50th Anniversary of “Where the Bullets Fly”

 Today marks the 50^th anniversary of the premier of “Where the Bullets Fly” directed by Sergio Grieco and starring Antonio Sabato, Marisa Mell and Lionel Stander. The story is about Gipo (Antonio Sabato), a young adventurer, is given a portion of a rock on which on it is engraved the map of a legendary mine. He sets out in search of the other four pieces needed to complete the map. The other pieces are in the possession of a varied sample of humanity. He teams up with a prostitute and when the mission is finally accomplished, he discovers that the mine is worthless, but do not despair: because he found love along the way.

 

Tutti fratelli nel west… per parte di padre – Italian title

La dove volano le pallottole – Italian title

Todos hemanos… en el Oeste – Spanish title

El Paraiso del Oeste – Spanish title

Miss Dynamite – French title

Fünf Klumpen Gold – German title

All the Brothers of the West Support the Father – English title

Where the Bullets Fly – English title

 

A 1972 Italian, Spanish, German film co-production [D.C. 7 Produzione (Rome), C.C.C.

     (Madrid), Terra Filmkunst (Berlin]

Producer: Giovanni Addessi

Director: Sergio Grieco

Story: Romano Migliorini, Gianbattista Mussetto

Screenplay: Sergio Grieco, Romano Migliorini, Gianbattista Mussetto

Cinematography: Aldo De Robertis [Technicolor, CinemaScope]

Music: Riz Ortolani

     Song: “Where the Bullets Fly” sung by Marisa Mell

Running time: 96 minutes

 

Cast:

Jonathan Edgar Allen Poe/Gipo – Antonio Sabato

Lulu Belle/Blue Bird/Miss Dynamite – Marisa Mell (Marlies Moitzi)

Lucky Capone – Lionel Stander

Tom Slattery/Heininger – Peter Carsten (Gunther Ransenthaler)

General Cagoso/Colonel Hotshot – Fernando Sancho (Fernando Les)

Whores – Brigitte Skay (Brigitte Riedle), Esmeralda Barros

Gennarino – Giacomo Furia

Red Sample – Franco Ressel (Domenico Orobona)

Pigsty – Franco Pesce

Capone henchman – Rick Boyd (Federico Boido)

Sheriff – Tom Felleghy (Tamas Fellegi)

Barn brawler – Giovanni Cianfriglia, Vincenzo Maggio

Townswoman – Carla Mancini

Tom – Nino Musco (Antonio Musco)

Saloon patrons - Elio Angelucci, Salvator Baccaro, Claudio Ruffini

Bath house customer – Mimmo Poli (Domenico Poli)

Governor – Antonio Gradoli

Mexican officer - Pasquale Basile

With: Andrea Scotti, Omero Capanna, Carla Del Poggio

Stunts: Valentino Pelizzi