Thursday, May 25, 2023

50th anniversary of the premier of “Tequila”

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the premier of “Tequila!” directed by Tulio Demicheli and starring Anthony Steffen, Robeto Camardiel and Eduardo Fajardo. It tells the story of Tequila (Anthony Steffen) and Bobo (Roberto Camardiel) hit the little town of Chedron intending to rob the local bank whose owner, De Koven (Eduardo Fajardo), is trying to freeze out all the ranchers in the area by the simple expedient of foreclosing on the mortgages his bank holds on their land.

The film grossed 182,552 lire and is ranked 349th of the top Spaghetti westerns.

 

Tequila! – Italian title

Uno, dos, tres… dispara otra vez – Spanish title

Um Colt para Sartana – Brazilian title

Fuzzy, halt die Ohren steif! - German title

Τεκίλλα, το πρώτο πιστόλι του Ουέστ! – Greek title

Τεκίλλα – Greek title

Tequila – Portuguese title

Förbannade prärieråttor - häng dom – Swedish title

Tequila - mannen med den snabba revolver – Swedish title

Fuzzy the Hero – U.S.A. title

Shoshena – U.S.A. title

Tequila – U.S.A. title

 

An Italian, Spanish film co-production [Tritone Cinematographica (Rome), Mundial Film

     (Madrid)]

Producers: Norberto Solino, José Luis Galicia

Director: Tulio Demicheli

Story: Miguel Iglesias, Enrique Jose

Screenplay: Miguel Iglesias, Enrique Josa, Nino Stresa

Cinematographer: Memmo Mancori (Guglielmo Mancori) [Technicolor, Cinemascope]

Music: Lallo Gori (Coriolano Gori)

Running time: 87 mnutes


Cast:

Shoshena – Anthony Steffen (Antonio De Teffè von Hoonholtz)

Giaguaro/Fuzzy/Bobo/Jaguar – Roberto Camardiel (RobertoEscudero)

Beatrice Lohsman – Maria Elena Arpon

DeKovan – Eduardo Fajardo

Ingris DeKovan - Ágata Lys

Rush Lohsman – Jose L. Zalde (José Luis Lizalde)

Sheriff Paul – John Bartha (János Barta)

O'Connor/Don Lápiz – Mirco Ellis (Mirko Ellis)

Miss Watson - Juanita Jiménez

Bob – German Grech

DeKovan – Eduardo Fajardo

DeKovan henchman - José L. Chinchilla (José Luis Chinchilla)

Sampson brothers Joaquin Solis

Bartender – Pablo Blanco

Saloon patron - Manuel Guitian

ranchers - Agustin Bescos, Antonio Orengo

With: Juan Amigo, Mario Sanz, Julio Milian, Fabian Conde



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