Una colt in mano al diavolo

Movie
Original title	Una colt in mano al diavolo
Country of production	Italy
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1973
length	89 minutes
Rod
Director	Gianfranco Baldanello (as Frank G. Carrol )
script	Gianfranco Baldanello Alfonso Brescia Augusto Finocchi
production	Giovanni Vari Victor Stocchi
music	Piero Piccioni
camera	Alvaro Lanzoni
cut	Maria Schettino
occupation
Robert Woods : Roy Koster (as Robert Wood ) William Berger : Isaac McCorney George Wang : Warner Fiorella Mannoia : Grace Scott Nino Fuscagni : Phil Scott Federico Chentrens : Lieutnant James (as Fred Kent ) Giovanna Mainardi : Martha Scott Attilio Dottesio : Jeremy "Sulky" Scott Tony Dimitri : Jack Moore (as Antonio Dimitri ) Mario Dardanelli : Sam Dayton Alessandro Perrella Lorenzo Piani Giuseppe Tuminelli : Mister Robins

Una colt in mano al diavolo is a spaghetti western by Gianfranco Baldanello from 1973.

action

Jeremy Scott, called Sulky, once saved the life of young Roy Koster. Released from several years of forced labor, Roy is now returning to Silvertown to assist Sulky. After false testimony by kitchen boy Sam Dayton and saloon owner Isaac McCorney, he was found guilty of robbery and murder and sentenced to life in prison. Both men were apparently acting on the orders of the wealthy Warner. Although Roy is suggested to leave town, he stays. He kills Sam and eventually finds out that the plot against Sulky was McCorney's. Meanwhile, Warner tries to get Roy out of the way as a murderer. Sulky's two children, Grace and Phil, rush to help Roy. They manage to get a McCorney document into their hands that proves Sulky's innocence. They can also free Sulky from prison. McCorney flees, but is caught by Roy and defeated in a showdown.

criticism

Christian Keßler notes that the old motif of the outsider who interferes in the smear of the townspeople is not new, but the story is told in an appealing and exciting way. He particularly praises the successful finale. The Segnalazioni Cinematografiche were less enthusiastic, attesting that the “Giallo in outdated Western conventions” only had “modest effectiveness”.

production

The title Una colt in mano al diavolo is an allusion to Sergio Bergonzelli's Una colt in pugno al diavolo ( Pronto, Amigo (A colt in the hand of the devil) ) published in 1967.

After On Your Knees, Django, it was the second collaboration between director Gianfranco Baldanello and leading actor Robert Woods. The film opened in Italian cinemas on January 5, 1973. An evaluation on the German film market is still pending (as of 11/2014).

Web links

• Una colt in mano al diavolo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The film at comingsoon.it

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Christian Keßler, Welcome to Hell. 2002, pp. 61/62
2. ↑ Segnalazioni Cinematografiche, Vol. 75, 1972
3. ↑ Una colt in mano al diavolo on spaghettiwestern.altervista.org
4. ↑ Una colt in mano al diavolo on spaghetti-western.net.