The Ugly Ones

The Ugly Ones
The Ugly Ones
	US film poster
Directed by	Eugenio Martín
Screenplay by	James Donald Prindle; José Gutiérrez Maesso; Eugenio Martín;
Based on	The Bounty Killer; by Marvin H. Albert
Produced by	José Gutiérrez Maesso; Lilian Biancini;
Starring	Richard Wyler; Tomas Milian; Ella Karin; Mario Brega;
Cinematography	Enzo Barboni
Edited by	José Antonio Rojo; Gisa Radicchi Levi;
Music by	Stelvio Cipriani
Production; companies	Tescia; Discobolo Film;
Distributed by	Vincit Films (Spain); Discobolo Film (Italy); United Artists (US);
Release dates	9 February 1967 (West Germany); 17 April 1967 (Spain);
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	Spain; Italy;

The Ugly Ones (es: El precio de un hombre, lit. "The Price of a Man", it: The Bounty Killer, later La morte ti segue... ma non ha fretta, lit. "Death follows you... but not in a hurry") is a 1966 Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Eugenio Martín.^[1]

The film marked the debut of Tomás Milián in the western genre^[2] and was the first film score of composer Stelvio Cipriani. It was also the first Spanish western to receive a state funding for the "artistic interest of the work".^[2] The film was based on the 1958 novel The Bounty Killer by Marvin H. Albert.

It was shown as part of a retrospective on Spaghetti Western at the 64th Venice International Film Festival.^[3] On October 11, 2017 Eugenio Martín was honored for the fiftieth anniversary of this at the 7º Almería Western Film Festival.^[4]^[5]

Plot[]

The notorious bounty hunter, Luke Chilson, pursues Mexican fugitive Jose Gomez. He follows him through the desert and arrives in a Mexican village where Gomez manages to turn the peasants against his pursuer. Unaware of the danger, Chilson finds himself trapped.

Cast[]

Richard Wyler as Luke Chilson
Tomas Milian as José Gómez
Ella Karin as Eden
Mario Brega as Miguel
Glenn Foster as Novak
Luis Barboo
Lola Gaos as Ruth Harman
Ricardo Canales as Joe Harmon
Manuel Zarzo as Marty Hefner
Tito García as Zacarías
Antonio Iranzo as Antonio
Fernando Sánchez Polack as Doc, Gomez henchman
Saturno Cerra as Gomez Henchman
Augusto Pesarini as Gomez Henchman
José Canalejas as Juan Valdez
Goyo Lebrero as Cajero
Enrique Navarro as Manuel, wagon driver
Rafael Vaquero as the sheriff of Bisbee
Gonzalo Esquiroz as Bill, the shotgun messenger
Ricardo Palacios as the waystation attendant
Antonio Cintado as Max, the escort guard
Chiro Bermejo as Dade, the hed escort guard
Frank Braña as Wade Dempsey
Gene Collins as a gang member

References[]

^ Edger Driscoll Jr. (Oct 11, 1968). "'Ugly Ones' provides plenty of action". Boston Globe. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. pp. 58–59. ISBN 978-88-04-57277-0.
^ "La rassegna con Leone e Sergio Corbucci". La Repubblica. July 17, 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
^ Martínez, Evaristo (October 11, 2017). "Siete disparos certeros: Almería Western Film Festival en siete claves". La Voz de Almería (in Spanish). Retrieved January 31, 2018.
^ Europa Press (September 15, 2017). "La séptima edición del 'Almería Western Film Festival' llenará Tabernas de cine del 11 al 14 de octubre". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Retrieved January 31, 2018.

External links[]

The Ugly Ones at IMDb

[1] Edger Driscoll Jr. (Oct 11, 1968). "'Ugly Ones' provides plenty of action". Boston Globe. Retrieved 15 August 2012.

[sed-2] Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. pp. 58–59. ISBN 978-88-04-57277-0.

[3] "La rassegna con Leone e Sergio Corbucci". La Repubblica. July 17, 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2012.

[4] Martínez, Evaristo (October 11, 2017). "Siete disparos certeros: Almería Western Film Festival en siete claves". La Voz de Almería (in Spanish). Retrieved January 31, 2018.

[5] Europa Press (September 15, 2017). "La séptima edición del 'Almería Western Film Festival' llenará Tabernas de cine del 11 al 14 de octubre". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Retrieved January 31, 2018.

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