50th Anniversary of “Judge Roy Bean”

 

Today marks the 50^th Anniversary of the premier of “Le juge Roy Bean” (Judge Roy Bean). It was co-directed by Richard Owens and Jean Girault and starred - Pierre Pierret as Bean and co-starred Robert Hussein as Black Bird/’The Sicilian’. The story is about Rocco Pedace who has settled in a small village in the West, where he operates a saloon with a very personal justice. One day, near the village, a stagecoach is attacked and its load of gold ends up in possession of Rocco’s granddaughter Cat, who he hides. A bounty hunter, a Sicilian mafioso, comes to town, on the trail of Cat, and enters into direct competition with Rocco. The two play a game of cards for the supremacy of the town. Defeated, Rocco must leave town. The bounty hunter finds Cat and prepares a gallows to hang the suspected thief. Rocco comes back to town and defeats the bounty hunter in a showdown. Cat meanwhile attempts to flee town with her boyfriend Buck and the gold but is stopped by Rocco.

Le juge Roy Bean - French title
La loi a l’ouest du Pecos - French title
La tueur ainme les bonbons - French title
All’ovest di Sacramento - Italian title
El Juez - Spanish title
Das Gesetz in Westen von Pecos - German title
Trouble in Sacramento - English title
The Law of Langtry - English title
Judge Roy Bean - English title

A 1971 French, Italian co-production [Copernic-Cormacico (Paris), Milvia

     Cinematografica (Rome)]
Producers: Maurice Jacquin, Paul Laffargue
Director: Richard Owens (Federico Chentrens), Jean Girault
Story: Jacques Villfrid based on a character created by Rene Goscinny and Maurice de

     Bevere
Screenplay: Luigi Angelo, Federico Chentrens, Oscar De Mans
Cinematography: Mario Fioretti [Kodakcolor, widescreen]
Music: Pierre Perret
     Song: “Le judge” sung by Pierre Perret
Running time: 92 minutes

Cast:
Judge Roy Bean/Rocco Pedace - Pierre Pierret
Black Bird/’The Sicilian’ - Robert Hussein (Robert Husseinoff)
Cat/Katy - Silvia Monti (Silvia Cornacchia)
Slim - Xavier Gelin
Buck Carson - Angelo Infanti
Dolly - Francoise Girault
Victoria - Paola Borboni
Post Mortem - Tiberio Murgia
Antonio Burke - Giuliano Disperati
Joe Picadilly - Silvio Bagolini
Pastor - Werner Hasselmann
Orphan - Cristina Gaioni (Maria Gaioni)
Jeremie - Franco Gula (Francesco Gula)
Rooster - Ugo Fangareggi

Old man at orphanage – Salvatore Campochiaro

Acrobat – Roberto Alessandri (Alberto Alessandri)

Town crier – Carlo Delle Piane

Jurist – Fulvio Pellegrino

Witness – Mimmo Poli

Croupier – Augusto Innocenzi

Bartender – Romano Targa

Gambler – Fortunato Arena

Saloon patrons – Marcello Meconizzi, Alberigo Donadeo, Milena Zampana, Romano

     Milano, Elio Angelucci

Striptease observer – Mario Ingrassia, Ugo Ballester, Alfonso Giganti

Old man at orphanage - Turi Campochiaro (Salvatore Campochiario

Townsman – Manlio Savatori
With: Anne-Marie Balin, Antonio Gradoli, Serafino Profumo, Nerina Montagnani, Muriel Blain, Stefania Pecci, Claudio Trionfi, Daniela Badiali, Jacqueline Chiauvaud, Giuliana Serpentini