E poi lo chiamarono il magnifico (1972)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Enzo Barboni

Writer:

Enzo Barboni (written by)

Release Date:

28 September 1972 (West Germany)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Western

Tagline:

He's A Fun-of-a-Gun!

Plot:

By his dying father's last wish Joe is sent to the Wild West to become a real guy. The dreamy young man despises guns and fights...

Plot Keywords:

Bicycle | Spaghetti Western | Greenhorn | Cowboy | Hit In The Face

Cast

Terence Hill	...	Sir Thomas Fitzpatrick Phillip Moore
Gregory Walcott	...	Bull Schmidt
Yanti Somer	...	Candida Austin
Dominic Barto	...	Monkey Smith
Harry Carey Jr.	...	Holy Joe (as Harry Carey)
Enzo Fiermonte	...	Frank Austin
Danika La Loggia	...	Iris
Riccardo Pizzuti	...	Morton Clayton
Jean Louis	...	Prison Warden
Alessandro Sperli	...	Tim
Sal Borgese	...	Bounty Hunter #2 (as Salvatore Borgese)
Steffen Zacharias	...	Stagecoach Driver
Luigi Casellato	...	Boarding House Owner
Pupo De Luca	...	Prison Director
Rigal Suzanne Leone

Also Known As:

A Man from the East
El Magnifico (Italy)
Et maintenant, on l'appelle El Magnifico (France)
Magnifico, l'uomo dell'Est (Italy)
Man of the East (UK)

Runtime:

Germany:125 min | USA:123 min

Country:

Italy | France | Yugoslavia

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | Canada:AA (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Plitvice, Yugoslavia

Company:

Jadran Film

Quotes:

Holy Joe: [reading the Englishman's last letter] I don't know whether I'll find rich green grass or tough weeds up there. But, if there's rich grass, praise be to God! If there's nothing but weeds... praise be to God. The only thing I'll miss is your friendship. For the rest, I have no regrets.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Profession: Acrobat - An Afternoon with Riccardo Pizzuti (2008) (V)

Funny Spaghetti Western with humor, mirth and amusing

This Western comedy deals about the young man, Sir Thomas(Terence Hill),he's a dandy from East who goes to the West following the last wish his deceased father. His mentors are a trio sympathetics crooks, Bull,Holly Joe and Monkey(Gregory Walcott,Harry Carey Jr,Barto). The cocky Thomas carries a bicycle and wearing elegant clothes. The veteran friends teach him the West manners and training him for shooting. Thomas Moore must to fight himself against a nasty enemy named Morton(Ricardo Pizzuti)who is jealous of his girlfriend(Yanti Somer),daughter of a baronland(Enzo Fiermonte).

The film contains action-Western, shootouts, fist-play, humor with tongue in cheek and is pretty bemusing. It's an entertaining film with enjoyable comedy in the wake of Trinity and Bambino. Agreeable casting with a likable Terence Hill( though I miss Bud Spencer)as a naive East young man, Yanti Somer(Trinity is still my name)as a gorgeous girl looking for the dreamt prince riding on a white horse. Furthermore, Harry Carey Jr, as a nice preacher, he's an usual secondary for John Ford films, Gregory Walcott as a tough illiterate and ,of course, Ricardo Pizzuti, Hill's habitual antagonist and whom receive the knocks and kicks. Adequate cinematography and jolly musical score including songs by the habitual Guido and Mauricio De Angelis. This is a co-production French-Italian, mostly produced by Alberto Grimaldi(Pea Productions), famous producer of ¨Dollars trilogy¨ by Sergio Leone. The motion picture is well directed by Enzo Barboni or E. B. Clucher.He was a noted cameramen including classic Spaghetti Western(Djiango,Goobye Texas,Hellbenders), but with the hit of ¨Trinity is my name¨ left it and turned to film-making, and directed the following ¨Trinity is still my name¨ and the third outing ¨Trinity and Bambino, the legend lives on¨, plus another Hill and Spencer vehicles.