It Can Be Done Amigo (1972)

A drifter with fast fists and a gunfighter-pimp with fast guns help a child claim his inheritance.

Director:

Maurizio Lucidi

Writers:

Ernesto Gastaldi (story), Rafael Azcona (screenplay)

Stars:

Bud Spencer, Jack Palance, Renato Cestiè

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bud Spencer	...	Hiram Coburn
Jack Palance	...	Sonny Bronston
Renato Cestiè	...	Chip Anderson
Francisco Rabal	...	Franciscus
Dany Saval	...	Mary Bronston
Luciano Catenacci	...	James
Roberto Camardiel	...	L'udriaco
Franco Giacobini	...	L'uomo chi mangia la terra
Serena Michelotti	...	La vedova Warren
Manuel Guitián
Sal Borgese
Marcello Verziera	...	(as Margello Verziera)
Dominique Badou
Dante Cleri	...	(as Cleri Dante)
Luciano Pigozzi	...	(as Alan Collins)

Storyline

An outspoken boy and a gunfighter-pimp save a drifter's life from hanging. The boy's uncle dies, leaving a house and some dry, useless land to the boy. The dying uncle has obtained the drifter's promise to help the boy get what is his. Meanwhile the gunfighter has decided that the drifter should marry his daughter after being with her previously. The two get into a series of brawls and shoot-outs until they arrive in the town and find the boy's inheritance -which turns out not to be as useless as it first appears.

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Plot Keywords:

slapstick comedy | italo western | whiskey | boy | drifter | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Western

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

Italy France Spain

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

November 1974 (USA)

Also Known As:

It Can Be Done Amigo

Filming Locations:

Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Atlántida Films, Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld, Sancrosiap

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was shot on the same set that was the McBain ranch from Sergio Leone's Once Upon A Time In The West. In that movie the railroad was supposed to run through the ranch because there was a well on the property. At one point in this movie Bud Spencer even says, 'so this is the famous well.'

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Quotes

[first lines]
Hiram Coburn: How the hell did I ever get stuck with a loser like you?

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Connections

Referenced in Avanti! (1972)

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Soundtracks

Can Be Done
Written by Sergio Bardotti (as Bardotti) and Luis Bacalov (as Enriquez)
Sung by Rocky Roberts

User Reviews

A True Grit style western with a little comedy

While not exactly the same plot as True Grit, it is definitely in the same vein, but this time with slapstick humor interjected throughout. Bud Spencer chops his opponents into submission and Jack Palance goes from goon to goof as the story unfolds.

This has all the parts of a Spaghetti Western: Decent theme song, genre character actors, settings, etc. but winds up a few feet wide of the mark. The humor is decent, especially some of the interactions with Coburn and the boy, and it is an entertaining movie, but I never really warmed up to the gentle giant Coburn (Bud Spencer) and believed his connection with the kid. And I feel like I just have to at least mention the awkward spousal abuse ending ... I guess it was just being historically accurate? Anyways, there are better Western All'Italiana.

Rating: 18/40