Saturday, March 30, 2013

THE RETURN OF HALLELUJAH



Il West ti va stretto, amico... è arrivato Alleluja – Italian title
Alléluia défie l'Ouest – French title
Le far west est trop petit pour toi, mon ami: Alleluja est arrive – French title
Beichtet, Freunde, Halleluja kommt – German title
El West es estrevho para ti, amigo! Ha llegado Alleluja – Filipino title
Alleluja zise ki ase tous allous na fonazoun – Greek title
O Regresso de Aleluia – Portuguese title
Bati sana dar gelecek arkadas – Turkish title
The West is Tough, Amigo… Alleuja’s Here – English title
The West is Very Close, Amigo – English title
Deep West – English title
The Return of Hallelujah – English title

A 1972 Italian, French, German co-production [Colosseo Artistica (Rome), France Cinema Productions (Paris), Hermes Synchron (Berlin)]
Producer: Dario Sabatello
Director: Anthony Ascott (Giuliano Carnimeo)
Story: Giovanni Simonelli
Screenplay: Tito Carpi, Ingo Hermes, Giovanni Simonelli
Cinematography: Stelvio Massi [Eastmancolor, Cinemascope]
Music: Stelvio Cipriani
Running time: 100 minutes

Cast:
Johnny la Faine/Alleluja/Hallelujah – George Hilton
Archie – Lincoln Tate
Fleurette – Agata Flori
Sam – Raymond Bussières
Zagaya – Riccardo Garrone
Priest – Aldo Barberito
General Ramirez – Roberto Camardiel
Abel – Giovanni Pazzafini
Drake – Paolo Gozlino
Ferguson – Umberto D’Orsi
Mexican officer – Renato Baldini
Ferguson henchman – Paolo Magalotti
Schultz – Peter Berling
Austrian – Adriana Faccheti
Cain – Lars Bloch
Mara – Mara Krupp
Sheriff with fishes – Fortunato Arena
Sheriff of Laredo – Goffredo Ungar
Claude – Claudio Ruffini
Bartender – Attilio Dottesio
Fergusan’s serbant – Alfred Thomas
Lt. Von Steffen – Michael Hinz
Indian chief – Pasquale Fasciano
Von Steffen – Michael Fasciano
Stagecoach passenger – Margherita Horowitz
Nuts/Nutcraker – Pietro Torrisi
Soldiers – Calogero Azzaretto, Renzo Pevarello
Townswoman – Eleonore Morana
With: Martial Bresson, Antonio Guerra, Gianni Pulone, Maurice Poli, Annemarie Schüler, Renato Malavasi, Nando Sarlo


A gunman named Hallelujah accepts, for a reasonable compensation, to provide the revolutionary general Ramirez an Aztec idol, known as "El Niño", the possession of which will attain for him the support of the Indians in the fight against Maximilian and his general Miranda. The statue, stolen by a thief, Flora, and his accomplice, the Scotsman Archie, who, ignoring the value and significance, have used it to hide precious jewels in. However, the idol has ended up in the hands of two peons, who have sold it to a pawn shop. Hallelujah is able to retrieve the idol, and then sells it, to a businessman rather than Ramirez. Ferguson is interested in selling it in exchange for significant business benefits to General Miranda. After receiving it, in turn, from the leader of the Indians he realizes that the statue is a fake. Hallelujah, in reality still holds the real one. He then has to deal with Miranda’s henchmen, Ferguson, Flora and Archie. He plays one against the other and eventually brings the idol to Ramirez.

 

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