50th Anniversary of the premier of “Light the Fuse... Sartana is Coming”

 Today marks the 50^th anniversary of the release of one of the best of the Sartana films directed by Anthony Ascott (Giuliano Carnimeo) and starring the real Sartana Gianni Garko, the beautiful Susan Scott (Nieves Navarro) from the “Big Gundown”, and Piero Lulli. This time Grande Full (Lulli) an unscrupulous adventurer, is in prison under trumped up charges of murdering his partner Johnson, who had been shot by a bandit. A gunman named Sartana (Garko) is determined to free Grande Full in order for him to reveal the place where the stolen $500,000 is hidden so he helps him escape from prison. The money, however, is also the concern of several other people, who on several occasions unsuccessfully try to kill Sartana, while only Belle (Navarro), the widow of Johnson seems willing to help. After eliminating his opponents, Sartana becomes aware that the murderer, Johnson, was killed with the complicity of Great Full and Belle. He discovers the cache of gold, and achieves the dual purpose of punishing those responsible for the operation, the bandit and takes possession of the stolen goods.

 

Una novola di polvere... un grido di morte... arriva Sartana - Italian title

Llega Sartana - Spanish title

Sartana Esta Chegando - Brazilian title

Sartana’s største kup - Danish title

Juokse, joukse, Sartana tulee - Finnish title

Une trainee de poudre les pistoleros arrivent! - French title

Une trainee de poudre - French title

Sartana kommt - German title

Arriva - Sartana Rächer des Todes - German title

Exo apo ton nomo - Greek title

Un grito de muerte... llega Sartana - Mexican title

Sartana, o vingador - Portuguese title

Cloud of Dust... Cry of Death... Sartana is Coming - English title

Light the Fuse... Sartana is Coming - English title

Run, Man, Run... Sartana’s in Town - English title

Gunman in Town - English title

 

A 1970 Italian, Spanish co-production [Devon Film (Rome), Copercines (Madrid)]

Producers: Eduardo Manzanos Brochero, Luciano Martino

Director: Anthony Ascott (Giuliano Carnimeo)

Story: Eduardo M. Brochero (Eduardo Manzanos Brochero)

Screenplay: Eduardo M. Brochero (Eduardo Manzanos Brochero), Tito Carpi (Fiorenzo

     Carpi), Ernesto Gastaldi

Cinematography: Julio Ortas (Julio Plaza) [Eastmancolor, CinemaScope]

Music: Bruno Nicolai

Running time: 99 minutes

 

Cast:

Sartana - John Garko (Giovanni Garcovich)

Belle Manassas - Susan Scott (Nieves Garcia)

Heinz - Bruno Corazzari

‘One Eye’/Sam Putnam - Francisco Brana (Francisco Perez)

Sheriff JimManassas - Massimo Serato (Giuseppe Segato)

General Moko - José Jaspe (José Rivas)

‘Nobody’ - Renato Baldini

‘Grande Full’/Grandville Fuller - Piero Lulli (Giusva Lulli)

Professor Pon Pon - Franco Pesce (Franceco Pesci)

Sheriff - Luis Induni (Luigi Radicci)

Deputy Sheriff - Dan van Husen (Daniel van Husen)

Deputy in sauna – Alfonso Giganti

Prison guard – Nestore Cavaricci

Sancho - Lino Coletta

Casino cowboy – Francesco Anniballi

Card player – Romano Targa, Mario Ingrassia

Judge Ericson – Francisco Sanz

Warden Hanson - Giuseppe Castellano

Informer - Salvatore Borgese (Giuseppe Borgese)

Hotel owner - Mara Krupp

Blacksmith – Amedeo Timpani

Monk - Fernando Bilbao (Fernando Elgezabal)

Monk henchman – Aysanoa Runachagua (Alfredo Runachagua), Alfonso de la Vega,

     Juan Antonio Peral, Marcello Meconizzi

Girl at Monk’s camp - Maria Vico (Maria Villardo)

Johnson - Gennarino Pappagalli

Warter - Mario Ralph (Raffaele Di Mario)

Killer in Turkish Bath - Brizio Montinaro

With: Clay Slegger, Beatrice Pelegrino, Gianni Pulone (Giovanni Pulone)