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|
- Marco Ferreri
- Rafael Azcona
}}
| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Jean-Pierre Rassam
- Jean Yanne
- Alain Sarde
- François Rochas
}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Catherine Deneuve
- Marcello Mastroianni
- Michel Piccoli
- Philippe Noiret
- Ugo Tognazzi
- Serge Reggiani
- Darry Cowl
- Alain Cuny
}}
| cinematography = Étienne Becker
| editing = Ruggero Mastroianni
| music = Philippe Sarde
| studio = {{Plainlist|
- Mara Films
- Films 66
- Laser Production
- {{abbr|PEA|Produzioni Europee Associate}}
}}
| 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
}}
| 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}}
}}
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
- Catherine Deneuve as Marie-Hélène de Boismonfrais
- Marcello Mastroianni as George A. Custer
- Michel Piccoli as Buffalo Bill
- Philippe Noiret as Gen. Terry
- Ugo Tognazzi as Mitch
- Alain Cuny as Sitting Bull
- Serge Reggiani as The Mad Indian
- Darry Cowl as Major Archibald
- Monique Chaumette as Sister Lucie
- Daniele Dublino as daughter
- Henri Piccoli as Sitting Bull's father
- Franca Bettoia as Rayon de Lune (as Franca Bettoja)
- Paolo Villaggio as CIA agent
- Franco Fabrizi as Tom (as Franco Fabrizzi)
- Laurente Vedres as (as Vedres et Boutang)
See also
References
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External links
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{{Marco Ferreri}}
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Category:1970s French-language films
Category:1970s satirical films
Category:1970s Western (genre) comedy films
Category:Cultural depictions of Buffalo Bill
Category:Cultural depictions of George Armstrong Custer
Category:Cultural depictions of Sitting Bull
Category:Films directed by Marco Ferreri
Category:Films produced by Alain Sarde
Category:Films scored by Philippe Sarde
Category:Films with screenplays by Rafael Azcona
Category:French satirical films
Category:French Western (genre) comedy films
Category:French-language Italian films
Category:Italian satirical films
Category:Italian Western (genre) comedy films
Category:Spaghetti Western films
Category:French-language Western (genre) comedy films
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