Bandidos (film)
{{short description|1967 film by Massimo Dallamano}}
{{Other uses|Bandidos (disambiguation){{!}}Bandidos}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Bandidos
| image = Bandidos (film).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Italian film poster by Renato Casaro{{cite web|url=https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/bandidos-italian-locandina-67-enrico-1841316029|publisher=WorthPoint|title=BANDIDOS Italian locandina '67 Enrico Maria Salerno, Spaghetti Western Art by Renato Casaro!|access-date=August 4, 2021}}
| native_name =
| director = Massimo Dallamano
| producer = Solly V. Bianco
| screenplay = {{plainlist|* Romano Migliorini
| story = {{plainlist|* Juan Cobos
| based_on =
| starring = {{plainlist|* Enrico Maria Salerno
- Terry Jenkins
- Venantino Venantini
- María Martín
- Marco Guglielmi
- Cris Huerta
}}
| music = Egisto Macchi{{sfn|Grant|2011|p=444}}
| cinematography = {{plainlist|*Massimo Dallamano
| editing = Gian Maria Messeri
| production_companies = {{plainlist|* E.P.I.C
- Hesperia Films}}
| distributor = Euro International Films
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1967|10||Italy}}
| runtime =
| country = {{plainlist|* Italy
- Spain}}
| language =
| budget =
| gross =
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Bandidos is a 1967 spaghetti Western film. It marked the directorial debut of then-cinematographer Massimo Dallamano.{{sfn|Giusti|2007|p=38}}{{sfn|Giusti|2007|p=39}}
Synopsis
Renowned gunman Richard Martin is travelling on a train which is held up by Billy Kane, a former student of Martin's. Kane spares Martin, but only after shooting his hands. Years later, Martin meets an escaped convict, wrongly convicted for the train robbery. Martin trains his new student and both men seek out Billy Kane.
Cast
{{castlist|
- Enrico Maria Salerno as Richard Martin
- Terry Jenkins as Philip Raymond ("Ricky Shot")
- María Martín as Betty Starr
- Venantino Venantini as Billy Kane
- Fred Robsahm as Kanes Handlanger
- Cris Huerta as Vigonza
- Marco Guglielmi as Kramer}}
Production
Bandidos was Massimo Dallamano's first film as a director.{{sfn|Hughes|2021|p=32}} The film was produced by Solly V. Bianco, who had previously worked with Dallamano on Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West.{{sfn|Hughes|2021|p=33}} The film was an Italian and Spanish co-production, between E.P.I.C. Film (Edizioni Produzioni Internazionali Cinematografic) in Rome and Hesperia Films in Madrid. The film was shot in both Italy and Spain, including near Madrid. In Lazio in Italy, Dallamano shot at the gorge in Tolfa and along the {{ill|Treja|it}} river.{{sfn|Hughes|2021|p=32}} Although Emilio Foriscot was the film's credited cinematographer, camera operator Sergio D'Offizi recalled that Dallamano lit and shot Bandidos entirely by himself.{{sfn|Hughes|2021|p=35}}
Release
Bandidos was first released in October 1967 by Euro International.{{sfn|Grant|2011|p=444}}{{sfn|Grant|2011|p=443}}{{sfn|Hughes|2021|p=35}} The film was released as Bandidos in most territories.{{sfn|Hughes|2021|p=35}} It occasionally referred to as Crepa tu... che vivo io... but all promotional material for the film refers to it as Bandidos.{{sfn|Hughes|2021|p=35}} The film was released in the United Kingdom by Butcher's Film Service.{{sfn|Hughes|2021|p=35}} It was released on home video in the UK in the early 1980s by Fletcher Video.{{sfn|Hughes|2021|p=35}} Arrow Video released the film alongside Massacre Time, My Name Is Pecos and And God Said to Cain as part of their Blu-ray box set Vengeance Trails: Four Classic Westerns on July 27, 2021.{{cite web|work=Rue Morgue|title=July 2021 Releases From Arrow Video to Include "The Bird With the Crystal Plumage" and More|date=June 25, 2021|first=Grace|last=Detwiler|accessdate=July 22, 2021|url=https://rue-morgue.com/july-2021-releases-from-arrow-video-to-include-the-bird-with-the-crystal-plumage-and-more/}}{{cite web|url=https://arrowfilms.com/product-detail/vengeance-trails-four-classic-westerns-limited-edition-blu-ray/FCD2129|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712142509/https://arrowfilms.com/product-detail/vengeance-trails-four-classic-westerns-limited-edition-blu-ray/FCD2129|accessdate=July 23, 2021|title=Vengeance Trails, Four Classic Westerns Limited Edition|archivedate=July 12, 2021|publisher=Arrow Films}}
Reception
From contemporary reviews, the Monthly Film Bulletin gave the film a brief review stating that Bandidos was "marked by some largely gratuitous violence and a strident soundtrack" and that "only the device of a playing card tied to a metronome to provide a moving target for marksmanship practise strikes a spark of originality."{{cite magazine|magazine=Monthly Film Bulletin|title=Bandidos|page=176|publisher=British Film Institute|date=November 1968|volume=35|issue=418}}
See also
References
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=Sources=
- {{cite book|last=Grant|first=Kevin|title=Any Gun Can Play|year=2011|publisher=Fab Press|isbn=9781903254615}}
- {{cite book|last=Giusti|first=Marco|title=Dizionario del western all'italiana|publisher=Mondadori|year=2007|isbn=978-88-04-57277-0}}
- {{Cite AV media notes
| title = Vengeance Trails: 4 Classic Westerns
| year = 2021
| chapter = III. Master and Apprentice: Massimo Dallamano's Bandidos
| last = Hughes
| first = Howard
| type = Booklet
| publisher = Arrow Video
| id =FCD2129
}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0062706}}
{{Massimo Dallamano}}
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Category:Spaghetti Western films
Category:Films directed by Massimo Dallamano
Category:1967 Western (genre) films
Category:1967 directorial debut films
Category:Revisionist Western (genre) films
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