I’ll Sell My Skin Dearly / Vendo cara la pelle (Ettore Maria Fizzarotti, 1968)

It is available as divx in torrent site nears us: cinemageddon.net

Sorry, my english is not good.
But “Vendo cara” means “I sell at high price”

“Caro” (for male objects) or “Cara” (for female objects) means “expensive” “at high price” and not “dearly”…

That “dearly”, “dear”, should come from “caro” that is written similar but has another meaning… “my dear, oh my dear”…

or is “dearly” a sinonymous of “expensive” ??

Yes, in this case.

In my opinion this was quite an average SW with a basic revenge plot. The soundtrack is OK, nothing special but nothing bad either. The actors handle their parts quite well, some better than other though. For example Mike Marshall wasn’t really great on the main role, on the other hand “the bad guys” do a passable job (Valerio Bartoleschi for example). Visually Vendo Cara la pelle looks alright, for me the best part of the movie was probably that shootout at the mine which was nicely shot. My rating: 2,5 stars out of 5.

I’m back in the saddle, shooting with both hands again, with a review of this obscure spaghetti:

“Do you feel lucky, Punk?”

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Good review! And now it makes me want to see the film. I’ve always been a sucker for folks getting buried alive, so that’s a plus. ::slight_smile:

Hey Jude, Bartoleschi is the little boy! :wink:

Boys can be bad, very bad …

My VHS should be arriving soon. Never seen this one before, so I’m looking forward to it.

I just watched this. I enjoyed it quite a lot even though it’s an average spaghetti western. I liked the scene when he digs up the Mexican to use the coffin for the other guy. It makes me wonder though, do you think he bothered to give the poor Mexican a burial? It seemed like he was just going to leave the corpse there to rot. I did find the Shane references rather amusing. I got the impression the writer was traumatised by the original Shane and wanted to re-write it just for himself.

My VHS is 85 minutes and plays in English with Portuguese subs. It’s a Brazilian tape, so it is NTSC. Is this not the uncut version? It’s a pity there’s no English friendly DVD releases. I think this is a great little film.

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Presumably not, the correct running time is approx. 88 minutes (2405 meters) and in fact this coincides with the runtime of the PAL version with original Italian credits and Spanish dub I know: just over 84 minutes at 25-fps.

As you know there’s also a 74 minutes version with German credits…


They can be counted on the fingers of one hand, but His Name Was King is not one of them. :relaxed:

You are right Reverend, in the above-mentioned 84min PAL version with Spanish audio a few seconds are missing at approx. 13:35.

I just got a widescreen DVD-R but it’s only 73 minutes. D: Can anyone send me a good composite? I really want a widescreen copy but I can’t enjoy the shorter version after watching it on VHS. The cuts irritate me too much.

The man with ‘real’ gunshot eyes. Very few credits for this one. Regarding the DB, Gonzalez is Sandro Scarchilli, not Serafino Porfumo (he’s in Find a Place to Die which is my next view). Furio Meniconi is not Carl but John Shane in the flashback. Carl is Paolo Magalotti, the head troublemaker, whose buddies include Ennio Pagliani (getting a nice resume) and possibly a Maggio?

Also spotted: Fulvio Pellegrino (storekeeper), Fulvio Mingozzi (deputy) and Calogero Azzaretto as a priest.

In this one Profumo is the moustached sheriff about thirteen minutes into the movie (I don’t remember the character’s name).

Ah, Shane’s first victim, Sheriff Hardy. He’s supposed to be Miguel in Find a Place to Die so I’ll keep a look out for him.

The role of director was initially offered to Armando Crispino (John the Bastard).

July 20, 1968

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Now on Netflix Germany etc

Three actors are credited only on posters and lobby cards: Serafino Profumo (as Seraphin Profumo), Ake Wahl and… Pedro Gonzales.

Sandro Scarchilli (his character is called Gonzalez) or the South American actor who plays Miguel? :thinking:

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