Crazy Westerners (1967)
"Little Rita nel West" (original title)

Little Rita has a dream: she dreams of a better world and she believes that all the evil in the world originates from gold. So she has decided to blow up all the gold she can put her hands ... See full summary »

Director:

Ferdinando Baldi

Writers:

Ferdinando Baldi, Franco Rossetti

Stars:

Rita Pavone, Terence Hill, Lucio Dalla

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rita Pavone	...	Little Rita
Terence Hill	...	Black Star
Lucio Dalla	...	Francis
Nina Larker	...	The Orphan
Teddy Reno	...	The Sheriff
Kirk Morris	...	Ringo
Pinuccio Ardia	...	The Barman
Gordon Mitchell	...	Bisonte Seduto / Sitting Bison
Fernando Sancho	...	Sancho
Nini Rosso	...	Mexican Trumpet Player
Gino Pernice	...	Tribunal President Joseph (as Luigi Pernice)
Romano Puppo
Mirella Pamphili	...	(as Mirella Pamfili)
Franco Gulà	...	Old lawyer
Enzo Di Natale

Storyline

Little Rita has a dream: she dreams of a better world and she believes that all the evil in the world originates from gold. So she has decided to blow up all the gold she can put her hands on. In her mission she is assisted by the Indian Chief Bisonte Seduto and by her friend Francis. Little Rita kills Ringo and Django, but she is taken prisoner by the Mexican bandit Sancho who wants to steal her gold. Black Star rescues her and seems determined to help her, but does he?

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Plot Keywords:

gold | outlaw | comic violence | bar shootout | cowboy | 

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Genres:

Musical | Western

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

7 September 1973 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

Crazy Westerners

Company Credits

Production Co:

B.R.C. Produzione S.r.l.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In an obvious attempt to exploit the later success of Trinita played by Terence Hill, this film was re released in France with all the music sequences edited out and the character of Black Star baptized Trinita. A certain amount of jocks and puns was also added in the French translation of the dialogue supposedly to reinforce the comical dimension of the film.

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Connections

Referenced in The Spaghetti West (2005)

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Soundtracks

"Little Rita"
by Gigli and Musy
Sung by Rita Pavone

User Reviews

Is Rita a woman or not ?

Weird Mixture of Western-Parody and Musical. Rita Pavone looks strangely androgynous in this movie, I can't say if she's really a woman or not. O_O

the musical scenes are typical 60s style,and a bit annoying. The overall atmosphere is light-hearted, although the jokes are VERY dated.

I only know the german-dubbed version, so I'm sure the italian dialogue had to be extensively rewritten to make sense in german. This is generally a enjoyable,but still very strange western-parody with outlandish musical songs and equally weird dancing sequences.

Good for your weekend thrash video night. :-)