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Sonny and Jed

Original title: La banda J. & S. - Cronaca criminale del Far West
  • 1972
  • R
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
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Sonny and Jed (1972)
Spaghetti WesternActionAdventureComedyCrimeWestern

A vulgar Mexican social bandit reluctantly takes on an aspiring young outlaw as his partner in crime and love, all while the duo is pursued by a vengeful sheriff and bounty hunters.A vulgar Mexican social bandit reluctantly takes on an aspiring young outlaw as his partner in crime and love, all while the duo is pursued by a vengeful sheriff and bounty hunters.A vulgar Mexican social bandit reluctantly takes on an aspiring young outlaw as his partner in crime and love, all while the duo is pursued by a vengeful sheriff and bounty hunters.

  • Director
    • Sergio Corbucci
  • Writers
    • Sergio Corbucci
    • Sabatino Ciuffini
    • Mario Amendola
  • Stars
    • Tomas Milian
    • Susan George
    • Telly Savalas
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    814
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Sergio Corbucci
    • Writers
      • Sergio Corbucci
      • Sabatino Ciuffini
      • Mario Amendola
    • Stars
      • Tomas Milian
      • Susan George
      • Telly Savalas
    • 11User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Tomas Milian
    Tomas Milian
    • Jed Trigado
    Susan George
    Susan George
    • Sonny Lester Trigado
    Telly Savalas
    Telly Savalas
    • Sheriff Franciscus
    Rosanna Yanni
    Rosanna Yanni
    • Linda Moreno
    • (as Rossana Yanni)
    Franco Giacobini
    • Aparicito
    Eduardo Fajardo
    Eduardo Fajardo
    • Don García Moreno
    Herbert Fux
    Herbert Fux
    • Merril
    Gene Collins
    • Hotel Manager
    • (as Gene Collings)
    Werner Pochath
    Werner Pochath
    • Gunman
    • (as Wernet Pochat)
    Álvaro de Luna
    Álvaro de Luna
    • Sheriff with Bowler Hat
    • (as Alvaro De Luna)
    Pilar Climent
    Luis Aller
    Laura Betti
    Laura Betti
    • Betty
    Rafael Albaicín
    • Don García Henchman
    • (uncredited)
    Francesco Arcuri
      Miguel Armario
        Simón Arriaga
        • Don García Henchman
        • (uncredited)
        José Canalejas
        José Canalejas
        • Don García Henchman
        • (uncredited)
        • Director
          • Sergio Corbucci
        • Writers
          • Sergio Corbucci
          • Sabatino Ciuffini
          • Mario Amendola
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        • Trivia
          Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary discuss this movie at length in the 1/17/23 episode of their Video Archives Podcast.
        • Quotes

          Jed: [eating a bowl of pasta] Whoever thought of spaghetti was a genius. He must have made a damn fortune.

        • Connections
          Featured in Let There Be Sound (2016)

        User reviews11

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        6/10

        Acceptable S.W. about a strange couple professionally directed by Corbucci

        An Italian-Spanish co-production full of action , exaggerated characters, shootouts and lots of violence . The Cuban Thomas Milian, as usual, puts faces, grimaces, crying and overacting, but plays splendidly ; furthermore enjoyable appearance by Susan George , post ¨Straw dogs¨ . The picture tells the lurid criminal story of a famous delinquents couple, detailing a mythologized biography in ¨Bonny and Clyde ¨ style . In the time of the wild west, Jed (top notch Tomas Milian) recently out of jail meets Sonny (gorgeous Susan George), both become bank robbers. The antiheroes go across the American Midwest and South robbing banks , stores and people , embarking in a criminal rampage. They form a criminal gang, without accomplices only for money, for pleasure, for revenge ; they don't care why , rob , kill or how . An obstinate sheriff later blind ( Telly Savalas ) pursues the thieves , and lets nothing detain in his trail of catching them.

        This Western is inferior than previous Corbucci's entries but displays stirring adventures, shootouts, riding pursuits and is pretty amusing. It's an exciting western with breathtaking confronting between the two protagonists and the enemy Telly Savallas dressed in long fur coat and his hoodlums. In spite of some moment is boring I think it turns out to be a good Spaghetti Western . Tomas Milian is fine, he plays similarly his role in ¨Cuchillo¨, as he ravages the screen, he jumps, bounds and leaps, hit and run , but also receives violent punches and hits . Telly Savalas as a cruelly baddie role is terrific, subsequently he would play various spaghetti (Pancho Villa ,A reason to live a reason to die, Land raiders, A town hell) . Furthermore, appears usual secondaries Italian/Spanish Western in brief acting as Alvaro De Luna, Dan Van Husen , Rafael Albaicin , Victor Israel , and of course Eduardo Fajardo , Sergio Corbucci's ordinary. The film blends violence, a love story , tension, high body-count and it's fast moving and quite entertaining . There is plenty of action in the movie , guaranteeing a shootout or stunt every few minutes. There are many fine technicians and nice production design with excellent scenario of barren outdoors, dirty landscapes under a glimmer sun and a fine set on the Almeria landscape. The musician Ennio Morricone, composes a nice soundtrack and well conducted ; it's full of strange sounds in ¨My name is nobody ¨ wake . Striking cinematography by Luis Cuadrado and Alejandro Ulloa with negative well processed . Outdoor sequences filmed at Colmenar, Madrid and of course Almeria, Spain.

        Sergio Corbucci's direction is well crafted , here he's quite cynical and humorous and inclined toward violence and too much action, and contains broad comedy supported on the character played by Tomas Milian . Sergio made several Spaghetti classics: ¨ Django¨, ¨The great silence¨, ¨Hellbenders¨, ¨The specialist¨ , and Zapata Western as ¨The Mercenary¨, ¨The Compañeros¨ and ¨What am I doing in middle of the revolution¨ . In addition Sergio directed other inferior S.W. as ,¨Johnny Oro¨, ¨The white the yellow an the black¨ and ¨Minnesota Clay¨.
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        • Release date
          • March 1974 (United States)
        • Countries of origin
          • Italy
          • West Germany
          • Spain
        • Language
          • Italian
        • Also known as
          • Bandits!
        • Filming locations
          • Desierto de Tabernas, Almería, Andalucía, Spain
        • Production companies
          • Roberto Loyola Cinematografica
          • Producciones Cinematográficas Orfeo
          • Terra-Filmkunst
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        • Runtime
          1 hour 32 minutes
        • Sound mix
          • Mono
        • Aspect ratio
          • 2.35 : 1

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