La strada per Forte Alamo (1964)

Director:

Mario Bava

Writers:

Livia Contardi (writer)
Lorenzo Gicca Palli (screenplay)
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Release Date:

10 July 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

A lone rider comes across a dying soldier, the victim of an Indian attack, who gives him a paper authorizing the payment of $150,000 to the U.S...

Plot Keywords:

Native American Attack

Cast

Ken Clark	...	Bud Massedy / Lt. John Smith
Jany Clair	...	Janet
Michel Lemoine	...	Carson
Adreina Paul	...	Mrs. Collins
Alberto Cevenini	...	Slim / Sgt. Jim Kincaid (as Kirk Bert)
Antonio Gradoli	...	Capt. Hull
Gustavo De Nardo	...	Sgt. Warwick (as Dean Ardow)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gérard Herter	...	Mr. Silver (uncredited)
Claudio Ruffini	...	Sandy-haired gambler (uncredited)
Pietro Tordi	...	Bartender (uncredited)

Directed by
Mario Bava		(as John M. Old)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Livia Contardi		writer (as Jane Brisbane)
Lorenzo Gicca Palli		screenplay (as Vincent Thomas)
Lorenzo Gicca Palli		story (as Vincent Thomas)
Franco Prosperi		writer (as Charles Price)

Original Music by
Piero Umiliani

Cinematography by
Ubaldo Terzano		(as Bud Third)
Mario Bava		(uncredited)

Film Editing by
Mario Serandrei		(as Wilson Dexter)

Art Direction by
Demofilo Fidani		(as Demos Philos)

Costume Design by
Mila Vitelli Valenza		(as Mila Vance)

Makeup Department
Marisa Laganga	....	hair stylist (as Mary Gang)
Emilio Trani	....	makeup artist (as Leo Travers)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Franco Prosperi	....	assistant director (as Charles Price)

Sound Department
Antonio Bramonti	....	sound
Corrado Volpicelli	....	boom operator

Camera and Electrical Department
Claudio Ragona	....	camera operator (as Claud Raguse)

Other crew
Priscilla Contardi	....	script supervisor (as Priscilla Cooper)

Production Companies

• Comptoir Français du Film Production (CFFP)
• Piazzi
• Protor Film S.r.l.

Distributors

• World Entertainment Corp. (1965) (USA) (dubbed)

Also Known As:

Arizona Bill (France)
The Road to Fort Alamo (USA)

Runtime:

90 min | France:88 min | USA:82 min | West Germany:78 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:Unrated | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Elios Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Comptoir Français du Film Production (CFFP)

Quotes:

[surrounded by Ozark Indians]
Bud Massedy: We've no hope at all.

Cowboys and Indians

"La strada per Fort Alamo" was shot in Italy, not in Spain like most Italian westerns. Director "John Old" alias Mario Bava was obviously influenced by the John Ford classics such as "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon", all just in a much cheaper B-movie style; it has almost nothing in common with the typical "Django pays for your funeral" kind of western. This movie has a good script with good dialogs; it's about a bandit who has to pose as an army officer after he got caught wearing a stolen uniform. When Indians attack, he gets opportunity to show he is a brave good guy. One word to the disappointed Bava fans: surely the master had to earn a living, too, and this is what he did for it. You don't shoot masterpieces like "Danger: Diabolik" or "Mask of Satan" every week. More important than such comparisons is that "La strada per Fort Alamo" is a good quality western in a traditional way, and if you don't expect more than that, it's well worth watching.