The Forgotten Pistolero
| The Forgotten Pistolero | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Ferdinando Baldi |
| Produced by | Manolo Bolognini |
| Starring |
Leonard Mann Luciana Paluzzi |
| Music by | Roberto Pregadio |
| Cinematography | Mario Montuori |
| Edited by | Eugenio Alabiso |
Release dates |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The Forgotten Pistolero (also known as Il pistolero dell'Ave Maria and Gunman of Ave Maria) is a 1969 Italian Spaghetti western written and directed by Ferdinando Baldi. The movie is a western adaptation of the Greek myth of Orestes, subject of three famous drama-plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.[1][2] Ulrich P. Bruckner puts it among the "most interesting and most touching spaghetti westerns of the late sixties".[3]
Plot
When he returns home from war the Mexican general Juan Carrasco is killed by the lover of his wife Anna. The victim's children run away with their nanny but fifteen years later they come back for revenge. Anna and Tomas want to have them killed but their henchmen fail them. It turns out Anna is not the real mother of the dead general's children.
Cast
- Leonard Mann: Sebastian Carrasco
- Luciana Paluzzi: Anna Carrasco
- Peter Martell: Rafael Garcia
- Alberto de Mendoza: Tomas
- Pilar Velázquez: Isabella Carrasco
- Piero Lulli: Francisco
- Luciano Rossi: Juanito
- José Suárez: General Juan Carrasco
- Barbara Nelly: Conchita
- Enzo Fiermonte: Friar
- José Manuel Martín: Miguel
Releases
Wild East Productions released this on a limited edition DVD in 2007 with The Unholy Four.
References
- ↑ "The Forgotten Pistolero Review". Spaghetti Western. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ↑ José Vicente Bañuls, Francesco De Martino, Carmen Morenilla. El teatro greco-latino y su recepción en la tradición occidental. Levante, 2006. p. 160.
- ↑ Ulrich P. Bruckner. Für ein paar Leichen mehr: der Italo-Western von seinen Anfängen bis heute. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 2006. p. 313.