Any Gun Can Play
(1967)
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Any Gun Can Play
(1967)
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| Edd Byrnes | ... |
Clayton - The Banker
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George Hilton | ... |
The Stranger /
Lo Straniero /
Django /
- un cacciatore di taglie
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| Gilbert Roland | ... |
Monetero - un celebre fuorilegge
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Stefania Careddu | ... |
Marisol ('Guapa')
(as Kareen O'Hara)
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José Torres | ... |
Jose Huerta - the Colonel
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Ivano Staccioli | ... |
Il capitano
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Gérard Herter | ... |
Lawrence Blackman (Allied Insurance)
(as Gerard Herter)
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Ignazio Spalla | ... |
Pajondo /
Bahunda
(as Pedro Sanchez)
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Adriana Giuffrè | ... |
Conchetta
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Valentino Macchi | ... |
Charro Ruiz
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Riccardo Pizzuti | ... |
Paco (the undertaker)
(as Rick Piper)
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Biagio Gambini | ... |
Pablo
(as Rodolfo Valadier)
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Marco Mariani | ... |
Il sergente yankee
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A gang of bandits rob a train of it's one million dollar gold shipment. Once the gang's leader makes off with the pot he's pursued by a bounty hunter... See full synopsis »
There's considerable amount of money behind this production, so the look of it is very good. It includes some interesting appearances by Gilbert Roland, Eddie Burns, and a brief cameo at the beginning by Christopher Lee. There are a few exciting gunfights, and a humorous bit or two - the satire on Django, the Man with No Name, and Sabata is amusing, especially when they are given the names of failed presidents of the Mexico revolution.
The trouble is, there isn't any purpose in satirizing the Spaghetti Western as is attempted here. The key element in the Spaghettis is IRONY, which easily blends into comedy; in fact the source of all Spaghetti's is Kurosawa's Yojimbo, which is universally recognized as one of the great black comedies of all time, and most Spaghettis easily slipped over the edge into real comedy of a very sophisticated variety. Perhaps the best evidence of this is found in the Trinity films, which are both openly Spaghettis and openly slap-stick comedy. So why bother satirizing a genre that - by its very nature - satirizes itself? Consequently, I found the whole enterprise essentially unconvincing. None of these characters were people I would ever care about, the story was generically cliché, and the production values only reflected the money involved, not the passion of the director. Over all, a banal and futile effort to cash in on the phenomenon it mocks.