Play your game and kill Joe

Movie
German title	Play your game and kill Joe
Original title	Un uomo chiamato Apocalisse Joe
Country of production	Italy , Spain
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1970
length	96 minutes
Age rating	FSK 18
Rod
Director	Leopoldo Savona
script	Leopoldo Savona
production	José Antonio Eduardo M. Brochero
music	Bruno Nicolai
camera	Julio Ortas Franco Villa
cut	Amedeo Giomini
occupation
Anthony Steffen : Joe Clifford Eduardo Fajardo : Mountain María Paz Pondal : Rita Fernando Cerulli : Doc Klan Veronica Korosec : Mildred Giulio Baraghini : Sheriff Floyd Fernando Bilbao : Bodo Flora Carosello : Aunt Wila Virginia Garcia Ugo Adinolfi : one of Berg's people Sergio Sagnotti Renato Lupi : priest Miguel del Castillo : first sheriff Bruno Ariè : one of Berg's people Angelo Susani : one of Berg's people Gilberto Galimberti : Moe Riccardo Pizzuti : one of Berg's people Silvano Spadaccino Stelio Candelli : Braddox

Play your game and kill, Joe (original title: Un uomo chiamato Apocalisse Joe ) is a spaghetti western from 1970. Anthony Steffen is in the lead role, directed by Leopoldo Savona . An actor-gunslingers represents German premiere of the film was on July 22, 1971.

action

Joe Clifford, an actor with Shakespeare plays across the western village squares, inherits his gold mine from an uncle. As he tries to take possession of her, he discovers that fraudulent schemes have led Landberry's cunning city boss, Berg, to exploit her. Contrary to Berg's claims, he did not acquire it honestly, but rather took it by force. Berg wants to get rid of the pistol-carrying actor, but with the help of a barber he can eliminate all of Berg's people in a long fight and ultimately defeat the cheater himself; nevertheless, he then decides to leave the area.

criticism

“There is ample action in this film; it is shot almost continuously. The pyrotechnics are accompanied by Nicolai's excellent music ”, says Christian Keßler ; the Italian Segnalazioni Cinematografiche described the work as below average; There is "little originality in the story, which is completely subordinate to the shootings." On the other hand, the Spanish fotogramas found that the character of the actor as the central hero prevents the film from sliding into disaster as an anecdotal detail.

Remarks

The pistolero's showdown against the whole gang takes up almost half an hour at the end of the film.

According to the film prop, Joe plays something of "William Sahkesparea" for the people.

The soundtrack of the film is available on CD.

Web links

• Play your game and kill, Joe in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The film at comingsoon

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Keßler: Welcome to Hell. 2002, pp. 263/264
2. ↑ Segnalazioni Cinematografiche 70, 1971
3. ↑ http://www.fotogramas.es/Peliculas/Apocalipsis-Joe
4. ↑ http://www.soundtrack.net/albums/database/?id=7411