Today
marks the 50th anniversary of the premier of “The Return of
Hallelujah”. Directed by Anthony Ascott and starring George Hilton, Lincoln
Tate, Agata Flori and Roberto Camardiel it a film about a gunman named
Hallelujah (George Hilton) who accepts, for a reasonable compensation, to
provide the revolutionary general Ramirez (Roberto Camardiel) an Aztec idol,
known as "El Niño", the possession of which will attain for him the
support of the Indians in the fight against Maximilian and his general Miranda (Renato
Baldini). The statue, stolen by a thief, Flora (Agata Flori), and her
accomplice, the Scotsman Archie (Lincoln Tate), who, ignoring the value and
significance, have used it to hide precious jewels in. However, the idol has
ended up in the hands of two peons, who have sold it to a pawn shop. Hallelujah
is able to retrieve the idol, and then sells it, to a businessman rather than
Ramirez. Ferguson (Umberto D’Orsi) is interested in selling it in exchange for
significant business benefits to General Miranda. After receiving it, in turn,
from the leader of the Indians he realizes that the statue is a fake.
Hallelujah, in reality still holds the real one. He then has to deal with
Miranda’s henchmen, Ferguson, Flora and Archie. He plays one against the other
and eventually brings the idol to Ramirez.
Il West ti va stretto, amico... è arrivato Alleluja –
Italian title
Alléluia défie l'Ouest – French title
Le far west est trop petit pour toi, mon ami: Alleluja est
arrive – French title
Beichtet, Freunde, Halleluja kommt – German title
El West es estrevho para ti, amigo! Ha llegado Alleluja –
Filipino title
Alleluja zise ki ase tous allous na fonazoun – Greek title
O Regresso de Aleluia – Portuguese title
Bati
The West is Tough, Amigo… Alleuja’s Here – English title
The West is Very Close, Amigo – English title
Deep West – English title
The Return of Hallelujah – English title
A 1972 Italian, French, German co-production [Colosseo
Artistica (
Producer: Dario Sabatello
Director: Anthony Ascott (Giuliano Carnimeo)
Story: Giovanni Simonelli
Screenplay: Tito
Cinematography: Stelvio Massi [Eastmancolor, Cinemascope]
Music: Stelvio Cipriani
Running time: 100 minutes
Cast:
Johnny la Faine/Alleluja/Hallelujah – George Hilton
Archie – Lincoln Tate
Fleurette – Agata Flori
Sam – Raymond Bussières
Zagaya – Riccardo Garrone
Priest – Aldo Barberito
General Ramirez – Roberto Camardiel
Abel – Giovanni Pazzafini
Drake – Paolo Gozlino
General Miranda – Renato Baldini
Schultz – Peter Berling
Austrian – Adriana Faccheti
Cain – Lars Bloch
Mara/Mary – Mara Krupp
Sheriff with fishes – Fortunato Arena
Laredo deputy – Gianni Pulone
Sheriff – Luigi Antonio Guerra
Sheriff of
Claude – Claudio Ruffini
Bartender – Attilio Dottesio
Ferguson’s partner – Nando Sarlo
Tom Ferguson – Alfred Thomas
Ferguson henchman – Sergio Ukmar,
Aldo Cecconi, Giulio Mauroni
Lt. Von Steffen – Michael Hinz
Indian chief – Pasquale Fasciano
Lieutenant Von Steffen – Michael Hinz
Stagecoach passenger – Adriana Faccheti
Church camp women – Margherita Horowitz, Maria de Sisti
Nuts/Nutcraker – Pietro Torrisi
Undertakers – Vincenzo De Palo, Salvatori
Billa
Ramirez soldier - Augusto Funari
Austrian Soldiers – Calogero Azzaretto, Renzo Pevarello,
Salvatore Billa, Roberto
Dell’Acqua, Clemente
Ukmar, Raniero Dorascenzi, Maurizio Streccioni, Silvio
Klein,
Giglio Gigli, Michele Branca, Rinaldo
Zamperla, Roberto Dell’Acqua, Giancarlo
Ukmar
Grizzly/Drake henchmen –
Aldo Pedinotti, Oscar Giustini, Antonio Basile, Sisto
Brunetti, Sergio Testori, Sergio Smacchi
Townswoman – Eleonore Morana
With: Martial Bresson, Antonio Guerra, Pasquale Pasciano,
Annemarie Schüler
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