The Sheriff (1959 film)

La sceriffa
La sceriffa
Directed by	Roberto Bianchi Montero
Written by	Mario Amendola
Produced by
Cinematography	Sergio Pesce
Edited by
Release date	16 August 1959
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

La sceriffa (The Sheriff) is a 1959 Italian Western comedy in black-and-white, directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero.^[1] It stars Italian comedy star Ugo Tognazzi. It was released on 16 August 1959. The film starred several comedians and spawned a number of western comedies which followed.^[2]

Plot[]

A sheriff is killed and his widow (Tina Pica) takes up his job to find the killers.

Cast[]

Tina Pica as Carmela Esposito, 'la Sceriffa'
Ugo Tognazzi as Colorado Joe
Livio Lorenzon as Jimmy Jesse
Tino Scotti as The Judge
Alberto Sorrentino as Brutto Tempo - the Native American
as Nuvola Rosa - Brutto Tempo's Daughter
Carlo Pisacane as Nick
Carlo Sposito as Gennarino - aka Gen
as Connie Dallas
Franco Balducci as Jimmy Jesse's Brother
Stelio Candelli as Bruno Carotenuto
Elio Crovetto as Jack - the Texan drunk
Tina De Mola as Dolly - the singer
Fanfulla as Ciccio - Sceriffa's assistant

References[]

^ Giraldi, Massimo; Lancia, Enrico; Melelli, Fabio (2006). 100 caratteristi del cinema italiano: gli interpreti "minori" che hanno fatto grande il nostro cinema. Gremese Editore. p. 109. ISBN 978-88-8440-383-4. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
^ Fridlund, Bert (2006). The spaghetti Western: a thematic analysis. McFarland & Co. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-7864-2507-5. Retrieved 21 August 2012.

External links[]

La sceriffa at IMDb

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[GiraldiLancia2006-1] Giraldi, Massimo; Lancia, Enrico; Melelli, Fabio (2006). 100 caratteristi del cinema italiano: gli interpreti "minori" che hanno fatto grande il nostro cinema. Gremese Editore. p. 109. ISBN 978-88-8440-383-4. Retrieved 21 August 2012.

[Fridlund2006-2] Fridlund, Bert (2006). The spaghetti Western: a thematic analysis. McFarland & Co. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-7864-2507-5. Retrieved 21 August 2012.

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