50th Anniversary of the premier of “Bad Man’s River”.

 Today marks the 50^th anniversary of the premier of” E continuavano a fregarsi il milione di dollari” (Bad Man’s River). Directed by Eugenio Martin and starring Lee Van Cleef, Gina Lollobrigida, James Mason, Gianni Garko, Simon Andreu, Jess Hahn and Eduardo Fajardo. It tells the story band of tough Texas outlaws called the King gang, led by Roy ‘Bomba’ King (Van Cleef), who race up and down the border robbing one bank after another. Their only worthy adversary is the devilishly sensuous Alicia (Lollobrigida) who constantly outwits them. Finally they join forces when a Mexican revolutionary who offers the outlaws a million dollars to destroy an arsenal owned by the Mexican army. The arsenal gets blasted, but the million dollars doesn't get delivered in this "outsmart the outsmarters" and "double-cross the double-crossers". It’s considered by many to be one of the worst Spaghetti Westerns of all-time

 

 E continuavano a fregarsi il milione di dollari – Italian title

…Y seguian robandose el millon de dolares – Spanish title

El hombre de rio Malo – Spanish title

Los hombres malos del río – Spanish title

Et ils continuaient a se voler l’un l’autre le million de dollars – French title

Les quatre mercenaires d’El Paso – French title

Los hombres malos del ri­o E - Argentinian title

Quadrilha da fronteira – Brazilian title

Tappotuulella – Finnish title

Matalo – German title

King, o tromeros – Greek title

Rzeka zloczynców – Polish title

Vamos ter sarilho - Portuguese title

Hunt the Man Down – English title

And They Go on Losing the Million Dollars – English title

Bad Man’s River – U.S.A. title

 

A 1972 Italian, Spanish, French film co-production [International Apollo Films (Rome),

     Zurbano Films (Madrid), Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld (Paris)]

Producers: Bernard Gordon, Irving Lerner

Director: Gene Martin (Eugenio Martin)

Story: Gene Martin (Eugenio Marquez), Philip Yordan

Screenplay: Eugenio Martin (Eugenio Marquez), Philip Yordan

Cinematography: Alejandro Ulloa [Technicolor, Franscope]

Music: Waldo de los Rios (Osvaldo de los Rios)

     Song: “Bad Man’s River” sung by Jade Warrior

Running time: 100 minutes

 

Cast:

Roy ‘Bomba’ King - Lee Van Cleef (Clarence Van Cleef, Jr.)

Francisco ‘Paco’ Montero - James Mason

Alicia/Alice - Gina Lollobrigida (Luigina Lollobrigida)

Angel Santos - Simón Andreu (Simón Trobat)

Dolores - Diana Lorys (Anna Vega)

Ed ‘Pupo’ Pace - Gianni Garko (Giovanni Garcovich)

Canales - Aldo Sambrell (Alfredo Brell)

Tom Odie - Jess Hahn (Jesse Hahn)

False Montero - Daniel Martín (José Martinez)

Lieutenant Orozco - Luis Rivera

Conchita - Lone Ferk (Lone Ferck)

General Duarte - Eduardo Fajardo

Colonel Enrique Fierro - Sergio Fantoni

Reverend - Per Barclay (Erik Atberg)

Fiero’s orderly – Gene Collins

Armory soldier - Ricardo Palacios (Ricardo Diez)

Armory officers – Francisco Nieto, José Riesgo (Jose Cortina)

Lopez - José M. Martín (José Manuel Martín)

Banker – Robert Lombard

Sheriff - Allen Russell

Bank teller – Rupert Crabb

Shepard - Barta Barry (Bernabe Barri)

Hired gun - Dan van Husen (Daniel van Husen)

Mexican - José Montoya

With: Tito García (Pablo González), Vic Albert, Carmen Guardón (Carmen Gallen), Tom Power, Carl Rapp (Karl Rapp), Bruno Sismondi, David Thompson, Jean Martin (Eugenio Martin), Clovis Dave, Claudia Gravy (Maria-Claude Perin)

Master of arms: Giorgio Ubaldi