Cavalca e uccidi (1964)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Directors:

José Luis Borau
Mario Caiano (co-director)

Writers:

José Luis Borau (writer)
José Mallorquí (story)

Release Date:

28 September 1964 (Spain)

Genre:

Western

Plot Keywords:

Spaghetti Western

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Alex Nicol	...	Brandy
Claudio Undari	...	Moody (as Robert Hundar)
Renzo Palmer	...	Pastor Andrews (as Lawrence Palmer)
Giuseppe Addobbati	...	Judge Stauffer (as John MacDouglas)
Luis Induni	...	Tunnell
Antonio Casas	...	Sheriff Clymer
George Rigaud	...	Beau (as Jorge Rigaud)
Natalia Silva	...	Alice Garrido
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Manuel Ayuso	...	Major
Paola Barbara	...	Mrs. Staffler (as Pauline Baards)
Víctor Bayo	...	Neighbour #2
Rafael Bejarano	...	Cowboy #2
Maite Blasco	...	Eva
Frank Braña	...	Driver
José Canalejas	...	Chirlo
Vicente Cárdenas
Wilfredo Casado	...	Waiter at the saloon
Alfonso de la Vega	...	Cowboy #1
Miguel Del Castillo	...	Neighbour #3
Jorge del Moral
Pedro Fenollar
Antonio Gradoli	...	Underhill
Rafael Hernández	...	Secretary
Mark Johnson	...	Chico
Juan Lizárraga	...	Neighbour #1
Pedro Orengo
Giovanni Petrucci	...	Lewitt (as Giovanni Petti)
Héctor Quiroga	...	Murray
Alfonso Rojas	...	Hamlin
Elena Santonja	...	Mrs. Murray
José Villasante	...	Rancher
Antonio Zamora

Also Known As:

Ride and Kill (USA) (TV title)
Brandy (Spain)
Brandy, el sheriff de Lasatumba (Spain)

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

Italy | Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Fénix Cooperativa Cinematográfica

Watchable and very early spaghetti western

Corrupt officials enlist the services of a bandit, Moody, to kill a farmer in order to seize his property. The town drunk, Brandy, is enlisted as the new sheriff after Moody kills the former. He is expected to be too incompetent to see justice be done but with the help of the townsfolk defeats Moody, his gang and the corrupt officials. Reasonable spaghetti western which starts slowly but improves in the second half by borrowing or ripping off, depending on one's view, Rio Bravo (1959) and High Noon (1952). The villain is clad entirely in black; he even wears black gloves. The film is unintentionally hilarious in a scene where the sheriff, Brandy and a few others break into song, so hopelessly dubbed it's ridiculous. Why would they suddenly sing in English? Not violent a la later spaghetti westerns.