Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di... (1971)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Gianfranco Parolini

Writers:

Renato Izzo (screenplay)
Renato Izzo (story)

Release Date:

4 March 1971 (West Germany)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

Sabata Aims to Kill

Plot:

Master gunslinger Sabata helps some Mexican revolutionaries steal a wagonload of gold. |

Plot Keywords:

Gold | Sequel | Spaghetti Western | Maverick | Character Name In Title

Cast

Yul Brynner	...	Sabata / Indio Black
Dean Reed	...	Ballantine
Ignazio Spalla	...	Escudo (as Pedro Sanchez)
Gérard Herter	...	Colonel Skimmel
Sal Borgese	...	Septiembre
Franco Fantasia	...	Señor Ocaño
Joseph P. Persaud	...	Gitano, Revolutionary who does Flaminco dance of death (as Joseph Persaud)
Andrea Scotti	...	José
Nieves Navarro	...	Saloon Dancer at Kingsville Texas (as Susan Scott)
Luciano Casamonica	...	Juanito, Village Boy
Salvatore Billa	...	Manuel Garcia Otello
Vittorio Fanfoni	...	Barman
Massimo Carocci	...	Juan de los Angeles
Vittorio Caronia	...	1st Lt. Steiner (as Vitti Caronia)
Omar Bonaro	...	Jesus Rivalta

Also Known As:

Adiós, Sabata (Spain)
Adios Sabata (USA)
Indio Black
Indio Sabata
Sabata 2
The Bounty Hunters (UK)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for western violence.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

Italy | Spain

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Germany:16 (re-rating) (2005) | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (1972) | Sweden:15 | UK:A | USA:GP | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA)

Trivia:

"Gitano" is Spanish for "Gypsy".

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Sabata invades Colonel Skimmel's quarters, he sees the reflection of a person hiding behind the door. The person in the reflection is not Hertz.

Quotes:

Major Metternich: [to Ballantine] *I* would not have given you the honor of being executed by a firing squad.

Movie Connections:

References Django (1966)

In name only sequel to the first Sabata film is a very good western worth your time and popcorn

Sort of sequel to the earlier Sabata with Lee Van Cleef, this was filmed as Indio Black and is known as that in several countries. The title was changed when the distributor paid for the right to use the name Sabata from the original films producer. The result is Sabata becomes a dead ringer for Chris, Yul Brynner's character from the Magnificent Seven films (a character Van Cleef was playing in a movie shot at the same time as this).

Aren't the back stage maneuvering of Spaghetti Westerns fun? Some times the stories are more fun than the movies.Fortunately this movie is more fun than the story.

The plot has Sabata (Yul Brenner) helping Mexican revolutionaries attempting to over throw the Emperor Maximilian. Sabata is to steal some gold and then use it to buy guns to attack an evil General. However things don't go as planned and when they go to steal the gold someone else is already there. Add to the whole mix spies, greed and some odd left turns and you get one entertaining, but not very coherent movie.

Don't get me wrong I like this movie a great deal, I just wish it made some sense. Characters appear out of left field when it suits the plot, people don't do anything logical (I mean if you just stole a wagon full of gold you'd make sure that the gold was really there wouldn't you?), after a certain point its never clear if they are keeping the gold or giving it to the revolution. Its enough to drive you crazy if you let it. I didn't since a good many of the spaghetti westerns I've seen make even less sense then this one.

If you like Westerns this is one to see. Its perfect for a rainy Sunday afternoon. I'm still not sure if I think of Brenner's character as Sabata, but it doesn't matter since no matter what he's called he's a kick ass hero with a smart ass mouth. What more could you want?