Il pistolero segnato da Dio

(Redirected from Two Pistols and a Coward)

Il pistolero segnato da Dio (transl. A Gunfighter Sent by God) is a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Anthony Steffen.[2][page needed][3][page needed]

Il pistolero segnato da dio
Directed byGiorgio Ferroni
Screenplay by
  • Augusto Finocchi
  • Remigio Del Grosso[1]
Story by
  • Augusto Finocchi
  • Giorgio Ferroni[1]
Starring
CinematographySandro Mancori[1]
Edited byGiorgio Ferroni[1]
Music byCarlo Rustichelli[1]
Production
company
G.V. Cinematografica[1]
Release date
  • 29 February 1968 (1968-02-29) (Italy)
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Plot

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Cast

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Production

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Ferroni directed Il pistolero segnato da dio under the name he used for Westerns, Calvin Jackson Padget.[4] It was filmed at Elios Studios and on location in Rome.[4] Richard Stapley spoke about the film, stating that his agents told him Ferroni was a "first-class director", whom he would "have a great time working with him."[5] Stapley recalled that he was furious with the director, as he was cast as "the baddie, which was not the most important part. I had never played a baddie before, but he told me that I would enjoy it, it's always more fun to play the villain."[5] Stapley described the film a having a moderate budget and a considerably longer shooting schedule, recalling that it lasted over six weeks.[5]

In a 1996 interview with journalist Robert Monell, Stapley revealed that Mario Bava partially worked as a cinematographer on Il pistolero segnato da dio, although Sandro Mancori is credited as the film's sole director of photography. Mancori had worked with Bava anonymously on earlier productions.[4]

Release

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Il pistolero segnato da dio was released on February 29, 1968, where it was distributed to Augustus.[4] The film was later re-issued in Italy as Due pistole e un vigliacco.[4]

As of 2013, Il pistolero segnato da Dio was never released in the United States and no English-language version of the film is known to exist.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Il pistolero segnato da Dio (1968)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  2. ^ Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 978-88-04-57277-0.
  3. ^ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 8884405033.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Lucas 2013, p. 758.
  5. ^ a b c Lucas 2013, p. 761.

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