Four great guys from the prairie

Movie
German title	Four great guys from the prairie
Original title	Præriens skrappe drenge
Country of production	Denmark
original language	Danish
Publishing year	1970
length	99 (German version 85) minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Carl Ottosen
script	Carl Ottosen
production	Henrik Sandberg
music	Sven Gyldmark
camera	Claus Loof
cut	Edith Nisted Nielsen
occupation
Dirch Passer : Jonathan Ignasius Salvatore 'Biggy' Jones Paul Hagen : Shorty Preben Kaas : Ben Willy Rathnov : Sam Karl Stegger : Hank Ericson Sisse Reingaard : Katy Ericson Jesper Klein : Art Ericson Miskow Makwarth : Johnson Lone Lau : Kari Johnson Eva Danné : Sally Ove Sprogøe : Dommer Poul Glargaard : Vice-sheriff Søren Steen : Cowboy Benny Hansen : Brooke

Four great boys of the prairie ( original title : Præriens skrappe drenge ) is a Danish western comedy from 1970. Carl Ottosen directed well-known comedians in the country. The alternative title of the film, which was released in German-speaking cinemas on September 10, 1971, is Deputy Sheriff Billy Whistle No Hallelujah .

action

Old Man Johnson found gold on his land and the evil O'Hara gang stole it from him. The two are feuding over gold, property and love down to the blood. Then comes Biggy, a bully, promoted to sheriff, and his three other great prairie boys with whom he usually drinks, shoots, beats, and loves, and who ride ponies; they now clarify who is corrupt and uses unconventional means to ensure that the gold vein remains with the rightful owner. When they finally have the bandits in Greenville Court, the judge is corrupt, so that a mass brawl instigated must help the law to victory.

criticism

The lexicon of international film couldn't laugh ; it is a "failed Danish attempt to parody the spaghetti western. Just rough-hewn gossip. ” Joe Hembus found, in the way in which the prairie clothes are thrown down here, the suspicion that the Danish makers“ only wanted to make a little fun of the hectic western work of the rest of the continent ”.

Remarks

The film coined the Danish word creation "potato westerns " for westerns produced in Denmark . In the film, the songs Sally's Song , sung by Eva Danné , Venner venner by Karl Stegger and the title song, performed by the four main actors, can be heard. It premiered on August 31, 1970.

In the following year the sequel Guld til præriens skrappe drenge appeared .

Web links

• Four great guys of the prairie in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Film on danskefilm.dk in the Dansk Film Database (Danish)
• The film at Det Danske Filminstitut (Danish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Four great boys from the prairie. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
2. ^ Joe Hembus: The Western Lexicon - Extended new edition by Benjamin Hembus - 1567 films from 1894 to today. Munich 1995, p. 695
3. ^ Pia Jarvad: Ny ord: ordbog over nye ord i dansk 1955-1998 . 1st edition. Gyldendal , Copenhagen 1999, ISBN 87-00-13448-1 .