Il pistolero segnato da Dio

Il pistolero segnato da dio
Il pistolero segnato da dio
Directed by	Giorgio Ferroni
Screenplay by	Augusto Finocchi; Remigio Del Grosso;
Story by	Augusto Finocchi; Giorgio Ferroni;
Starring	Anthony Steffen; Richard Stapley; Luisa Baratto; Giovanni Cianfriglia;
Cinematography	Sandro Mancori
Edited by	Giorgio Ferroni
Music by	Carlo Rustichelli
Production; company	G.V. Cinematografica
Release date	29 February 1968 (Italy);
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

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

Plot[]

Cast[]

Anthony Steffen as Roy Kerry
Richard Wyler as Coleman
Ken Wood as Owl Roy
Liz Barret as Maggie
Andrea Bosic as Jonathan Murphy
Tom Felleghy as Bludy
Gia Sandri as Dora
Ennio Balbo as Thomas Claridge
Rina Franchetti as Miss Claridge
Nello Pazzafini
Benito Stefanelli

Production[]

Il pistolero segnato da dio directed the film under his 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 he was introduced to the film by his agents who told him Ferroni was a "first-class director" and that Stapley would "have a great time working with him."^[5] Stapley recalled 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 1996, when journalist Robert Monell interviewed actor Richard Wyler that Bava had partially worked as the cinematographer on Il pistolero segnato da dio^[4] Sandro Mancori is credited as the films cinematographer and who worked with Bava anonymously on earlier productions.^[4]

Release[]

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[]

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