Well I’d certainly rank them in quality according to their time of production: 1. The Mercenary; 2. Companeros; 3. What am I doing in the Middle of the Revolution. However, I still really like the third one and think that most of it is very well made indeed with good production values.
As for the bull and the car scene, it is so weirdly filmed that I wonder if Corbucci did it for comedic effect rather than laziness.
I also really love the way Corbucci weaves real historical figures into his trilogy. This one has Herrero, Carrasco and even features Giuseppe “Peppino” Garibaldi flying all over the place in a biplane.
Like some have said above, I expected this one to be worse than it actually is based on previous reports. Having said that it is pale in comparison with The Mercenary or Companeros and does include some unfortunate comedy elements which are misplaced, even in a light hearted episodic story like this.
I thought both lead actors were perfectly fine in their parts and the fact that neither seemed at home in the western setting fitted their characters in truth. They are outsiders and it is fitting that they seem so out of place. I did feel that the pace of the film was too constantly hectic though and this, of course, is down to Corbucci. The most inconsistent of the 3 Sergios. It’s a comedy for the most part for sure but it still needed to have some light and shade, some moments of calm to break up the action and constant jabbering of the panicking protagonists. As is stands it becomes exhausting and some good scenes lose their impact.
So, not Corbucci’s worst by a long shot but far from his great works and in many ways the least ‘western’ of all his westerns.
Excellent film with brilliant actors (not sure why some didn’t think so). The only thing I found frustrating was the abrupt ending. Other than that, the film has to be one of the best spaghetti comedies.
My feeling is that this is one of the films that for some reason is somewhat elusive in a few markets. As a result, it is often unfairly dismissed as something probably not worth viewing since no-one cares to release a decent version of it.
Where would I be able to find the Spanish DVD or the German TV recording here in September 2020? Ive been looking hard to try to find a version of this film with no success. Any help would be much appreciated - Thanks!
Not even a DVD of this in Italy. This is fucking ridiculous if you ask me… that’s as if there was no DVD of a lesser John Ford movie in the US… unthinkable.
Hard to believe really. It’s still on YouTube but I still need to check it out. Struggling to find time to watch films at the moment…I need to make this a priority though.
There’s a French TV-rip of this floating around: 98mins and with Spanish credits. Aside from a few ill-judged scenes it isn’t bad. Plus the absolute rarity of Italian characters in an Italian western.
I am a completist I think it should be available in the best quality. Make trash great again
Watching tons of Italian 60s comedies on Netflix. Wrong and unfunny on so many levels but hey
I think it should be available in the best quality. Make trash great again 