola+Infallibile

[1] Shango's last fight. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[2] Segnalazioni Cinematografiche 69, 1970.

[3] Christian Keßler : Welcome to Hell . 2002, p. 234

[4] Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film dal 1970 al 1979. Vol. 4, tomo 2, MZ. Rome 1996, pp. 282/283

[5] ttp://www.soundtrackcollector.com/title/38083/Shango,+La+Pistola+Infallibile