50th Anniversary of the premier of “The Buzzards and Crows Will Dig Your Grave”

Today we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the premier of “And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave” directed by Juan Bosch and starring Craig Hill, Fermando Sancho and Maria Pia Conte. The film tells that the aftermath of the Civil War many men have turned to banditry. Wells Fargo is forced to hire bounty hunters to protect their business, but these professionals aren't much better than the robbers they're hunting down. One of them, Jeff Sullivan (Craig Hill), buys the freedom of a convicted robber, Dan Barker (Ángel Aranda) in the hope that the man will lead him to the bandit masterminding the robberies, a guy called Kovacs (Frank Brana). In the course of the events the two men learn to respect each other and when they eventually arrive at the bandits' hideout, they will both have to make an important decision ...

I corvi ti scaveranno la fossa – Italian title

Los buitres cavarán tu fosa – Spanish title

Gringo the Buzzards het recht in eigen hand – Dutch title

Wells Fargon sheriffit – Finnish title

Gringo… les aigles creusent ta tombe – French title

Jeff Sullivan - Senkrecht zur Hölle – German title

Ta korakia th’ anoixoun ton tafo sou – Greek title

Čuvaj se gavrana gringo – Yugoslavian title

And Crows Will Dig Your Grave – English title

The Buzzards and Crows Will Dig Your Grave – English title

 

A 1971 Italian, Spanish film co-production [Devon Film (Rome), Midega Film, Morena

     Film (Madrid)]

Producers: Luciano Martino, Miguel de Echarri

Director: John Wood (Juan Bosch)

Story: Julian Bosch (Juan Palau)

Screenplay: Julian Bosch (Juan Palau), Lou Carrigan (Antonio Ramirez), Roberto

     Gianvitti

Cinematography: Giancarlo Ferrando [Eastmancolor, Widescreen]

Music: Bruno Nicolai

Running time: 97 minutes

 

Cast:

Jeff Sullivan - Craig Hill (Craig Fowler)

Pancho Corrales - Fernando Sancho (Fernando Les)

Susan - Maria Pia Conte (Maria Pia Vaccarezza)

Myra - Domenique Boschero

Donovan - Ivan Staccioli (Ivano Staccioli)

Sheriff of Silver Town – Ralph Baldassarre (Raffaele Baldassarre)

Sheriff of Lost Valley – Carlos Ronda

Dan/Ben Barker - Ángel Aranda

Glen Kovacs - Frank Braña (Francisco Pérez)

Ted Salomon - Joaquin Dia (Joaquín Diaz)

Manuel – Juan Torres

Jerry - José Antonio Amor

El Rojo - Antonio Molino Rojo

Garcia - Fernando de Miragaya

Rosita - Loredana Montiel

Dawson - Ricardo Moyán

Kovac henchmen - Freddy Unger (Goffredo Unger), Sergio Aparici

Corrales' henchman - Indio Gonzales (Gaspar Gonzalez)

Emisario - Raúl Aparici

Blacksmith - Miquel Bordoy (Miguel Bordoy i Gil)

Captain of work camp - Isidro Novellas (Isidro Plans)

Mexican – Manuel Bronchud (Manuel Bronchud i Guisoni)