Life Is Tough, Eh Providence?
(1972)
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Life Is Tough, Eh Providence?
(1972)
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| Tomas Milian | ... |
Provvidenza
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Gregg Palmer | ... |
Hurricane Smith
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Janet Agren | ... |
Stella
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Maurice Poli | ... |
Sheriff Keensburg
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Giovanni Cianfriglia | ... |
The Challenger
(as Ken Wood)
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Carla Mancini | ... |
Bathing Girl
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Paul Muller | ... |
Mr. Summitt
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Artemio Antonini |
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Bruno Arié |
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Claude Berthy |
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Mike Bongiorno | ... |
Mike Goodmorning
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Stelio Candelli | ... |
Col. Arthur James
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Omero Capanna | ... |
James Henchman
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Enrico Chiappafreddo |
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Domenico Cianfriglia |
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It is fair to say that Tomas Milan is one of the all time great Spaghetti Western stars (grasping frantically at the poncho of Eastwood, Cleef and Nero). And it is in such good faith that I got my hands on a copy of this movie.
And after watching it, it is fair to say that you could call me confused! Sometimes shockingly bad, othertimes really great fun, I couldn't make up my mind whether it had been 90 minutes well spent or an evening wasted. I think I'll opt for well spent. Just.
Certainly, it is not your average spaghetti western, with Milan a Charlie Chaplin-esq bounty hunter, with a bungling "chunky" sidekick. The character play is a passenger on the Trinity bandwagon, but with an even greater level of stupidity. The Big Gundown it certainly isn't! Nor is it in any way reminiscent of Director Petroni's classic Death Rides a Horse.
The story is not so much one story, as a number of episodes with a very loose link. Thankfully, the strong cast pulls it off, and although I nearly pressed eject several times I did see it through to the end. And was it worth it? Hmmmmm, I just can't seem to make up my mind. But I bet I watch the sequel!