50th Anniversary of the premier of “Django and Sartana are Coming”

 

Today marks the 50^th Anniversary of the Rome premier of “Django and Sartana are Coming”

Directed by Demofilo Fidani and starring Hunt Powers and Chet Davis. Outlaw Crazy Burt Kelly decides he needs a hostage in order to make his escape to Mexico unmolested, so he orders the kidnapping of a local rancher's daughter Jessica Cobb. This raises the prices on all the heads of the gang, drawing the attention of the unscrupulous bounty hunter, Django. Crazy Burt, fearing Sartana, the local protector of the townspeople, will be after him, decides to eliminate this obstacle by bringing the bounty killer and the towns protector together with the common objective of eliminating them both.

 

Arrivano Django e Sartana… è la fine – Italian title

Django y Sartana – Spanish title

Sartana, si ton bras gauche te gene, coup-le – French title

Voici Django et Sartana… tout est fini – French title

Sartana le redoubtable – French title

Django und Sartana kommen – German title

If Your Left Arm Offends, Cut it Off – U.K. title

Django and Sartana…Showdown in the West – English title

Final Conflict…Django Against Sartana – English title

Sartana if Your Left Arm Offends, Cut it Off – U.K. title

Django and Sartana are Coming… It’s the End – English title

 

A 1970 Italian film production [Tarquinia Film (Rome)]

Producer: Demofilo Fidani

Director: Dick Spitfire (Demofilio Fidani)

Story: Dino Fidani (Demofilio Fidani)

Screenplay: Dino Fidani (Demofilio Fidani), M. R. Valenza (Mila Vitelli)

Cinematography: Joe D’Amato (Aristide Massaccesi) [Eastmancolor, Panavision]

Music: Lallo Gori (Coriolano Gori)

Running time: 89 minutes

 

Cast:

Django - Hunt Powers (Jack Betts)

Sartana - Chet Davis (Franco Borelli)

Black Burt Keller/“Crazy Burt” Kelly - Gordon Mitchell (Charles Pendleton)

Anne/Jessica Cobb/Brewster - Simone Blondell (Simonetta Vitelli)

Cleo - Krista Nell (Doreis Kristanel)

Sheriff - Ettore Manni

Deputy Sheriff - Custer Gail (Amerigo Castrighella)

Mr. Cobb/Brewster - Manlio Salvatori

Slinky/Stinky - Dennis Colt (Benito Pacifico)

Ramirez - Celso Faria

Miner - Dean Reese (Atilio Dottesio)

Silky - Paul Ross (Paolo Rosani)

Lilly - Mariella Palmich

Randall – Giglio Gigli

Keller - Mario Dardanelli

Kelly - Marcello Meconizzi

Joe - Fulvio Pellegrino

Assassin - Calogero Caruana

With: Mario Capuccio, Roberto Chiapa, Franco Corso (Francesco Corso), Isabella Spataro