A George Hilton film. I am looking for some info on this one. What caught my interest was the late filming period (1975) and the interesting production partners (Italy and Austria). Not to mention Hiltonâs hat! Any info is greatly appreciated.
I havenât seen this one although it is available as a German DVD. It could be nice entertainment for it starrs Hilton, but maybe itâs just a nonsense comedy like the last TresetteâŠ
Unfortunately I couldnât fins a review in the net or in one of my booksâŠ
I havenât seen it yet but I cannot believe itâs a Must See! ;D
Off Topic: The austrian Director Franz Antel was a bit of a weird but interesting person. He made mostly Heimatfilms (Homeland Movies), Comedies with Hans Moser( famous austrian Comedian of the 30âs,40âs and 50âs) and early Sex Comedies with very stupid titels. Some of these titels: 00-Sex am Wolfgansee (00-Sex on the Wolfgangsee), Frau Wirtin blĂ€st auch gerne Trompete (Ms. Innkeeper even loves to play the trumpet) ⊠He made about 90 Movies and TV Productions. His best movie he made 1981 : âDer Bockererâ after a fairly good stageplay about a Viennese Butcher during the second world war. He directed his first movie in 1949 and his last in 2003 at an age of 90.
Johnny Ghitarra, vier Engel mit Pistolen (Johnny Guitar, four angels with pistols)
note: in the Italian version Hilton was called âJohnny Guitarâ, he only became Trinity in the American release.
If he was called Johnny Guitarra in the German language version, then who is Der Kleine Schwarze mit dem Roten Hut?
I have this one with German dub. Awful nonsense slapstick that has none of style or budget of Hiltonâs better spaghetti comedies. I canât remember any details, just that I hated every fucking second of this film. One of the worst. 0/10 (if possbile)
Okay, this is what Giusti writes about the film in the Dizionario dell western allâitaliana:
<< A burlesque comedy western, of Austrian-Italian-German origin starring George Hilton. The original story by Michele Massimo Tarantini, a future expert of erotic comedies, is about the inhabitants of a small town who are waiting for a gunslinger who can solve their problems with a gang of misfits who are terrorizing the surroundings. But the man who arrives is not the real gunslinger, but a funny farmer, accompanied by his friends, a perfidious card player and a would-be gunman. They nevertheless get the better of the villains. There are plenty of beautiful women in this one, like Sonia Jeanine and the chechoslovakian Alena Penz. One of the screenwriters, Joshua Sinclar, also contributed to the script of Keoma, and appeared in that movie under the name John Loffredo. Furthermore he would later co-write Just a Gigolo (1978, David Hemmings) with David Bowie. Hilton described the film as âA small venture, we wanted to do a sort of Johnny Guitar with unknown actressesâ >>
Note Scherpschutter: Johnny Ghitarre apparently was Hiltonâs name in the Italian language version. I havenât seen the film, but it seems wise to (re)watch Johnny Guitar before writing a review of this film. There also seem to be some similarities to Support you local Gunfighter (1971, Burt kennedy)
I like âGunfighterâ too (even a bit more than âSupport your local sheriffâ); the idea of a town waiting for a gunslinger, and a would-be gunslinger arriving, but still taking care of the job, is taken from âGunfighterâ. But if this film is worth a look? I donât know, the idea is good (and it wasnât a bad idea to imitate Johnny Guitar either), but good ideas alone donât make a great film. Silver Wolf could well be right when he says that the film is just plain rubbish.
Anybody else seen it?
As far as I know not. I only know the german release as single DVD or together with two other westerns in a so called Western Box all in german Audio. The other two movies in the box are âReturn of Shanghai Joeâ and âAlleluja & Sartana Are Sons⊠Sons of Godâ. ;D Itâs funny that this box is named Western Classics! :
I watched italian version. Typical slapstcik comedy which means itâs barely watchable. George Hilton makes it a bit more enjoyable for me as I have always liked him in comedies as well as in serious roles. The most memorable scene in the film is the pre-credit sequence where guy keeps pasting spaghetti western posters to the wall (including Fidaniâs Django and Sartana, Return of Hallelujah, Trinity) as Johnny Guitarra smudges them by throwing paint or eggs on them.