Blood for a Silver Dollar
| Un dollaro bucato | |
|---|---|
 Italian film poster | |
| Directed by | Calvin Jakson Padget |
| Produced by | Bruno Turchetto |
| Screenplay by |
George Finley Calvin Jakson Padget |
| Story by | George Finley |
| Starring |
Montgomery Wood Evelyn Stewart Peter Cross John Mac Douglas Frank Farrell |
| Music by | Gianni Ferrio |
| Cinematography |
Antonio Secchi (as Tony Dry) |
| Edited by |
Antonietta Zita (as Rosemary Ware) |
Production company |
Fono Roma Dorica Film Explorer Film '58 Les Films Corona |
| Distributed by | Euro International Film |
Release dates | 8 August 1965 |
Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country |
Italy France |
| Language | Italian |
Blood for a Silver Dollar (Italian: Un dollaro bucato), also known as One Silver Dollar, is a 1965 Italian-French Spaghetti Western film, directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Giuliano Gemma.[1]
Upon release in the United States, nearly all of the cast members and production team had their names changed for the English audience.[2] In France the film is known as Le Dollar troué. Gemma was billed as Montgomery Wood as with many of his others. The title song had a successful cover version by Nini Rosso.
The original title music, composed by Gianni Ferrio, was used in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds soundtrack. Some of Ferrio's remaining themes are also featured in the videogame Red Dead Revolver.
Plot
Giuliano Gemma plays a Confederate soldier who returns from the war to fight one at home. Prior to his release from the Prisoner of War camp his pistol has its barrel sawn off.
He is informed of a new gangster in town named "Black Jack" who has wreaked havoc in the community. Gemma agrees to kill the man, only to discover too late that the outlaw is actually his brother, which his employers had known all along. With vengeance he turns on his employers, who then shoot him.
Cast
- Giuliano Gemma (as Montgomery Wood) - Gary O'Hara
- Ida Galli (as Evelyn Stewart) - Judy O'Hara
- Pierre Cressoy (as Peter Cross) - McCory/ Max Cory/McCoy/Aloysius MacKenzie
- Giuseppe Addobbati ... Donaldson (as John Mac Douglas)
- Franco Fantasia ... Sheriff Anderson (as Frank Farrel)
- Tullio Altamura (as Tor Altmayer) - Peter
- Massimo Righi (as Max Dean) - Brad
- Francisco Fantasia (as Frank Farrel) - Sheriff George Anderson
- Andrea Scotti (as Andrew Scott) - Slim
- Nazzareno Zamperla (as Nicholas Saint John) - Phil O'Hara
- Giuseppe Addobbati (as John MacDouglas) - Donaldson
- Alfredo Rizzo - Buddy
- Benito Stefanelli (as Benny Reeves) - Jim
- Nello Pazzafini - henchman
- Sal Borgese - henchman
- Ignazio Spalla (as Pedro Sanchez) - henchman
- Moises Rocha (as Jack Rocha) - henchman
- Franco Lantieri (as Frank Liston)
- Gino Marturano (as John Martin)
- Bernard Faber (as Benny Farber)
- Luigi Tosi
- Pietro Ceccarelli
- Bruno Arie
- Fortunato Arena
- Giulio Maculani
- Osiride Pevarello
References
- ↑ "One Silver Dollar". The New York Times.
- ↑ Hughes, p.39
Bibliography
- Hughes, Howard (2010). Spaghetti Westerns. Harpenden: Kamera Books. ISBN 978-1-84243-303-4.