Clint el solitario (1967)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Alfonso Balcázar

Writers:

Alfonso Balcázar (screenplay)
Alfonso Balcázar (story)

Release Date:

2 February 1967 (Italy)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

George Martin	...	Clint Harrison
Marianne Koch	...	Kulie Harrison
Gerhard Riedmann	...	Bill O'Brien
Pinkas Braun	...	Don Shannon
Xan das Bolas	...	Simpson
Osvaldo Genazzani
Beni Deus	...	McKInley
Francisco José Huetos	...	Tom Harrison
Remo De Angelis
Fernando Sancho	...	Ross
Renato Baldini	...	Farmer
Walter Barnes	...	Walter Shannon
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paolo Gozlino	...	Dave Shannon

Also Known As:

Clint il solitario (Italy)
Clint the Nevada's Loner (USA) (DVD box title)
Clint the Stranger (USA)
Clint, the Lonely Nevadan (International: English title)
Clint, the Nevada's Loner
Nevada Clint (USA)
Tal der Hoffnung (West Germany)
Una tumba para Johnny Ringo

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

Spain | Italy | West Germany

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:16 (1970)

Company:

Balcázar Producciones Cinematográficas

Movie Connections:

Edited into Spaghetti Western Trailer Show (2007) (V)

A Spaghetti Western Shane!

This rather American-looking spaghetti western has an unusually large German contingent in the cast; Pinkas Braun as the crippled brother, Gerhard Riedmann as the devoted neighbor, and of course the lovely Marianne Koch (A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS) as Julie, Clint's distant wife. Also, it looks as if it was filmed in Bavaria, standing in for Wyoming. In keeping with its SHANE roots, George Martin (very good here) is Clint, a notorious gunslinger, trouble following him everywhere. All he wants is to settle down with his wife and son (who doesn't remember him), but he rides into a range war. The Shannons, led by pa Walter Barnes and their foreman, the great Fernando Sancho, want the valley for their grazing herds. The farmers and small ranchers don't want to leave. Sound familiar? Into this scenario rides Clint, promising his wife he will leave the violent life behind. Complications ensue. This one's pretty good. Wild East has put together two prints, and some of the lines of dialogue here are in German, subtitled in English. The print is nicely widescreen, if not the exact o.a.r., and a nice picture gallery of posters of the film round out the package. This one is especially recommended to the fan of pasta oaters, but all western fans should get a kick out of this winner.