Don't Touch the White Woman!
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| Directed by | Marco Ferreri |
| Written by | Marco Ferreri Rafael Azcona |
| Produced by | Jean-Pierre Rassam Jean Yanne Alain Sarde |
| Starring | Marcello Mastroianni Catherine Deneuve Darry Cowl Alain Cuny Ugo Tognazzi Michel Piccoli Philippe Noiret Paolo Villaggio Franca Bettoia Monique Chaumette |
| Cinematography | Étienne Becker |
| Edited by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| Music by | Philippe Sarde |
| Distributed by | Image Entertainment |
Release date | 23 January 1974 |
Running time | 110 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $1,402,866[1] |
Don't Touch the White Woman! is a 1974 French-Italian Western comedy film directed by Marco Ferreri.[2]
Plot[]
A fictionalized version of Custer's Last Stand, set at a real building site in Paris, France. Marcello Mastroianni stars as General George Armstrong Custer. Buffalo Bill Cody (Michel Piccoli) portrays a charlatan media impresario. Ugo Tognazzi gives a fictional portrayal of Mitch Bouyer one of Custer's Native American scouts, who runs a business selling Native artifacts made in sweatshops by white women. Alain Cuny plays Sitting Bull who must defend his people when their apartment building homes are destroyed by the Union Cavalry. The film climaxes with the Battle of the Little Bighorn held in a large construction excavation where Les Halles market once was.
Cast[]
- Catherine Deneuve - Marie-Hélène de Boismonfrais
- Marcello Mastroianni - George A. Custer
- Michel Piccoli - Buffalo Bill
- Philippe Noiret - Gen. Terry
- Ugo Tognazzi - Mitch
- Alain Cuny - Sitting Bull
- Serge Reggiani - The Mad Indian
- Darry Cowl - Major Archibald
- Monique Chaumette - Sister Lucie
- Daniele Dublino - Daughter
- - Sitting Bull's Father
- Franca Bettoia - Rayon de Lune (as Franca Bettoja)
- Paolo Villaggio - The CIA agent
- Franco Fabrizi - Tom (as Franco Fabrizzi)
- - (as Vedres et Boutang)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Don't Touch the White Woman!". Jpbox-office.com.
- ^ "Don't Touch the White Woman!". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
External links[]
- Don't Touch the White Woman! at IMDb
- Don't Touch the White Woman! at Rotten Tomatoes
- Don't Touch the White Woman! at AllMovie
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- French satirical films
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