THE WHITE, THE YELLOW, THE BLACK

Il bianco, il giallo, il nero – Italian title

El blanco, el Amarillo, y el negro – Spanish title

Le blanc, le jaune et le noir – French title

Samurai – Canadian title

Stetson – Drei Halunken erster Klasse – German title

Dispara primeiro… pergunta depois – Portuguese title

El blanco, el Amarillo, y el negro – Spanish title

Samurai Kid – English title

Ring Around the Horse’s Tail – English title

Shoot First… Ask Questions Later – English title

The White, the Yellow and the Black – English title

 

A 1974 Italian, Spanish, French co-production [Tritone (Rome), Mundial (Madrid), Filmel (Paris)]

Producer: Solino Norberto

Director: Sergio Corbucci

Story: Marcello Coscia, Antonio Troiso

Screenplay: Mario Amendola, Renee Asseo, Luis G. de Blain, Sergio Corbucci, Santiago Moncada

Cinematography: Luis Caudrado (Luis Encinar) [Technicolor, CineScope]

Music: Guido & Maurizio De Angelis

Songs: “White, Yellow and Black”, “Bump” sung by Dilly Dilly (Guido & Maurizio De Angelis)

Running time: 112 minutes

 

Cast:

Blanc de Blanc/Stetson/Swiss – Giuliano Gemma

Sakura – Tomas Milian (Tomás Rodríguez)

Sheriff Edward ‘Black Jack’ Gideon – Eli Wallach

Major Donovan – Manuel de Blas

Kelly Butler – Jacques Berthier

Kady – Romano Puppo

Sergeant Donovan – Neno Zamperla (Nazzerano Zamperla)

Yamoto/Osaka – Hideo Saito

Console Giapponese – Frank Nuyen
Robson/Robinson brothers – Cris Huerta (Crish Brieva), Tito Garcia (Pablo González), Beni Deus (Veancio Mejuto), Luis Induni (Luigi Radici)
Clementine Gideon – Maria Isbert (Maria Sorriano)

Redheaded saloon girl – Mirta Miller (Mirta Chatard)
Saloon girls - Anne Bataille, Denise Bataille

Prisoners – Victor Israel (Josep Vilanova), Alfonso de la Vega, Ricardo G. Lillo

Albino – Dan van Husen (Daniel van Husen)

Comanchero – Rafael Albaicin (Ignacio Escudero)

Army officers – Franco Tocci, Lorenzo Robledo
Donovan henchmen - Pasquale Barrachina, Jose Panizo, Fernando San Jose, Lisardo Iglesias, Ernesto Yáñez
Soldier - Aldo Dell'Acqua (Roberto Dell'Acqua)
Man with Lechuga - Joaqin Solas (Joaquin Solis del Cerro)
Indian squaws - Carla Mancini, Ana Farra (Anita Farra)

with: Edy Biagetti, Giovanni Petti, Lorenzo Piani, Pietro Torrisi, Jose Villasante

 

 

Sakura a young, aspiring samurai, goes on the trail of a sacred pony, that the Emperor of Japan sent as a gift to a colony of Japanese immigrants in the West, and that fake Indians, in the service of the dishonest banker Butler, kidnapped to provoke a war against the redskins, who oppose the passage of a rail within their territory. For his ransom the evildoers ask for a million dollars, which, kept in a box, is entrusted for delivery by sheriff Black Jack. Attracted by the big money is an unscrupulous scoundrel Italian-Swiss, Blanc de Blanc, who tries to capture Sakura and Black Jack. Divided in purpose, the three are forced by events to join forces to repel the attacks of Butler’s henchmen - and especially a greater fool a former Confederate - determined to prevent the discovery of the pony. The trio finally eliminates their opponents, unmask Butler, the three go on their way: Sakura with his pony; Blanc de Blanc with a rich premium paid by the Japanese for the discovery of the horse and Black Jack empty-handed.

 

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXHtGXM5IYg