A 1952 Italian production [Iris Film (Rome)]
Producer: Emo Bistolfi (Emilio Bistolfi), Ezio Gagliardo
Director: Fernando Cerchio
Story: Emo Bistolfi (Emilio Bistolfi), Sandro Continenza (Alessandro Continenza), Mario Guerra, Renato Rascel (Renato Ranucci), Carlo Romano
Screenplay: Emo Bistolfi (Emilio Bistolfi), Sandro Continenza (Alessandro Continenza), Mario Guerra, Renato Rascel (Renato Ranucci), Carlo Romano
Cinematography: Tino Santoni (Clemente Santoni) [black & white]
Music: Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Running time: 87 minutes
Cast:
Pepito - Renato Rascel (Renato Ranucci)
Susanna - Lauretta Masiero
Fred - Franco Jamonte
Paco - Tino Buazzelli (Agostino Buazzelli)
Carmen - Lia Di Leo (Alberta Di Leo)
Indian - Maria Mascolo (Bianca Maria Mascolo)
reverend - Gigi Bonos (Luigi Bonos)
with: Amerigo Santarelli, Arnaldo Arnaldi, Silvio Bagolini, Carlo Cori, Lino Banfi (Pasquale Zagaria), Ettore Bevilacqua, Gabriella Graziotto, Mimmo Craig (Guglielmo Crao), Ria De Sonay, Rudy Solinas (Rodolfo Solinas), Pino Ferrara (Giuseppe Ferrara)
Pepito, a poor peon, travels to Golden City, hoping to find gold, which will allow him to be rich and then to win the heart of the cruel Carmen. In Golden City a gang led by Fred, the sheriff, has picked the miners clean. But Pepito discovers new gold deposit. That evening he celebrates his find in the saloon. Pepito, despite the advice of Susanna a saloon girl, who has fallen in love with him, plays roulette which Fred has rigged and takes away all his money, becoming the 'Richest Man in Golden City. Pepito writes to Carmen to come and in fact, she comes a few days later, accompanied by Fred and his men. Pepito the naive but grateful, welcomes Fred, but on his wedding day discovers that Carmen and Fred have made an agreement to rob him and then flee. With a ploy Pepito disarms the Fred’s gang, then fights with Fred and wins. Carmen, Fred and his gang are kicked out of Golden City while Pepito marries Susanna.
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