A Fistful of Death

  • Hunt Powers: Butch Cassidy
  • Jeff Cameron: Macho Callaghan
  • Benito Pacifico: Buck O'Sullivan (as Dennis Colt )
  • Giancarlo Prete Sundance Kid (as Philip Garner)
  • Klaus Kinski: Reverend Cotton
  • Gordon Mitchell: Ironhead
  • Grazia Giuvi: Girl in Saloon
  • Mike Monty: Gangster
  • Enzo Pulcrano: Gangster (as Paul Crain )
  • Elio Angelucci: Townspeople

Adios compañeros is a spaghetti western of Demofilo Fidani. Alternative title is " I want your head " and "I want him dead ."

Content

Macho Callaghan, an army lieutenant, is sent as a secret agent in a small town to dig the horde of bandits Butch Cassidy and Ironhead Donovan. It will be recorded as a warrant searched spending in the gang. When falling out the two bosses, they share the band and make further separated. Macho, who is with Ironhead, can persuade him to attack his ex-partner. In the resulting battle, the bandits decimate considerably. Ironhead tried to flee with the money the gang, but is finally shot by Macho.

Background

Filmed this Fidani also to a large extent on the small terrain film by Gordon Mitchell, the so-called Cave Studios. In the grand finale you see these scenes completely.

Fidani shot this film parallel to for a coffin full of dollars with which this film is often confused because of its alternative title. The director used alongside the backdrop of a large part of the cast for both films.

Legendary was this film legendary Klaus Kinski on the basis of apple scene. Genre connoisseur Christian Kessler describes this scene as follows:

" He bites into an apple, has suddenly half the fruit in its mouth, looking puzzled. Any normal person would grab here to mouth, to regulate the damage manually. He did not. with wild contortions of his elastic chin he tries his best and almost have to grin in the attempt! Golden moments ... "

Criticism

This " is also not a film for poetry 's album! A below-average Fidani, whose screenplay is a motley ragtag affair that not even single capers secure special union entertainment value. "

" Very below average trash of Western Demofilo Fidani. "

Comments

The film was made ​​in 1972 in Italy under the title Doppia taglia by Minnesota Stinky and slightly re-cut again in the cinema.

1971 in film Film score Jack Betts
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