I'll Sell My Skin Dearly (1968)
"Vendo cara la pelle" (original title)

Director:

Ettore Maria Fizzarotti

Writer:

Giovanni Simonelli

Stars:

Mike Marshall, Michèle Girardon, Valerio Bartoleschi

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Mike Marshall	...	Shane
Michèle Girardon	...	Georgiana
Valerio Bartoleschi	...	Kristian
Dane Savours	...	Ralph Magdalena
Spartaco Conversi	...	Benson
Germano Longo	...	Domenique Magdalena (as Grant Laramy)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

spaghetti western | bar shootout | street shootout

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Genres:

Western

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

16 May 1968 (Italy)

Also Known As:

I'll Sell My Skin Dearly

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinemar

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Come se fosse gia autunno"
By Enrico Ciacci, Marcello Marrocchi and Gaspari
Performed by Nico

User Reviews

Revenge without mercy?

After the whole family of Shane (Mike Marshall) was murdered, he is seeking revenge. Being merciless in the beginning (he even buries one villain alive!), meeting a beautiful young widow (Michele Girardon) and her son makes him slowly change his mind. His obsession with revenge (the camera just loves to make close-ups of Mike Marshall's steel-blue eyes staring wildly) gradually fades away. Especially when he finds out that one of the villains he has hunted has become a monk because he regretted his deeds. Will Shane be able to forgive?

At first this seems like an average revenge western among a thousand others, but it stands out from the crowd by a slightly more thoughtful attitude of director Fizzarotti, whose only western this is. Revenge isn't just a natural way of life (or rather, death), it is questionable sometimes. Also the movie has an interesting cast. You may recognize one familiar face, Spartaco Conversi, from 'Once Upon A Time In the West' among the bandits, for example. Voted 7/10