Smelly dollars

Movie
German title	Smelly dollars
Original title	Le due facce del dollaro
Country of production	Italy , France
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1967
length	97 (German version 94) minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Roberto Bianchi Montero
script	Alberto Silvestri Franco Verucci
production	Francesco Giorgi Antonio Lucanelli
music	Giosy Capuano Mario Capuano
camera	Stelvio Massi
cut	Graziella Fedeli
occupation
Maurice Poli : Miele (as Monty Greenwood ) Jacques Herlin : Matematica Gabriella Giorgelli : Janet Gérard Herter : Colonel Blackgrave Andrea Bosic : Colonel Talbert Andrea Scotti : Lt. Thomas Sinclair (as Andrew Scott ) Mario Maranzana : Sergeant Lodge Tom Felleghi : Major Stein Valentino Macchi : Lt. Laffan Donato di Sepio (as Dony Baster ) Claudio Ruffini : Sergent at Fort Henderson Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia : officer of the fort Fortunato Arena : Mexican bandit Ennio Balbo : blacksmith

Stinking dollars (original title: I due facce del dollaro ) is a spaghetti western by Roberto Bianchi Montero . The alternative title is Django - his Colt sings six stanzas , the German-language premiere took place on August 21, 1970.

action

Professor Matematica plans a big raid, which he wants to carry out with the help of the gunslinger Miele, the killed Colonel Blackgrave and the young Janet. They cunningly gain access to Fort Henderson, where the advised gold reserves are stored. Miele is thrown into jail and can escape from there and get to the storage location. Using winches, Janet and Blackgrave can then load the freight onto Matematica's wagon; the stolen sacks are replaced by earth-filled ones. When the group disappears from the scene, Janet is missing; the remaining three are attacked by bandits led by Sinclair - a lieutenant in the garrison. In the fighting, Janet, Miele and Sinclair lose their lives; Blackgrave kills Matematica, who wanted to run off alone with the loot, and is then captured by soldiers from the fort.

criticism

As usual, the lexicon of international films was critically judged with the film: "A cumbersome spaghetti western who gets lost in details at the expense of tension." Christian Keßler , on the other hand, thinks it is a "reasonably exciting and very good-looking film", emphasizing Stelvio Massi on the camera. The minutely described raid on the fort is the best part of the film. The Italian critics also attested that the technically successful film had a mildly original script, but also suffered from the different tempo of the parts. Film Mese deciphered the gold of the film, as with John Huston , as a code for death and loss. The evangelical film observer does not leave the work good hair : "Third-class European western, full of improbabilities in its ability to act, amateurish in its design."

Remarks

The gross profit in Italy was almost 240 million lire .

Web links

• Stinking dollars in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The film at comingsoon.it

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Smelly dollars. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
2. ↑ Keßler: Welcome to Hell. 2002, p. 83
3. ↑ Segnalazioni Cinematigrafiche , Vol. 63, 1968
4. ^ NN, Film Mese 16, April / May 1968
5. ↑ Evangelical Press Association Munich, Review No. 369/1970.
6. ^ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari: Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film Vol. 3, dal 1960 al 1969. Gremese, Rome, 1992, p. 179