È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta (1971)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Gianfranco Parolini

Writers:

Renato Izzo (writer)
Gianfranco Parolini (writer)

Release Date:

3 September 1971 (Italy)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

The man with gunsight eyes is back!

Plot:

Master gunslinger Sabata arrives in Hobsonville, a town completely owned by McIntock, a robber baron...

Plot Keywords:

Money | Surrealism | Subjective Camera | Male Female Relationship | Texas

Cast

Lee Van Cleef	...	Sabata / Major
Reiner Schöne	...	Clyde / Lieutenant
Giampiero Albertini	...	Joe McIntock
Ignazio Spalla	...	Bronco (as Pedro Sanchez)
Annabella Incontrera	...	Maggie, Saloon Girl
Jacqueline Alexandre	...	Jackie McIntock
Aldo Canti	...	Angel, acrobat (as Nick Jordan)
Vassili Karis	...	Bionda, acrobat (as Karis Vassili)
Steffen Zacharias	...	Donovan
Pia Giancaro		(as Maria Pia Giancaro)
John Bartha	...	Sheriff (as Janos Bartha)
Günther Stoll	...	Circus Show Man (as Gunther Stoll)
Carmelo Reale
Franco Fantasia
Ileana Rigano		(as Ilenna Rigano)

Also Known As:

Le retour de Sabata (France)
Return of Sabata
Sabata kehrt zurück (West Germany)
The Return of Sabata (Australia)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Italy | France | West Germany

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Spain:T | West Germany:16 (nf) | Germany:16 (DVD rating) | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-16 | France:-16 | Italy:VM18 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video rating) (1998) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Artemis Film

Trivia:

One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by Harry Medved and Randy Lowell.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Sabata and the goons are about to play the "see-saw game" in the saloon, Sabata is seen putting on his gloves, then they pan out to a long shot of the entire saloon and he's gloveless. When they return to the close-up of Sabata, he's wearing the gloves again.

Quotes:

Friend: I give you my word.
Sabata: It's pretty difficult to cash that.

Movie Connections:

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

Solid continental western

Sabata returns (again) to kick a** and earn cash. Van Cleef is good and there is a lot of visual interest in this action story. I particularly liked the shots of Sabata and friends cresting various sand dunes. The acrobats and other characters from the other Sabata films are also back, once again with new names (very much like Eastwood's "no name" character who, contrary to myth, in fact has 3 names) presumably so they can be killed off again. I had a lot of fun watching it, but 3 days later I can't really remember what it was about. Well, heck, it's still a good movie!