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Ten Killers from Afar

Original title: Il mio nome è Scopone e faccio sempre cappotto
  • 1974
  • PG
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
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Anthony Steffen in Ten Killers from Afar (1974)
ComedyWestern

Dallas tries to regain his father's farm which he lost in a card game with Kelly. But Kelly is now dead and his daughter, Glenda, doesn't know how to play poker. There are also rumors of a h... Read allDallas tries to regain his father's farm which he lost in a card game with Kelly. But Kelly is now dead and his daughter, Glenda, doesn't know how to play poker. There are also rumors of a hidden treasure.Dallas tries to regain his father's farm which he lost in a card game with Kelly. But Kelly is now dead and his daughter, Glenda, doesn't know how to play poker. There are also rumors of a hidden treasure.

  • Director
    • Juan Bosch
  • Writers
    • Juan Bosch
    • Renato Izzo
  • Stars
    • Anthony Steffen
    • Fernando Sancho
    • Gillian Hills
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.7/10
    60
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Juan Bosch
    • Writers
      • Juan Bosch
      • Renato Izzo
    • Stars
      • Anthony Steffen
      • Fernando Sancho
      • Gillian Hills
    • 3User reviews
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    Anthony Steffen and Gillian Hills in Ten Killers from Afar (1974)
    Anthony Steffen in Ten Killers from Afar (1974)
    Anthony Steffen and Gillian Hills in Ten Killers from Afar (1974)
    Ten Killers from Afar (1974)
    Anthony Steffen in Ten Killers from Afar (1974)
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    Anthony Steffen
    Anthony Steffen
    • Dallas
    Fernando Sancho
    Fernando Sancho
    • Aguadulce
    Gillian Hills
    Gillian Hills
    • Glenda Kelly
    Ricardo Palacios
    Ricardo Palacios
    • Rompemanos
    Sergio Doré
    • Brownville Sheriff
    • (as Sergio Dore)
    Attilio Severini
    • Curt
    Gaspar 'Indio' González
    • Logan
    • (as Gaspar González)
    Ricardo Moyán
    • Bart Bright
    Juan Miguel Solano
    • Bright Brother
    • (as Juan M. Solano)
    Juan Torres
    • Maldonado Leader
    Robert Hundar
    Robert Hundar
    • Doug Bright
    Karin Heske
    Karin Heske
    Ralph Birks
    Antonio Mayans
    Antonio Mayans
    César Ojinaga
    • Reverendo
    Fernando Palacios
    • Buster
    Ángel Aranda
    Ángel Aranda
    Frank Braña
    Frank Braña
    • Director
      • Juan Bosch
    • Writers
      • Juan Bosch
      • Renato Izzo
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    4/10
    Bemusing and inferior Paella/Spaghetti Western co-produced by Spain/Italy starred by two greatest stars : Anthony Steffen and Fernando Sancho
    This is an entertaining as well as comical Chorizo/Pasta Western that packs stirring adventures , shootouts , chases , vengeance , crosses and double-crosses and being amusing enough , adding customary actors from Spaghetti/Paella Western . Tortilla/Ravioli Western starred by ordinary actors and a plethora of familiar faces in the support cast . It deals with Dallas (Anthony Steffen), a roguish drifter and card player who attempts to regain his dad's farm which he lost in a card game with Kelly. He finds Kelly recently deceased and his daughter Glenda (Gillian Hills) as only heir , but the latter doesn't know how to play poker . Dallas to be aware there are also rumors of a hidden treasure at a mine with plenty of emeralds . As Glenda has inherited the property which is rumored to contain a fabulous buried treasure . In order to get his purports Dallas frees bandit Aguadulce (Fernando Sancho) who is locked at the local jail , by using dynamite to escape . Along the way , Glenda , who's sheriff's niece , attempts at whatever cost to to defend the farm from Doug Bright (Robert Hundar) and his brothers who want the property for a valuable mine and there's another gang led by Rompemanos (Ricardo Palacios) who want to take the emeralds . Killer's Code: Steal Their Land... Take Their Women!

    This forgotten S. W. packs thrills , action , treason , hilarious scenes, lots of shots , gunplay and struggles in Terence Hill/Bud Spencer style . All in all, this film is predominantly a Spanish film rather than an Italian one . It's a two country co-production but is clearly dominated by the Spanish contingent and the traditional leanings of the Spanish producers of the time have their stamp on the entire proceedings . There is plenty of action , a number of gunfights and fistfights and humor with tongue firmly in cheek , guaranteeing shoot'em up , pursuits or stunts every few minutes . It packs fun and enjoyable final fights in the mud in similar style to ¨John Wayne's McLintock! (1963)¨ . It's an exciting SW with continuous confrontation between starring Anthony Steffen and the enemies : Fernando Sancho, Robert Hundar , Ricardo Palacios and their hoodlums , and along the way , happening shootouts , surprises and double-crosses . The picture is well starred by Anthony Steffen-Antonio De Teffe- , he plays a drifting gunman who attempts to win back the family farm he lost to Kelly in a card game and after Dallas ends up driving off Doug Bright and his band . Steffen began playing secondary roles into typical examples of popular Italian films of the late 50s as sword and sandal epics , comedies, adventures and was with spaghetti westerns that renamed achieved worldwide stardom . His acting is often accused of being wooden, but in many manners is ideally suited to playing the steely-faced gunslinger synonymous with the genre . His others successes include well liked features as ¨Seven Dollars to Kill¨ , ¨The last Mohican¨, ¨Train for Durango¨, ¨Gentleman Jo¨ , ¨Four dollars for Django¨, ¨Shango¨, ¨Arizona colt¨, ¨Apocalypse Joe¨ and several others . However , the three botcher baddies : Fernando Sancho , Ricardo Palacios and Robert Hundar steal the spectacle with their usual antics , frolics and shoddiness . In addition , there appears usual secondaries of Spanish/Italian Western , such as : Antonio Mayans, César Ojinaga , Gaspar 'Indio' González , among others .

    There are many fine technicians and nice assistant direction , acceptable production design , an atmospheric scenario on the villages , ranch , and barren outdoors , rocky mountains , dirty landscapes under a glimmer sun and fine sets filmed in Fraga , Huesca , Park of Montseny and Spluglues de Llobregat , Barcelona , Spain , and Lacio , Rome Italy . Nevertheless , failed cinematography by cameraman Julio Pérez de Rozas , being really necessary a perfect remastering because the film copy is worn-out. Musician Marcelo Giombini composes a silly , humorous soundtrack , including anticlimatic sounds . This is one of the uncountable Westerns that the Spanish producers were joined by Italian financers as Alberto Grimaldi from PEA productions , who established around Madrid , Almeria or Fraga (Huesca) , especially to shoot the exteriors, a new stable center for filming westerns . The picture titled ¨ Il mio nome è Scopone e faccio sempre cappotto¨or ¨Dallas¨(1974) was lousily directed by Juan Bosch, containing some flaws , failures and gaps. This craftsman was a Spanish writer/filmmaker who so consistently mixed the good with the mediocre that it became quite impossible to know what to expect from him next . Bosch was a Spanish artisan who wrote and directed films of all kinds of genres such as Spaghetti Western : "Dallas", "God in heaven Arizona on Earth", "And the crows will dig your grave" , "My horse my gun your widow", "Ciudad Maldita", "Stagecoach of the condemned", "They believed he was no Saint" . Comedy : " Mauricio mon amour" , "40 años sin sexo", "Caray con el divorcio", "Rolls para Hipolito" . Terror : " Secta Siniestra" and Giallo : "The killer with a thousand eyes", "The killer wore gloves" . Rating 4.5/10. Only for Spaghetti hardcore aficionados . An euro-western of the final period which, although far from the postulates Leonianos .
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    • Release date
      • June 5, 1974 (Italy)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • Spain
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    • Languages
      • Italian
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Ten Killers Came from Afar
    • Filming locations
      • Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    • Production companies
      • Produzioni Europee Associate (PEA)
      • Producciones Cinematográficas Cine XX
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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