50th Anniversary of Tepepa (Blood and Guns)

Today mark the 50^th anniversary of the premier of “Tepepa” (Blood and Guns) directed by Giulio Petroni and starring Tomás Milian, Orson Welles. and John Steiner. The film is about the Mexican Revolution of 1917 and finds Tepepa (MIlian) leading a group of “Campesinos” against the Mexican Colonel Cascorro (Welles), while an English doctor (Steiner) hunts for Tepepa to take his revenge against him for the murder of his girlfriend.

Director Petroni expressed disappointment with Welles. Petroni claimed that the atmosphere on the set was "terrible," and that Welles called Milian (who idolized Welles) a "dirty Cuban".

Tepepa – Italian title

Tepepa… viva la revolución – Spanish title

Tepepa – Spanish title

Tepepa – Brazilian title

Тепепа – Bulgarian title

Tepepa, la rebelle tournamente – French title

Trois per un massacre – French title

Der Eliminator – German title

Durch die Hölle, Companeros – German title

Tepepa - Durch die Hölle, Companeros – German title

Viva Tepepa – Greek title

Tepepa, a hős bitang – Hungarian title

Viva Tepepa! – Polish title

Tepepa - Portuguese title

Tepepa – Turkish title

Hail to the Revolution – English title

Long Live the Revolution – English title

Blood and Guns – U.S.A. title

A 1968 Italian, Spanish film co-production [Filamerica S.I.A.P. (Rome), P.E.F.S.A. (Madrid)]

Producer: Alfredo Cuomo, Nicolo Pomilia

Director: Giulio Petroni

Story: Ivan Della Mea (Luigi Della Mea)

Screenplay: Ivan Della Mea (Luigi Della Mea), Franco Solinas, Giulio Petroni

Cinematography: Francisco Marín [Technicolor, Techniscope]

Music: Ennio Morricone

     Song: “Al Messico che vorrei” sung by Cristy (Maria Brancucci)

Running time: 136 minutes

Cast:

Jesus Maria ‘Tepepa’ Moran - Tomás Milian (Tomás Rodriguez)

Colonel/General Cascorro - Orson Welles (George Welles)

Dr. Henry Price/Brice - John Steiner

Paquito - Luciano Casamonica

Pedro ‘El Piojo’ Pereira - José Torres

Sergeant - Giancarlo Badessi

Sergeant’s wife - Clara Colosimo

Paco - Rafael Hernández (Esteban Herrero)

Maria Virgen Escalande - Anna Maria Lanciaprima

Mr. Chu - George Wang (Wang Chunyang)

Maria Virgen Escalande - Alba Maiolini

Marieta - Paloma Cela (María Molinero)

Madera - Paco Sanz (Francisco Sanz)

Mexican General - Ángel Ortiz (Ricardo Ortiz)

Mexican revolutionary – Ettore Arena

Mr. Chu – George Wang (Wang Chunyang)

Vicente - Aysanoa Runachagua

With: Lina Franchi, Mario Doddi, Armando Casamonica, Paolo Natale, Vittorio Gigli, Alba Maiolini