I quattro dell'Ave Maria (1968)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Giuseppe Colizzi

Writers:

Bino Cicogna (writer)
Giuseppe Colizzi (screenplay)

Release Date:

3 September 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Western

Tagline:

The smile that kills...

Plot:

An outlaw Cat Stevens (Mario Girotti) is saved from the noose and is then hunted by his saviors when he goes back to crime...

Plot Keywords:

Outlaw | Revenge | Bounty Hunter | Robbery | Spaghetti Western

Cast

Eli Wallach	...	Cacopoulos
Terence Hill	...	Cat Stevens
Bud Spencer	...	Hutch Bessy
Brock Peters	...	Thomas
Kevin McCarthy	...	Drake (as Kevin Mc Carthy)
Tiffany Hoyveld	...	Thomas' wife
Federico Boido	...	Drake's blond henchman (as Rick Boyd)
Armando Bandini	...	Bank cashier
Livio Lorenzon	...	Paco Rosa
Steffen Zacharias	...	Harold
Remo Capitani	...	Cangaceiro
Bruno Corazzari	...	Charlie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dante Cleri	...	Bankier, playing cards with Cacopoulos
Antonietta Fiorito
Isa Foster
Franco Gulà	...	Old man, talking to bankier
Corrado Olmi
Aldo Sala	...	Casino employee, trying to break through door
Luciano Telli	...	Roulette player, sitting right beside Cacopoulos
Giuseppe Terranova	...	Treasurer in Casino
Edoardo Torricella	...	Roulette player, sitting left beside croupier (as Eddardo Torricella)

Also Known As:

Ace High (UK) (USA)
Four Gunmen of Ave Maria
Have Gun Will Travel (UK)
Revenge at El Paso
Revenge in El Paso

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for western violence. (re-rated)

Runtime:

132 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:M | UK:15 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1970) | Sweden:15 | USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG-13 (2004 re-rating)

Filming Locations:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Company:

Crono Cinematografica

Quotes:

Hutch Bessy: Even if you're an idiot, I don't see why you want to die so young.

Movie Connections:

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

Mediocre spaghetti Western.

Bud Spencer and Terence Hill click perfectly as a team and Eli Wallach, obviously enjoying himself, provides some funny moments. But the plot is so rambling that for about the first three quarters of the running time (a slow 120 minutes) it is never entirely clear what the various characters are trying to accomplish; they simply seem to be going from one place to another. It all gets more involving in the last 30 minutes or so, but still, if you're not a VERY dedicated fan of the genre, you can safely miss this one - it is nothing special. (**)