Today marks the 50th anniversary of the premier of “Sentivano uno strano, eccitante, pericoloso puzzo di dollari” (Behold the Strange, Stimulating Smell of Dollars) directed by Italo Alfaro and starring Robert Malcolm, Piero Vida and Rosalba Neri. It tells the story of a bounty hunter Bud ‘Charity’Jenkins (Robert Malcolm) who is hired by the Government to protect a shipment of one million dollars meant for railroad construction. But a town boss/bank owner Mr. Costello (Luigi Montini) has a scheme to pocket the money for himself. Meanwhile, a wanted man posing as a Reverend (Peter Landres) with a talking parrot named George Washington! shows up in town, as does Mr. Costello's prim and proper sister Maria (Rosalba Neri). Needless to say, this complicates everyone's plans a little more.
The film brought in 155,539 lira and is ranked 366 in
Spaghetti western box office returns.
Sentivano… uno strano, eccitante, pericoloso puzzo di
dollari – Italian title
Ils sentaient une etrange, excitante, dangereuse odeur de
dollars… – French title
Der Barmherzige mit den schnellen Fausten – German title
Trinita enantion Samata - Greek title
Sentian… un extrano, excitante, peligroso olor de dolares
– Spanish title
Excitante peste de dólares - Spanish title
Bronco Kid går på en blåsning – Swedish title
And They Smelled the Strange, Exciting, Dangerous Scent
of Dollars – English title
Charity and the Strange Smell of Money – U.K. title
Behold the Strange, Stimulating Smell of Dollars –
English title
A 1973 Italian film production [Samy Cinematografica
(Rome)]
Producers: Enzo Boetani, Giuseppe Collura
Director: Italo Alfaro
Story: Piero Regnoli
Screenplay: Piero Regnoli
Cinematography: Sandro Mancori (Alessandro Mancori)
[Eastmancolor, Techniscope]
Music: Gianni Meccia (Giovanni Meccia), Bruno Zambrini
Running time: 95 minutes
Cast:
Bronco Kid - Piero Vida (Pietro Vida)
Butch “Charity” Jenkins - Robert Malcolm (Roberto Rossi)
Al Costello - Luigi Montini
Maria Costello - Rosalba Neri
Colonel – Spartaco Conversi
Ramirez - Salvatore Puntillo
Fernandez - Gilberto Galimberti
Andrew - Attilio Severini
Pablo – Jean Claudio (Gianclaudio Jabes)
Sheriff - Nando Cerulli (Fernando Cerulli)
Alan Wilson - Gildo Di Marco
Reverend Higglethwaite/Higgins – Peter Landers (Piero
Scheggi)
Cowboys - Amerigo Castrichella
Bank robber - Roberto Messina, Ottorino Polentini
Ramirez henchman - Renzo Pevarello, Sergio Ukmar
Soldier – Lars Bloch
Railroad workers - Pietro Torrisi, Artemio Antonini, Claudio
Ruffini
Costello henchman – Bruno Arie, Rocco Lerro, Riccardo
Petrazzi, Franco Ukmar,
Domenico
Cianfriglia, Rinaldo Zamperla, Sergio Testori
Woman in church - Ada Pometti (Nunzia Pometti)
Old man – Dante Maggio
George Washington - Pippo
With; Luigi Meccia, G. Corradi, Alessandro Perrella,
Amerigo Castrighella
Stunt coordinator: Attilio Severini
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