Thursday, December 13, 2018

50th Anniversary of “Gatling Gun”



Today marks the 50th Anniversary of the premier of “Quel caldo maledetto giorno di fuoco” (Gatling Gun) directed by Paolo Bianchini and starring Captain Chris Tanner (Woods) and John Ireland. Not a traditional western it plays more like a mystery film. Woods is let out of prison to track down an outlaw named Tarpas (Ireland) who has kidnapped Richard Gatlin and his famous gun. Tarpas wants a huge sum to deliver Gatlin to the U.S. Government and offers the gun to the Confederate forces for another huge sum. Disguised as a pardon prisoner who lives with his brothers near the town where the kidnapping occurred, Tanner recruits the help of the local doctor played by (Roberto Camardiel). Together they  defeat Belle Boyd and Mr. Bishop who are working for the Confedercy and then stop Tarpas before he can make it to Mexico. There’s plenty of suspense and action to satisfy westerns fans and drama fans alike. Robert Woods told me this is his most favorite western that he made. 


Quel caldo maledetto giorno di fuoco - Italian title
La ametralladora - Spanish title
Kulomet zabiják - Czechoslovakian title
Dollars til Django - Danish title
Miljoonan dollarin ase - Finnish title
Avec Django ça va saigner - French title
Cette chaude maudite journee de feu - French title
Django spricht kein Vaterunser - German title
O iroas, to katharma kai o prodotis - Greek title
A Metralhadora - Portuguese title
Jakten pa Gattlin Gun - Swedish title
Prvi mitraljez divljeg zapada - Yugoslavian title
That Damned Hot Day of Fire - English title
The Day of Fire - English title
Machine Gun Killers - English title
Million Dollar Ransom - English title
Gatling Gun - English title

A 1968 Italian, Spanish film co-production [Fida Cinematografica (Rome), Atlántida Films
     (Madrid)]
Producer: Edmondo Amati
Director: Paolo Bianchini
Story: Paolo Bianchini, Claudio Failoni, Franco Calderoni, José Luis Merino (José Boves)
Screenplay: Paolo Bianchini, Claudio Failoni, Franco Calderoni, José Luis Merino (José Boves)
Cinematography: Marin Francisco Harrada (Francisco Marín Harrada) [Technicolor,
     Techniscope]
Music: Piero Piccioni (Gianpiero Piccioni)
Running time: 100 minutes

Story: Richard Gatling wants to offer the machine gun he has invented to the government, but Tarpas has other ideas and kidnaps the man along with his prototype. Chris Tanner then tries to track them down.

Cast:
Captain Chris Tanner/Django - Robert Woods
Tarpas - John Ireland
Belinda/Belle Boyd - Evelyn Stewart (Ida Galli)
Martha Simpson - Candice Lagen (Claudie Lange)
Mr. Bishop - Gérard Herter (Gerhard Herter)
Jonathan Wallace - Lewis Jordan (Tiziano Cortini)
Richard Gatlin - Ennio Balbo (Enrico Balbo)
Gatlin assistant - Fidel Gonzales
Doctor Alan Curtis - Roberto Camardiel (Roberto Escudero)
Ryckert - George Rigaud (Pedro Delissetche)
Miss Treble - Rada Rassinov (Rada Djrassimovic)
Pinkerton - Tom Felleghi (Tamás Fellegi)
Tarpas henchmen - Claudio Ruffini, Freddy Unger (Goffredo Unger), Ivan Scratuglia (Giovanni
     Scratuglia), Salvatore Billa, Angelo Susani
Jeremiah Grant - Furio Meniconi
Bill Hutton - Ferdinando Poggi
Scott Grant - Fernando Bilbao (Fernando Elgezabal)
Ted Grant - Ugo Adinolfi
Tim Grant – Antonio Alfonso
General Thompson Corrado Sonni
Rodeo announcer - Alfonso de la Vega
Card player - Alberigo Donadeo
Stunts: Salvatore Billa, Ferdinando Poggi


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