Don't Touch the White Woman!

{{Short description|1974 film by Marco Ferreri}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Don't Touch the White Woman!

| image = Touche-pas-a-la-femme-blanche-french-movie-poster-md.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster by Jean Giraud

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|Touche pas à la femme blanche !}}

| director = Marco Ferreri

| writer = {{Plainlist|

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| producer = {{Plainlist|

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| starring = {{Plainlist|

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| cinematography = Étienne Becker

| editing = Ruggero Mastroianni

| music = Philippe Sarde

| studio = {{Plainlist|

  • Mara Films
  • Films 66
  • Laser Production
  • {{abbr|PEA|Produzioni Europee Associate}}

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| distributor = {{abbr|CFDC|Compagnie Française de Distribution Cinématographique}} (France)

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1974|1|23|France|1975|3|12|Italy}}

| runtime = 110 minutes

| country = {{Plainlist|

  • France
  • Italy

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| language = French

| budget =

| gross = $1,402,866{{cite web|title=Touche pas à la femme blanche (1974)|url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=8472|website=JP Box-Office|language=fr}}

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Don't Touch the White Woman! ({{langx|fr|Touche pas à la femme blanche !}}) is a 1974 French-Italian Western comedy film co-written and directed by Marco Ferreri.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/89789/Don-t-Touch-the-White-Woman-/details |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021012247/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/89789/Don-t-Touch-the-White-Woman-/details |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-21 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2012 |title=Don't Touch the White Woman! |access-date=2009-03-28}}

Plot

A fictionalized version of Custer's Last Stand, set at a real building site in Paris, France. Marcello Mastroianni stars as General George Armstrong Custer. Buffalo Bill Cody (Michel Piccoli) portrays a charlatan media impresario. Ugo Tognazzi gives a fictional portrayal of Mitch Bouyer, one of Custer's Native American scouts, who runs a business selling Native artifacts made in sweatshops by white women. Alain Cuny plays Sitting Bull who must defend his people when their apartment building homes are destroyed by the Union Cavalry. The film climaxes with the Battle of the Little Bighorn held in a large construction excavation where Les Halles market once was.

Cast

See also

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