Death Played the Flute / Lo ammazzò come un cane … ma lui rideva ancora (Angelo Pannacciò, 1972)

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I will look for it, maybe will find it soon ?

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The one posted above is Cry blood, Apache, US western not to be confused with Una donna chiamata Apache (1976). :wink:

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Strange since I watched it another time recently on Youtube…but it seems to be removed from Youtube now,
Only some flute played from the movie : Lo ammazzo' come un cane... Ma lui rideva ancora, Sequenza No. 4 - YouTube

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The tape is an old ex-rental that is very hard to find. However there is DVD-Rs versions of it floating around, someone on the board could most likely help you out.

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Don’t think you’ll find it uncut. How about Portuguese?

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Thanks all the same but I managed to find it in English audio and hardcoded Greek subtitles. It is the shorter version. For those interested:
Requiem for a Bounty Killer (1972) Angelo Pannacciò, Michael Forest, Giuseppe Cardillo, Susanna Levi | RareFilm

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But why on earth does it have the title of an entirely different film on the cover: TÉXAS ANTÍO? If I’m not mistaken that means Texas Adios? Seems that Michael Forest is correctly credited on the cover though.
The same cover is shown on the S WDBDs films VHS page, by the way: * VHS
Do you have the VHS David? If so, can you show us the back¨cover?

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Very common for old x-rentals. Stolen / wrong artwork, wrong titles etc. I have the tape, will post a picture later of the back.

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Thanks David. I cannot read Greek but it seems both Michael Forest and Steven Tedd (Giuseppe Cardillo) are credited as well as pictured on the cover. So it seems the VHS cover really is made for Death Played the Flute and not for Texas Adios.

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The third name on the back cover then would be greek for Chet Davis (Franco Borelli).

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I have seen Death Played The Flute a couple of times now and the simple story puts a pressure on the execution.
The mood is nice without comedy, and there are fairly nice green landscapes in nearly exclusively outdoor scenes, which I guess are shot in Italy .
Story elements from Death Rides A Horse (7/10) and Cemetery Without Crosses (8/10) make it less unique. So it is a bit thin story, but still I think a weak 6/10 rating is fair for this rather interesting SW without barroom brawls but with some slightly boring fist fights…

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Now this one needs a decent release.

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Does anybody how to see this one online without having to pay for a downloader? I don’t really care about the language but I’m really curious to check this one out and I’m chicken when it comes to credit card info online.

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So just to reiterate (as I don’t think anybody has summarized it all in one place so far):

  • DPF was re-released in 1979 with some additional footage shot by Pannacciò which included no smut whatsoever as betokened by the sub-18 rating;
  • the additional footage included the actors who also worked on the skin flick from the same year which probably constituted the reason why some people confused the two movies;
  • other than the additional footage shot for the 1979 re-release of DPF, the two flicks have nothing in common whatsoever story-wise or footage-wise;
  • DPF was apparently written and directed by Luigi Petrini; Pannacciò, with whom Petrini was partnered at the time, solely produced and edited the end product;
  • needless to say, all the stories produced by Weisser regarding DPF were basically pulled out of his ass;
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True