Adiós, Sabata
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Adiós Sabata | |
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Directed by | Gianfranco Parolini |
Produced by | Alberto Grimaldi |
Written by | Renato Izzo Gianfranco Parolini |
Starring | Yul Brynner |
Music by | Bruno Nicolai |
Cinematography | Sandro Mancori |
Distributed by | MGM/UA |
Release date(s) | September 22, 1971 |
Running time | 104 min. |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Preceded by | Sabata |
Followed by | Return of Sabata |
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Adiós Sabata (Italian: Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di ..., roughly translated as "Indio Black, you know what I'm going to tell you ... You're a big son of a ....") is a 1971 Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. It is the second film in The Sabata Trilogy by Parolini. Yul Brynner takes over the lead role from Lee Van Cleef, who stars in the first and third films.
The film was originally going to be entitled Indio Black, but the title was changed after the first Sabata film proved successful and had inspired many imitators. Ironically, Van Cleef had been offered the starring role in the film, but had to decline because he was committed to The Magnificent Seven Ride in the role of Chris Adams, which Brynner had made famous in The Magnificent Seven.
[edit] Plot
Set in Mexico under the rule of Emperor Maximilian I, Sabata is hired by the guerilla leader Señor Ocaño to steal a wagonload of gold from the Austrian army. However, when Sabata and his partners Escudo and Ballantine obtain the wagon, they find it is not full of gold but of sand, and that the gold was taken by Austrian Colonel Skimmel. So Sabata plans to steal back the gold.
[edit] Cast
- Yul Brynner as Sabata
- Dean Reed as Ballantine
- Ignazio Spalla as Escudo
- Gérard Herter as Colonel Skimmel
- Sal Borgese as Septiembre
- Franco Fantasia as Señor Ocaño
- Joseph P. Persaud as Hitano
- Andrea Scottia as José