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Ace High

Original title: I quattro dell'Ave Maria
  • 19681968
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 2m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
4.5K
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Terence Hill, Brock Peters, Bud Spencer, and Eli Wallach in Ace High (1968)
ComedyWestern
A recently-escaped bandit forms an unlikely alliance with two bounty hunters and an acrobat to get revenge against the people who framed him.A recently-escaped bandit forms an unlikely alliance with two bounty hunters and an acrobat to get revenge against the people who framed him.A recently-escaped bandit forms an unlikely alliance with two bounty hunters and an acrobat to get revenge against the people who framed him.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
4.5K
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    • Giuseppe Colizzi
    • Giuseppe Colizzi(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Terence Hill
    • Bud Spencer
    • Eli Wallach
    • Giuseppe Colizzi
    • Giuseppe Colizzi(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Terence Hill
    • Bud Spencer
    • Eli Wallach
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    • 30User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
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    Terence Hill in Ace High (1968)
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    Terence Hill and Bud Spencer in Ace High (1968)
    Eli Wallach in Ace High (1968)
    Eli Wallach in Ace High (1968)
    Eli Wallach in Ace High (1968)
    Bud Spencer in Ace High (1968)
    Brock Peters, Bud Spencer, and Eli Wallach in Ace High (1968)
    Terence Hill in Ace High (1968)
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    Terence Hill
    Terence Hill
    • Cat Stevens
    Bud Spencer
    Bud Spencer
    • Hutch Bessy
    Eli Wallach
    Eli Wallach
    • Cacopoulos
    Brock Peters
    Brock Peters
    • Thomas
    Kevin McCarthy
    Kevin McCarthy
    • Drake
    • (as Kevin Mc Carthy)
    Livio Lorenzon
    • Paco Rosa
    Steffen Zacharias
    • Harold
    • (as Stephen Zacharias)
    Tiffany Hoyveld
    • Thomas' Wife
    Armando Bandini
    Armando Bandini
    • Bank Cashier
    Remo Capitani
    Remo Capitani
    • Cangaceiro
    Federico Boido
    Federico Boido
    • Drake's blond henchman
    • (as Rick Boyd)
    Isa Foster
    • Cacopoulos' Woman
    Bruno Corazzari
    Bruno Corazzari
    • Charlie
    Dante Cleri
    • Bankier, playing cards with Cacopoulos
    Antonietta Fiorito
      Aldo Sala
      • Casino employee, trying to break through door
      Giuseppe Terranova
      • Treasurer in Casino
      Edoardo Torricella
      • Roulette player, sitting left beside croupier
        • Giuseppe Colizzi
        • Giuseppe Colizzi(screenplay)
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      • Trivia
        The second teaming of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer.
      • Goofs
        When Hutch lifts the hat off of a corpse, the corpse's actor is clearly breathing.
      • Quotes

        Hutch Bessy: Cacopoulos. What kind of a name is that?

        Cacopoulos: A Greek name. My grandfather was a Greek. He was a Greek, like Sophocles, Aristophanes, Plato, Homer.

        [He looks around and notices the guards getting tired, so he shifts his tone to a softer, sweeter one]

        Cacopoulos: And like Ulysses, he had to keep traveling. He never suffered from homesickness, my grandfather. Oh no. And so, he left the schooner on which he had embarked, and continued his travels on foot, bouncing from place to place, trading in skins, until he came to a Cherokee tribe. And there he was admired by an Indian girl, or he admired her, I don't know which. But the fact is, among other children, my father too was born. And he grew up and raised a family in a small mining town. And he had just the time to do it... when someone shot him dead. And my grandfather told of it, had to get his son's body... and he had to take me, too, still teething... back to his tribe. And I cried... And I cried... And I cried...

      • Alternate versions
        The Italian uncut version is 132 minutes long. The US version is 122 minutes. Other international versions are 117-118 minutes.
      • Connections
        Edited into Spaghetti Western Trailer Show (2007)

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      6/10
      Ravioli and Fagioli Western from Giuseppe Colizzi trilogy with Terence Hill as Cat Stevens and Spencer as Hutch
      I Quattro dell'Ave Maria (original title) is an entertaining and amusing Macaroni Western starred by the notorious Italian couple , Hill and Spencer , pre-Trinity and Bambino . Likable Terence Hill and stocky Bud Spencer team up again as the valiant and enjoyable duo . The agreeable crew makes a new adventure movie plenty of fist-play , action , shootouts and entertainment . This fun Pipperone Western deals with our intimate friends in Far West , they're two bank-robbers , the blue-eyes and sympathetic Terence Hill as Cat Stevens and a grumpy and goofy Bud Spencer as Hutch . Then appears Cacopoulos (Eli Wallach) , a cunning thief who arranges to save himself from being hung on a fake charge , as he breaks out and steals Cat Stevens (Mario Girotti or Terence Hill , Massimo Giroti'son ) and Hutch Bessy (Carlo Perdesoli or Bud Spencer) a lot of cash and he also robs their horses . This results in a merry pursuit and Stevens and Bessy turn into unwilling allies in Cacopoulus' vendetta against the people who double-crossed him and accused him to get their loot back . Cat Stevens and Hutch unite Cacopoulus , after that , the trio joins forces with a circus artist (Brock Peters) taking on nasties . Nevertheless , the cruel baddie is still alive and seeks avenge , he is a relentless saloon owner (Kevin MacCarthy of Invasion of the body snatchers) and supported by ominous hoodlums .

      This funny story contains crossfire , the usual slight fights and a little bit of action , pursuits and circus spectacle . The humor is based on physical and personality differences of the starring , as Terence Hill is the sympathetic and brave hero and Bud Spencer is the corpulent and hunk man . The movie contains gun-play , action Western , bloody spectacle and fist-fights . The film isn't always good , sometimes is fresh and diverting and on a couple of memorable occasions , it's frankly delicious . Terence Hill as a two-fisted gunslinger and Spencer as a bouncing hunk are good but still not personified the Trinity hero characters . Later on , the 'big time' duo of Spaghetti Western with humor such as ¨They call me Trinity¨, ¨ Trinity is still my name ¨ and sequels as ¨Troublemakers¨ were run out and for that reason were transfered in modern era film , playing the police/action genre and adventures as ¨All the way boys¨ also titled ¨Plane crazy¨ ; after that , they starred the successful ¨ Miami police series ¨, which belong the followings : ¨Crime Busters¨ , ¨Superfuzz¨ and ¨Supercops in Miami¨. However , being the great American actor Eli Wallach from ¨Actor's Studio¨ who steals the show as Cacopoulus , a similar role to Tucco he performed in ¨The good , the bad and the ugly¨ . At the picture appears customary Spaghetti secondaries who played ordinary characters as villains in numerous Spanish/Italian Western as Livio Lorenzon as Paco Rosa , Steffen Zacharias as Harold , Rick Boyd as Drake's blond henchman , Bruno Corazzari as Charlie , Frank Braña and Riccardo Pizzuti ,habitual secondary in Hill-Spencer films . The movie is finely photographed by director of photography Marcello Masciocchi , and of course is shot in Almeria , Spain, location where were filmed hundreds of Western in the 60s and 70s . Evocative as well as atmospheric musical score by the usual Carlo Rustichelli , conducted by Bruno Nicolai , ordinary collaborator to Ennio Morricone .

      The motion picture was regularly directed and produced by Giuseppe Colizzi . Giuseppe directed a trilogy starred by Hill and Spencer as Cat Stevens and Hutch Bessy respectively . The first , superior and the best outing was ¨Dio Perdona..¨ with Frank Wolf and Jose Luis Martin ; this second installment also titled ¨Four gunmen of Ave Maria¨ or ¨Ace high¨ with the great Eli Wallach and more camp tendencies ; and the third is ¨Boot Hill¨ with Woody Strode , Eduardo Ciannelli , George Eastman , Alberto DellÁcqua and Romano Puppo . A bit later on , Colizzi again directed Hill and Spencer at an adventure movie titled ¨Più Forte, Ragazzi!" or ¨All the Way Boys" or "Plane Crazy" , USA title . Giuseppe subsequently realized another buddy movie ¨Joe and Margherito¨ with Keith Carradine and Tom Skerrit , being his last movie a real flop titled ¨Switch¨ , starred by Annie Belle , until his early death at fifty years old . The flick will appeal to famous pair fans , in fact , this was the second teaming of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer .
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        • September 3, 1969 (United States)
        • Italy
        • Italian
        • Spanish
        • French
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        • Almería, Andalucía, Spain
      • Production companies
        • Cronocinematografica S.p.a.
        • San Marco
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      • 2 hours 2 minutes
        • Mono

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