Wanted (1967)

A local sheriff is unjustly accused of murder in a small town and forced to flee. He gets rid of his enemies one by one and tries to prove his innocence.

Director:

Giorgio Ferroni

Writers:

Augusto Finocchi (story), Massimiliano Capriccioli (story),

Stars:

Giuliano Gemma, Germán Cobos, Teresa Gimpera

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Giuliano Gemma	...	Gary Ryan
Germán Cobos	...	Martin Heywood (as German Cobos)
Teresa Gimpera	...	Evelyn
Serge Marquand	...	Frank Lloyd
Daniele Vargas	...	Gold - il sindaco
Gia Sandri	...	Cheryl
Nello Pazzafini	...	Padre Carmelo
Benito Stefanelli	...	Billy Baker
Carlo Hinterman	...	Giudice Anderson (as Carlo Hintermann)
Furio Meniconi	...	Jeremiah Prescott
Tullio Altamura	...	Ellis
Riccardo Pizzuti	...	Mathias
Rosella Orr
Marco Bogliani
Franco Balducci	...	Cuzack

Storyline

A local sheriff is unjustly accused of murder in a small town and forced to flee. He gets rid of his enemies one by one and tries to prove his innocence.

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Plot Keywords:

sheriff | disarming someone | bar fight | villain arrested | small western town | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Romance | Western

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

22 March 1967 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Desperados för dollar

Company Credits

Production Co:

Documento Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

German Import DVD has a Super-8 Version (German language only), as a special feature on the disc.

User Reviews

Not Quite "Spaghetti" Euro Western

In spite of what my fellow commenter states this is a fabulous Euro Western film by visionary director Giorgio Ferroni, who endows what might be an otherwise routine Oater about organized cattle rustling into a unique genre pastiche. Giuliano Gemma is well suited to the role of the lawman wrongly fingered for a crime he didn't commit seeking justice south of the border amongst the heavily made up extra actors who look about as authentic as Mexican peasants as the Little Rascals would.

What makes the film work is Ferroni's visual prowess, combining sound stage footage with location work (some of which looks like Yugoslavia or maybe France) and a profound grasp of how to use color to make visual compositions that just happen to represent a cowboy movie. This one isn't quite a "Spaghetti Western", with a plot-heavy story rather than the usual posturing and exaggerated artiness of a Leone or Corbucci film. There are very few closeups of people's shoes, and the action sequences are more or less straightforward. The movie existed on the page before being visually realized.

And for that reason I find it interesting; there is a surrealist bent going on here creating realities that are more "real" than a John Ford movie. What the movie may be lacking in terms of authenticity or visual flair is more than compensated for by a deliberate sense of composition. The movie looks like a storyboarded cartoon or graphic novel rather than a sprawling, dusty film epic, and the attention to character & set detail is refreshing. Here is a movie that fretted over the way every frame would look in a very painterly manner that will delight hardcore fans of the genre, but with restrained enough violence to recommend this for viewers of all ages. And how often can you say that about a Spaghetti Western?

7/10