Monday, September 13, 2010

DJANGO THE LAST KILLER

L’ ultimo pistolero – Italian title
Django l’ultimate killer – Italian title
L’ultimo Killer – Italian title
El ultimo pistolero – Spanish title
Le dernier tueur – French title
Rocco - Ich leg' dich um – German title
Cangonun sonu – Turkish title
The Last Killer – English title
The Ultimate Killer – English title
Django the Last Gunfighter – U.K. title
Django, the Last Killer – English title

A 1967 Italian production [Garfilm, Jupiter Generale Cinematografica, (Rome), Rofilm, Castor Film (Madrid)]
Producer: Franco Committeri, Luciano Pappalardo, Mario Rossi
Director: Joseph Warren (Giuseppe Vari)
Story: Victor Cabot (Victor Catena), Arthur Frank
Screenplay: Augusto Caminito, Augusto Finocchi
Cinematography: Angelo Filippini [Technicolor, Techniscope]
Music: Roberto Pregadio
Running time: 88 minutes

Cast:
Ramón /Chico - George Eastman (Luigi Montefiore)
Raza/Rezza/Rocco/Django - Anthony Ghidra (Dragomir Bojanic)
Stevens - Mirko Ellis (Mirko Korcinsky)
Burt/Bart - John Hamilton (Gianni Medici)
Lola - Dana Ghia (Felicita Ghia)
John Barrett - Daniel Vargas (Daniele Pitani)
Ramón’s father - John McDouglas (Giuseppe Addobbati)
Slim - Fred Coplan (Fabio Coplan)
Mack McRay - Frank Fargas (Paolo Figlia)
sheriff - Valentino Macchi
Barrett henchman - Giuseppe Castellano
with; Anton de Cortes, John Matthews (Giuseppe Mattei), Paul Reale (Paolo Reale), Max Fraser


Ramon is on his way to the Barret ranch, to pay off a debt, when he is robbed by a group of bandits. Making it to Barrett's, he recognizes one of rancher’s henchmen as the leader of the men who robbed him, but instead of punishing the guilty man, Barrett orders his men to teach Ramon a lesson. In spite of the robbery and beating Ramon refuses to join his neighboring ranchers and farmers, who have decided to stand up against the tyrannical landowner. Things change when Ramon's father is killed and their ranch is burned down, he wants revenge. In a resulting battle with Barrett's henchmen, Ramon is wounded, but also manages to save the life of a famous gunman, Raza/Django who has come to his aid. The gunman becomes Ramon's mentor and teaches him everything he needs to know about the noble art of self-defense. Eventually Ramon is so quick on the draw that he is able to take his revenge on Barret, but he’ll also have to face his mentor in a final duel.

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