Whoās the actress on the third photo? She looks gorgeous.
All sources indicate Aurora Bautista but something does not coincideā¦
On the other hand in her interview with Marco Giusti concerning Giuseppe Variās Deguejo Erika Blanc says:
āI remember Aurora Batista very well, one of the most beautiful women Iāve ever seenā.
So in all probability in the field of SWs Aura Batis/Aurora Batista are pseudonyms of another actress (Giulia Rubini?)
She looks very different in those photos, that is if sheās the same person.
I sufferered this last night and, like some others, was surprised that Cardone could produce such a turkey.
Again, as others have saidā¦ it is just boring. The gadgets* and the good quality print do not make the film any more enjoyable unfortunately.
I didnāt mind the lead fellah being all black-clad and thought he was ok given the disjointed script. It seems as if somebody lost (or didnāt get around to writing/filming) some of the better bits for the film, that should have been included - so they bulked it out with extra dollops of riding, fisticuffs and running about in the sandpit.
SPOILERS - (as if that were possible)ā¦
*The gadgets - that key-gun predates Garkoās novelty guns in the Sartana films, and that multi-gun till predates the galleon one that operates similarly in Adios Sabata. Both of these latter inventions have been in the Parolini directed films of course. So, do we have Cardone to thank here for introducing us (and Parolini) to this type of novelty gadgets in the spaghetti-western genre? Were these the first of this type?
Even more radically, could Cardone have intended to have been thinking of reinventing his Sartana character originally for this film? After all, as Scherpy pointed out in his review of If You Meet Sartana Pray For Your Death, there is the idea mooted that āProducer Addobbati has always sustained that he got the idea when he saw Albert Cardoneās Mille Dollare sul Neroā
Soā¦ a black-clad gunslinger who utilises gadgety guns in a similarly sounding film that previously has introduced us to Garko as Sartana (albeit in name alone). Some coincidence ???
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the number seven is strangely recurring in this one (hotel room, clock shooting contest, final confrontation time)[/quote]
Here are two more. Maybe there are seven in the movieā¦
Aurora Battista was one of the forty contestants for the title of Miss Italia 1965 (another one was Maria Pia Conte). Sheās credited with her real name in Gangsterās Law (1969) and on the Spanish poster of One Against Oneā¦ No Mercy.
Thanks to his participation in Miragliaās The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave I finally found the identity of Hector Boilleaux, an alias for Ettore Bevilacqua!
Bevilacqua > Bois lāeau > Boilleaux
With Federico Fellini in 1971
I was expecting to be in for some torture after reading the comments but this one managed to entertain me a lot. It is definitely quite trashy and feels like a Gianni Crea film but I like this type of low budget, āso bad itās goodā spaghetti. Even if the direction was quite poor, I still enjoyed all the gadgets and the music was fun. I watched a fullscreen pan & scan VHS tape with English audio and Chinese subtitles. Iād love to see a better copy. Hopefully this gets a Blu-ray soon even if Iām the only one who ends up buying it.
For anybody with an interest in VHS tapes, hereās some pictures of mine:
As far as I know, the tape is from Taiwan and itās the only official English language release that I am aware of. If anybody knows about other releases, let me know!
The artwork is very misleading!
Not half! LOL Donāt remember Gregory Peck in this one!?
BTW How is the English audio quality ? I made a fandub from an Italian TV rip, the audio came from screener tape, probably a few generations old ā¦ very hissy sound. Perhaps yours is better ?
Ha,haā¦yes really strange artwork.
I also have the other german video as vcr/video2000.
Artwork is a bit strange, too
I didnāt experience any issues with the audio. I havenāt watched the fandub, so I canāt compare.
Had a look at it again, and the audio is not as bad as I remembered - must have seen much worse since viewing it.
Just thought if your version had particularly good audio, it might be worth redoing, as the Italian TV rip is exceptionally nice picture quality.
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