Pronto, Amigo (A Colt in the Devil's Hand)

Movie
German title	Pronto, Amigo (A Colt in the Devil's Hand)
Original title	Una colt in pugno al diavolo
Country of production	Italy
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1967
length	98 minutes
Age rating	FSK 18
Rod
Director	Sergio Bergonzelli
script	Sergio Bergonzelli ; Ambrogio Molteni
production	Sergio Bergonzelli ; for Epoca 67 Film
music	Gian Piero Reverberi
camera	Aldo Greci
cut	Renato Scandolo
occupation
	Bob Henry : Pat Scotty; George Wang : El Condor; Marisa Solinas : Maya; Lucretia Love : Janet; Jerry Ross : Lt. Dick Carson; Luciano Catenacci : El Loco; Luciano Benetti : Cpt. Horse; Renato Chiantoni : Peterson; Attilio Severini : Condor lieutenant; Artemio Antonini : Sergeant; Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia : soldier; Brizio Montinaro : one of Condor's people;

Pronto, Amigo (A Colt in the Hand of the Devil) (Original title: Un colt in pugno al diavolo ) is a spaghetti western by director Sergio Bergonzelli , which was shot in German with quite some time lag from the premiere (from July 1967) on November 27, 1970 Cinemas came.

content

Pat Scotty was a captain in the army who, though very clever, has fallen from grace; now he's hired to take down a gang of Mexican gangsters under the command of El Condor. The members of an expedition looking for Californian sulfur deposits are on their conscience. Scotty pretends to be a prospector and can thus gain the trust of the bandits. With the help of a Mexican girl who has fallen in love with him, Pat is able to capture the gang and call in the Seventh Cavalry for help. During the waiting period, however, a kind of friendship develops between El Condor and him - at least respect. When El Condor escapes, he chases after him alone and challenges him to an all-important duel.

criticism

"Average spaghetti western with black humor and lots of corpses."

- Lexicon of international film .

"Bergonzelli has not created a masterpiece with this film either, but it is a tad better than his previous films."

- Christian Keßler : Willkommen in der Hölle, 2002, p. 62.

“Moderately exciting spaghetti westerns about a jack-of-all-trades who cheats the army and bandits alike. Overloaded with the common clichés of this genre. A disappointment even for fans. "

- Protestant film observer

Harsch judges film.tv.it: "Unsightly, irrelevant, superfluous."

Remarks

The film song "The Devil was an Angel" is performed by Mino Reitano ; Kristopher Spencer writes about the soundtrack of the film : "The old west sounds like cowboys on LSD here, and that sounds good."

Web links

Pronto, Amigo in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/172698
↑ Pronto, Amigo. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 527/1970.
↑ http://www.film.tv.it/scheda.php/film/1682/la-colt-in-pugno-al-diavolo/
↑ in: Film and television scores, 1950–1979: a critical survey by genre, 2008, p. 143

[1] ttp://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/172698

[2] Pronto, Amigo. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[3] Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 527/1970.

[4] ttp://www.film.tv.it/scheda.php/film/1682/la-colt-in-pugno-al-diavolo/

[5] : Film and television scores, 1950–1979: a critical survey by genre, 2008, p. 143