MINNESOTA CLAY

Minnesota Clay – Italian title

Minnesota Clay – Italian title

L’homme du Minnesota – French title

Le justicier du Minnesota – French title

Minnesota Clay – German title

Skliros ekdikitis – Greek title

Balas Assassinas – Portuguese title
Minnesota Clay - Spanish title

Intikam kasirgasi – Turkey title

Minnesota Clay – U.S.A. title

A 1964 Italian, Spanish, French co-production [Ultra Film, Sicili Cinematografica (Palermo), Jaguar Films (Madrid), Franco London Films (Paris)]

Producer: Danilo Marciani

Director: Sergio Corbucci

Story: Adriano Bolzoni

Screenplay: Adriano Bolzoni, Sergio Corbucci, José Gutiérrez Maesso

Cinematography: Pepe Aguayo (José Aguayo) [Eastmancolor, widescreen]

Music: Piero Piccioni (Gianpiero Piccioni)

Running time: 95 minutes

Cast:

Minnesota Clay Mulligan – Cameron Mitchell (Cameron Mizell)

Dominiqu Ortiz Mendoza – Fernando Sancho (Fernando Les)

Andy Barr – Alberto Cevenini

Sheriff ‘Five Aces’ Fox – Georges Rivière

Uncle Jonathan – Antonio Casas (Antonio Barros)

Millicet – Joe Kamel (Giuseppe Frisaldi)

Nancy Mulligan – Diana Martin

Estella – Ethel Rojo (Ethel Castro)

Estella’s father – Antonio Jiménez (Antonio Escribano)

Tubbs – Nando Poggi (Ferdinando Poggi)

Doctor Lieutenant Stevens – Julio Peña (Julio Munoz)

Scratchy/Gracieto – Gino Pernice (Luigi Pernice)

Miguel – Álvaro de Luna (Alvaro Blanco)

Milton/Malcolm – Angel Menendez

Bartender – Pietro Tordi

Fox henchmen – Guillermo Méndez, Fernando Sánchez Polack

Ortiz henchmen – Simon Arriaga, José Manuel Martín (José Pérez)

Mute – Anthony Ross (Antonio Rossi)

Townsman – José Riesgo (José Cortina)

Narrator – Tommy Noonan (Thomas Noone)

With: Patricia De Frate, Toni Fuentes (Antonio Fuentes), Mario Morales, Manuel Peña, Alfonso Rojas (Alfonso González), Carlos Villafranca, Madelaine Deheco

Sentenced to twenty years hard labor for a crime he did not commit, Minnesota Clay escapes from prison, driven not only by an instinct for liberty, but by a desire to return to Mesa Encantada, New Mexico, home of the reluctant witness to his innocence. Suffering from the loss of his eyesight he finds the city is being fought over by two gangs: one led by the fierce Ortiz, a Mexican general defector, the other led by Sheriff Fox, the man who remained been silent at his trial. The two leaders would benefit from the help of Clay, who has a reputation as an expert marksman with a pistol, but he is disgusted by these proposals and refuses, turning both against him. Clay is then hunted and luckily manages to find refuge with his newfound daughter Nancy and old friend Jonathan. Ortiz is then eliminated by Estella, but Clay must now face Fox in a duel, directed by his hearing, he wounds Fox and forces him to confess the truth publicly that Clay was not involved in any crime.

[There are two endings that exist for this film. One - he lies dying in the arms of his daughter. Two - he rides off later wearing a pair of glasses. Stopping he throws his glasses in the air and shooting the lenses out of the frames while smiling to himself.]

YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ucePF2OrWM

Alternate ending: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxif0J1wi-Q