Friday, November 28, 2014

WHITE FANG AND THE GOLD DIGGERS

La Spacconata – Italian title
Kullankaivajat – Finnish title
Croc-blanc et les chercheurs d’or – French title
Wolfsblut - Der einsame Jäger - German title
Whisky und die Goldgraber – German title
Trommelfeuer für vier Fäuste – German title
Colmillo blanco y los mineros – Spanish title
White Fang and the Gold Diggers – English title
 
A 1974 Italian production [Pleiade Film (Rome)]
Producer: Giuseppe Maggi
Director: Alfonso Brescia
Story: “Pioneers and Gold Seekers” by Edgar B. Cooper
Screenplay: Giuseppe Maggi, Fiero Regnoli
Cinematography: Silvio Fraschetti [Telecolor]
Music: Alessandro Alessandroni
Running time: 103 minutes
 
Cast:
Sandy Shaw/David/Daniel – Robert Wood (Robert Woods)
Dollar – Pedro Sanchez (Ignazio Spalla)
Slider – Franco Lantieri
Connie/Linda Burton – Gabriella Lepori
Rick Shaw – Paolo Lena
Barney Taft – Robert Hundar (Claudio Undari)
Donovan – Sergio Testori
Garrick – Sergio Smacchi
Donovan henchmen – Jean-Pierre Clarain, Artemio Antonini
Sheriff – Andrea Fantasia
Poker players – Nello Pazzafini, Benito Pacifico
RCMP Captain Fairmont – Eolo Capritti
Geologist – Renato Malavasi
Whiskey/White Fang – Habbash
With: Franco Calogero, Amedeo Timpani
 

Sandy Shaw inherits the "Eagle's Nest", a gold mine in Canada's far north. He moves there with his young son, Rick and faithful dog White Fang, but soon finds a deadly enemy in Taft, who wants the mine for himself. Things get even more complicated by the arrival of Sandy's proxy bride, revenge and greed collide and violence is the inevitable result.
 

5 comments:

  1. I cannot find a story of that name; and even an author's name "Edgar B. Cooper" at all in the depth of the internet or google book search. Any confirmation for the info about the story?

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  2. Most likely an alias made up for an Italian writer. Like you I could find nothing on a writer with that name.

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  3. Ah, another thing: In Germany at least this film is often shuffled together/confused with ZANNA BIANCA E IL CACCIATORE SOLITARIO, which was made by Brescia back to back with Woods and nearly all of the cast. Therefore, German alternative title "Wolfsblut - Der einsame Jäger" goes with this second film.

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  4. Thanks Fatman, German title corrected.

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