Bullet in the Flesh

Bullet and the Flesh
Bullet and the Flesh
Directed by	Marino Girolami
Screenplay by	Gino De Santis
Story by	Gino De Santis
Starring	Rod Cameron; Patricia Viterbo; Enio Girolami;
Cinematography	Mario Fioretti
Edited by	Enzo Girolami
Music by	Carlo Savina
Production; companies	Marco Film; Cinéurop, Neuilly-sur-Seine; Hesperia Films;
Distributed by	Panta Cinematografica
Release date	1964;
Countries	Italy; Spain; France;

Bullet in the Flesh (Italian: Il piombo e la carne) is a 1964 Spaghetti Western film directed by Marino Girolami.

Plot edit

Problems develop when a lumber baron Nathaniel Master's daughter Mabel falls in love with the Indian chief of the Cherokees whose land he wants to steal.

Cast edit

Rod Cameron as Nathaniel Masters
Patricia Viterbo as Mabel Masters
Ennio Girolami as Sam Masters
Bruno Piergentili as Chata
Manuel Zarzo as Nelson Masters
Consalvo Dell'Arti as judge
Dante Maggio as Bob Raskin
Enzo Maggio as client
Carla Calò as Peggy
Alfredo Mayo as Mortimer Lasky
Piero Lulli as Jonathan
Tota Alba as Minnie

Production edit

Bullet in the Flesh's screenplay and story were created by Gino De Santis^[1] De Santis' story differed from other European Western's released between 1964 and 1966 which usually depicted cavalry heroes and Indian villains with author Kevin Grant stated that they "showed little interest in Native Americans as people."^[3] Grant stated that De Santis's story was a rare exception from the period where it was sympathetic towards the Cherokee tribe whose woodland idyll is under threat from a bigoted white logging family.^[3]

Release edit

Bullet in the Flesh was first distributed in 1964.^[2]^[4] It was distributed by Panta Cinematografica in Italy.^[1]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Il piombo e la carne (1964)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Grant 2011, p. 435.
^ ^a ^b Grant 2011, p. 41.
^ Grant 2011, p. 434.