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The Silent Stranger

Original title: Lo straniero di silenzio
  • 1968
  • PG
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
315
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The Silent Stranger (1968)
DramaWestern

An American gunfighter is tasked with delivering a valuable scroll to a feudal lord in Japan, and becomes embroiled in a feud between the lord and his rival cousin over ownership of land owe... Read allAn American gunfighter is tasked with delivering a valuable scroll to a feudal lord in Japan, and becomes embroiled in a feud between the lord and his rival cousin over ownership of land owed to a young princess in their care.An American gunfighter is tasked with delivering a valuable scroll to a feudal lord in Japan, and becomes embroiled in a feud between the lord and his rival cousin over ownership of land owed to a young princess in their care.

  • Director
    • Luigi Vanzi
  • Writers
    • Vincenzo Cerami
    • Giancarlo Ferrando
    • Tony Anthony
  • Stars
    • Tony Anthony
    • Lloyd Battista
    • Hitoshi Ômae
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    315
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    • Director
      • Luigi Vanzi
    • Writers
      • Vincenzo Cerami
      • Giancarlo Ferrando
      • Tony Anthony
    • Stars
      • Tony Anthony
      • Lloyd Battista
      • Hitoshi Ômae
    • 9User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Tony Anthony
    Tony Anthony
    • The Stranger
    Lloyd Battista
    Lloyd Battista
    • The American
    Hitoshi Ômae
    • Lord Motori
    • (as Kin Omae)
    Kanji Ohara
    • Koeta
    Rita Maura
    • Princess Otaka
    • (as Kita Mura)
    Kyôichi Satô
    • Koeta's Henchman
    • (as Sato)
    Yoshio Nukano
    • Motori Samurai
    Raf Baldassarre
    Raf Baldassarre
    • White-Eye
    • (uncredited)
    William Conroy
    • Thief
    • (uncredited)
    Gaetano Scala
    • Thief who shoots Courier
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Luigi Vanzi
    • Writers
      • Vincenzo Cerami
      • Giancarlo Ferrando
      • Tony Anthony
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    • Trivia
      Thanks to a dispute between producer Allen Klein and MGM, the film was shelved and did not open in the U.S. until 1975, seven years after it was produced.
    • Goofs
      The Stranger ask to be paid for the scroll in Ryo in 1884 Japan. Ryo was abolished as being use as a currency unit in Japan after the Meiji Restoration of 1871 and replaced by the Yen.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Story of the Stranger (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      My God How the Money Rolls In
      (uncredited)

      Traditional

      Arranged and sung by Tony Anthony

    User reviews9

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    5/10
    A strange Western in the quirky '60s style that is so Italian
    I saw this movie for the first time today. THE GOOD, BAD AND THE UGLY it isn't....neither was it as bad as PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE or the incredibly boring ISHTAR. Instead STRANGER was somehow strangely appealing in that quirky 'spaghetti western' style so well-known in films like TRINITY and ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST. The lead actor was nearly silent throughout, the Japanese ran around waving samurai swords and behaving unintelligibly, but I found the bizarre juxtaposition of a gunfighter in Shogunate Japan truly interesting.

    I'd watch it again.....
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    • bluegerm
    • Mar 11, 2000

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    • Release date
      • June 20, 1975 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • Japan
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Japanese
      • Apache languages
    • Also known as
      • Samurai on a Horse
    • Filming locations
      • Kyoto, Japan(Japan scenes)
    • Production companies
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
      • ABKCO Films
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    • Budget
      • $1,600,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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