.Westerns...All'Italiana!: 50th Anniversary of the premier of God Forgives… I Don’t

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

50th Anniversary of the premier of God Forgives… I Don’t

It was 50 years ago today that we saw the first pairing of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. The duo was paired by accident when Peter Martell broke a toe the kicking a chair after they had arrived in Spain to begin filming. Peter was replaced by Terence Hill and the rest, as they say, is history. The duo would go on to make eighteen more westerns and adventure films with a heavy slant toward comedy. Before that they made a trio of action westerns: “God Forgives…I Don’t”, “Ace High” and “Boot Hill”. The working title for “God Forgives…I Don’t” was “The Dog, the Cat and the Fox”. The film became the most successful film in Italy in 1967.

Dio perdona... io no! - Italian title

Tú perdonas... yo no - Spanish title

Dios perdona... yo no - Spanish title

Dios perdona... ¡Yo no! – Argentinian title

Deus Perdoa... Eu Não! - Brazilian title

Deus Perdoa... Trinity não! – Brazilin title

Бог прощава, аз не – Bulgarian title

Dios perdona... ¡Yo no! – Chilean title

Buh odpoustí, já ne! – Czechoslovakian title

Manden de kaldte englefjaes - Danish title

De duivel kent geen genade - Dutch title

He Never Forgives - Filipino title

Luoja armahtaa minä en - Finnish title

Jumala armahtaa, minä en - Finnish title

Dieu pardonne... pas moi! - French title

Trinita ne pardonne pas! - French title

Gott vergibt - wir beide nie! - German title

Gott vergibt - Django nie! - German title

Oi dyo samatatzides - Greek title

Ego... kai to vouvalopaido - Greek title

Oi kaloi syghoroun, ego ekdikoumai - Greek title

O theos syghoroun... ego ohi - Greek title

Isten megbocsát, én nem! - Hungarian title

Blood River – Irish title

Rid aldri alene - Norwegian title

Gud tilgir, ikke jeg – Norwegian title

Dios perdona... ¡Yo no! – Peruvian title

Bóg wybacza – ja nigdy - Polish title

Deus Perdoa, Eu Não! - Portuguese title

D-zeu iartă ... eu nu! – Romanian title

Джанго: Бог простит. Я - нет! – Russian title

Boh odpúst'a ... Ja nie! – Slovakian title

Samo bog ensam - Slovenian title

Bog odpusca... jaz ne! – Slovenian title

Rid aldrig ensam - Swedish title

Gud förlåter — men inte jag! - Swedish title

Rid aldrig ensam - Swedish title

Allah affeder ben affetmem – Turkish title

Dios perdona... ¡Yo no! – Venezuelan title

Django Forgives, I Don't - English title

Kill or Be Killed - English title

Blood River - English title

God Forgives... I Don’t! - U.S.A. title

A 1966 Italian, Spanish co-production [Crono Cinematografica (Rome), PEFSA (Madrid)]

Producer: Enzo D’Ambrosio

Director: Giuseppe Colizzi

Story: Giuseppe Colizzi, Gumersindo Mollo

Screenplay: Giuseppe Colizzi, Gumersindo Mollo

Cinematography: Alfio Contini [Technicolor, Techniscope]

Music: Oliver Angel Pina (Carlo Rustichelli)

Running time: 115 minutes

Story: Bill San Antonio pulls off a train robbery, taking $300,000 in gold and killing all of the passengers on the train. One of these, however, before dying reveals the name of the bloodthirsty bandit. The railroad assigns Earp, an insurance agent, who joins forces with his one time pal Cat, a gunman who believes he has killed San Antonio in a previous duel. The killing of a sheriff gives Cat a clue to track down the outlaws: in fact, following a group of bandits, he arrives at their lair, but is captured. Earp, who was also on the right track, is unable to leave Cat and recover the precious booty, because of a disagreement between the two. While fighting, they are again captured by the bandits, and enduring all manners of torture because they have hidden the stolen money. Cat meanwhile, with the help of Bud, Bill's right hand, is released with the promise of gold and takes the opportunity to kill the bandit, then Earp manages to free himself and arrives in time to prevent a duel, forcing Bill to surrender. The latter, through a ruse, manages to hurt him but is inevitably killed by Cat The two finally share the reward money.

Cast:

Doc Will/Wild Doc/Cat Stevens/Pretty Face/Django - Terence Hill (Mario Girotti)

Earp Hargitay/Hutch Bessy/Dan - Bud Spencer (Carlo Pedersoli)

Bill San Antonio - Frank Wolff

Rosa/Rose - Gina Rovere (Lugina Rovere)

Bud - Manuel Martin (Jose Martin)

‘Flatface’ - José Terrón (José Peñaranda)

Bartender - Remo Capitani (Renato Capitani)

Tam Tam - Tito García (Pablo Gonzalez)

Lou - Frank Braña (Francisco Pérez)

Dargo - Juan Olaguivel

Frederico - José Canalejas