50th Anniversary “No Room to Die”

Today marks the 50^th Anniversary of the release of “No Room to Die” directed by Sergio Garone under the alias Willy S. Regan and starring Anthony Steffen and William Berger. The story is about  two bounty killers, Brandon and Murdock, called "Bible," have joined forces to collect twenty thousand dollars for the capture and hanging of the henchmen of Fargo, an individual enriched by importing illegally from Mexico peons that are sold for cheap labor. In reality, though, "Bible" is secretly working with Fargo, for protection. Brandon, unaware, goes to Fargo to obtain the release of Maya, a young woman and friend of the peons that was kidnapped to force her to marry him. "Bible" and Fargo then try to kill him, but Brandon manages to kill them and frees Maya, they give the money to the peons which had been earned at their expense by the two villains.

Una lunga fila di croci – Italian title

Una longa fila de cruzes – Brazilian title

Une longue file de croiz – French title

Django und Sartana, die tödlichen zwei – German title

Oi ateleitotoi stavroi tis Vera Cruz – Greek title

Monomahia sti Vera Cruz – Greek title

Sem espaco para morrer – Portuguese title

Una horca para D’jango – Spanish title

Una larga fila de cruces – Spanish title

A Noose for Django – English title

A Hanging for Django – English title

No Room to Die – English title

A 1969 Italian production [Junior Film (Rome)]

Producer: Gabriele Crisanti

Director: Willy S. Regan (Sergio Garrone)

Story: Sergio Garrone

Screenplay: Sergio Garrone

Cinematography: Franco Villa [Eastmancolor, Cromoscope]

Music: Vasco & Mancuso (Vasili Kojucharov, Elsio Mancuso)

     Song: “Maja” sung by Franco Morselli

Running time: 101 minutes

Cast:

Johnny Brandon/Django – Anthony Steffen (Antonio de Teffe)

Everett ‘Bible’ Murdock/Sartana – William Berger (Wilhelm Berger)

Maya/Maja – Nicoletta Machiavelli

Fargo – Riccardo Garrone

Captain Stone – Claudio Ruffini

Captain Stofer – Franco Ukmar

Brandon’s partner – Mario Brega (Florestano Brega)

Carl Smart – Gilberto Galimberti

Manuel Santana – Emilio Messina

Buck Sullivan – Giancarlo Sisti

Betty – Mariangela Giordano (Maria Angela Giordana)

Rodriguez – Robert Messina

Fargo henchmen – Giovanni Ukmar, Angelo Susani, Renzo Pevarelli, Dakar (Alejandro Barrera)

Sheriff – Amadeo Timpani

Innkeeper – Dora Corrà (Teodoro Corrà)

Mexican – Giorgio Dolfin

Union soldier – Angelo Boscariol

Mexican dressed leader of gunmen in hostel saloon – Fred Robsahm (Fredrik Robsahm)

With: Giulio Mauroni, Gabriele Torrei, Romano Milani