Death Walks in Laredo
| Death Walks in Laredo | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Enzo Peri |
| Produced by | Carmine Bologna |
| Written by |
Enzo Peri Piero Regnoli |
| Music by | Marcello Giombini |
| Cinematography | Otello Martelli |
| Edited by | Adriana Novelli |
Death Walks in Laredo (Italian: Tre pistole contro Cesare, also known as Three Golden Boys and The Pistol, the Karate and the Eye), is a 1966 Italian spaghetti western film directed by Enzo Peri and shot in Algeria.[1][2] It is also influenced by the Sword-and-sandal film genre.[3]
Plot
Three men are each provided with a part of a map and a photograph from the time when they were children: the US-American Whitey, the Frenchman Étienne and the Japanese Lester. Their maps lead all of them to the same gold mine. When they meet they figure out they are all sons of the late mine owner Langdon. The land around the mine has been bequeathed to them and the saloon girl Mady who they recognise as their sister. Nonetheless their heritage is under the sway of megalomaniac gangster boss Fuller, who dresses in toga and lives in a Roman-style palace with local women performing erotic dances. As a team they must fight him and his gang of thugs (who do wear Western outfit).
Cast
- Thomas Hunter: Whitey Selby
- James Shigeta: Lester Koto
- Nadir Moretti: Étienne Devereaux
- Enrico Maria Salerno: Giulio Cesare Fuller
- Delia Boccardo: Mady
- Gianna Serra: Debbie
- Femi Benussi: Tula
- Umberto D'Orsi: Bronson
- Ferruccio De Ceresa: Professor
References
- ↑ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 8884405033.
- ↑ Marco Giusti. Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 8804572779.
- ↑ Fridlund, Bert: The Spaghetti Western. A Thematic Analysis. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company Inc., 2006 pp. 256-57.