Rita of the West celebrates its 50th Anniversary

On August 11, 1967 premiered in Rome. Little Rita has a dream: she dreams of a better world and she believes that all the evil in the world originates from gold. So she becomes a gunslinger who travels the West chasing outlaws. She takes their stolen gold and hides it in a cave which she plans on blowing up someday to get rid of the root of all evil. Her mission is assisted by the Indian Chief Sitting Buffalo and by her friend Francis. Little Rita kills Ringo and Django, but is then taken prisoner by the Mexican bandit Sancho who wants to steal her gold. Black Star a reformed cowboy rescues her and seems determined to help her and share her way of life.

Little Rita nel West – Italian title

Rita nel West – Italian title

Rita val al oeste – Argentinian title

Rita contra Django y Gringo – Argentinian title

Os Pistoleiros do Oeste – Brazilian title

Rita no Oeste – Brazilian title

Malá Rita - Czechoslovakian title

Trinityn rämäpäät – Finnish title

T’as bonjour de Trinita – French title

Blaue Bohnen für ein Halleluja – German title

Rita, i listarhina – Greek title

Enas trellis… trellis Trinita – Greek title

Rita, a vadnyugat réme – Hungarian title

Locuras en el oeste – Peruvian title

Rita no Oeste - Portuguese title

Trinity va al oeste – Spanish title

Rita en el West – Spanish title

La pequena Rita – Swedish title

Storsmockan i vilda västern – Swedish title

I vildaste västern – Swedish title

Rita the Kid – Turkish title

Rita of the West – English title

Crazy Westerners – U.S.A. title

Litte Rita of the West – U.S.A. title

A 1967 Italian production [B.R.C. Produzione Film (Rome)]

Producer: Manolo Bolognini

Director: Ferdinando Baldi

Story: Ferdinando Baldi

Screenplay: Ferdinando Baldi, Franco Rossetti

Cinematography: Enzo Barboni [Technicolor, Techniscope]

Music: Robby Poitevin

Songs: “Little Rita”, “Na che te ne fa”, “Tu sei come”, “Per un colpo di pistole”, “Un sceriffo che si rispetti” sung by Rita Pavone

Song: “Rita sei tutti noi” sung by Rita Pavone and Teddy Reno (Ferruccio Merk-Ricordi)

Song: “Piruliruli” sung by Lucio Dalla and Rita Pavone

Running time: 105 minutes

Cast:

Little Rita/Jane – Rita Pavone

Black Star/Joe “Texas Joe” Talano – Terence Hill (Mario Girotti)

Francis/Fritz Frankfurter/Fitzgerald Scott – Teddy Reno (Ferruccio Merk-Ricordi)

Ringo – Kirk Morris (Adriano Bellini)

Bisonte Seduto/Chief Sitting Buffalo/Silly Bull – Gordon Mitchell (Charles Pendleton)

Sancho/Pancho Villa – Fernando Sancho (Fernando Les)

Mexican trumpet player – Nini Rosso (Raffaele Rosso)

Tribunal President Joseph – Gino Pernice (Luigi Pernice)

Angel/orphan – Nina Larker

Django – Enzo di Natale

Lawyer – Franco Gulà (Francesco Gulà)

Outlaw – Livio Lorenzo

Jesse – Pinuccio Ardia (Rodolfo Ardia)

Cassidy – Remo de Angelis

Saloon patron – Gianni Brezza

Dancers – Flavio Bennati, Vincenzo Cesiro, Renato De Martis, Renato Greco, Umberto Pergola, Piero Pulci

Cowboys – Romano Puppo, Isarco Ravioli

With: Mirella Pamphili