Run, Man, Run (1968)

Several competing groups and mavericks (including the lead character Cuchillo) are hunting a gold treasure of $3,000,000. The gold was reserved for the Mexican revolution.

Director:

Sergio Sollima

Writers:

Sergio Sollima (story), Sergio Sollima (screenplay)

Stars:

Tomas Milian, Donald O'Brien, Linda Veras

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tomas Milian	...	Manuel 'Cuchillo' Sanchez
Donald O'Brien	...	Nathaniel Cassidy (as Donal O'Brien)
Linda Veras	...	Penny Bannington
Marco Guglielmi	...	Colonel Michel Sévigny
José Torres	...	Ramirez
Luciano Rossi	...	Jean-Paul (as Edward Ross)
Nello Pazzafini	...	Riza
Gianni Rizzo	...	Mayor Christopher Bannington
Dante Maggio	...	Mateos Gonzalez (as Dan May)
Umberto Di Grazia	...	José
Noé Murayama	...	Pablo
Attilio Dottesio	...	Manuel Etchevaria
Orso Maria Guerrini	...	Raul
Federico Boido	...	Steve Wilkins
Calisto Calisti	...	Fernando Lopez

Storyline

Several competing groups and mavericks (including the lead character Cuchillo) are hunting a gold treasure of $3,000,000. The gold was reserved for the Mexican revolution.

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Plot Keywords:

killing a sheriff | italo western | gold | mexican revolution | maverick | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Western

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Italy France

Language:

Italian Spanish

Release Date:

29 August 1968 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Big Gundown 2: Run, Man, Run

Filming Locations:

Desierto de Tabernas, Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mancori, Chretien

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film's title derives from the opening theme to its predecessor, The Big Gundown ("Run Man Run"/"Corri Uomo Corri").

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Connections

Referenced in El Rato Muerto: Tanacompras Vol. 5 - Más que películas (2019)

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Soundtracks

Espanto Enel Corazon
Sung by Tomas Milian
Choir by Cantori Moderni Di Alessandroni (uncredited)
Composed by Ennio Morricone (uncredited), Bruno Nicolai (uncredited) and Giuliano Tilesi (uncredited)
Lyrics by Peter Boom (uncredited)

User Reviews

Revoloutionary Spaghetti Western.

"Run, Man, Run" (1968) is a Revoloutionary Spaghetti Western directed by the third "Sergio" (after Leone and Corbucci) Sergio Sollima. It stars Thomas Milian as Cuchillo the peasant, reprising his role from "The Big Gundown" (1966), who becomes involved in the hunt of a large cache of gold in Texas.

This is a semi-sequel to "The Big Gundown", but like the Dollars trilogy one can be watched without the other and no confusion arise. In fact, it is probably best to watch this and not compare it to the two previous Sollima Westerns as this movie will be found wanting, which is not to say it is a poor film. Quite the opposite, it is very well directed, acted (especially by Milian), scored by Bruno Nicolai (although allegedly Ennio Morricone gave a helping hand) and the cinematography by Guglielmo Mancori is fantastic. It is just that in this picture what you get is absolutely what you see; there isn't any Fascist allegory hiding underneath like there is in "Face to Face" (1967) or the character complexities there is in "The Big Gundown". Perhaps because Sollima is a better director than scriptwriter (this is his only Spaghetti Western where Sergio Donati doesn't have a screenplay credit). Still, this is a very good Western, way above the average fare and a film anybody with even only a superficial knowledge of the genre will acknowledge as a great.