Die schwarzen Adler von Santa Fe (1965)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Directors:

Alberto Cardone
Ernst Hofbauer

Writers:

Valeria Bonamano (writer)
Jack Lewis (writer)

Release Date:

12 March 1965 (West Germany)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

When Commanches go on the warpath, settlers take refuge in Ft. Eagle Rock commanded by Capt. Jackson...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman

Cast

Brad Harris	...	Cliff McPherson
Horst Frank	...	Blade Carpenter
Tony Kendall	...	Chief Black Eagle
Pinkas Braun	...	Gentleman
Joachim Hansen	...	Captain Jackson
Werner Peters	...	Morton
Helga Sommerfeld	...	Cora Morton
Ennio Girolami	...	Slim James (as Thomas Moore)
Edith Hancke	...	Alice
Joseph Egger	...	Buddy
Serge Marquand	...	Blacky James
Olga Schoberová	...	Lana Miller
Jacques Bézard	...	Pasqual (as Jakie Bezard)
Ángel Ortiz	...	Sergeant
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Annie Giss
Lorenzo Robledo

Also Known As:

Black Eagle of Santa Fe (USA) (dubbed version)

Runtime:

West Germany:91 min

Country:

West Germany | Italy | France

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:12 (nf)

Company:

Constantin Film Produktion

Quotes:

Blade Carpenter: I see little future for America if our women run around with rifles wearing pants like men.

An undistinguished but adequate "spaghetti" western

By this point, Idaho-born Brad Harris had switched away from the sword-and-sandal movies to the westerns and spy movies which formed the bulk of his later career. Since Brad looked good in both peplums and buckskins, the switch to westerns proved successful and this is a typical example of that genre. It moves well, has a fistfight or two, and ends with a noisy skirmish on the desert pitting Indians and cavalry against the henchmen of an evil rancher. Romantic interest is minor but there are two pretty young women on hand, one blonde and one with black hair. Needless to say, Brad winds up with the blonde, both on-screen and off. (He and co-star Olga Schoberova were married from 1967 to 1969.) He also has a chance to shed his shirt and show off that impressive torso when he prepares to take a bath in the local bath-house. Horst Frank gets second billing but his part seems largely extraneous. The music score hovers between the routine and the annoying, and despite its English title, the movie contains no reference to Santa Fe.