Wednesday, November 8, 2023

50th anniversary of the premier of “Another Try, Eh Providence?”

 

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of “Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza?” (Another Try, Eh Providence?” directed by Alberto Martino and starring Tomas Milian, Gregg Palmer and Carole André. It’s a sequel to “La vita, a volte, è molto dura, vero Provvidenza? “(They Call Me Providence) with Milian and Palmer reprising their same roles. This time Providence (Milian) falls in love with the Countess Pamela DeOrtega (Carole André) and plans on asking her father for her hand in marriage. The problem is she has already been promised a military captain, who the count owes a very large sum of money to. If Providence wants to win her hand, he must come up with a million dollars. With the help of his servant Chiao and his old partner the Hurricane Kid he tries various ways of accumulating the money: a rigged roulette wheel, swindling the inhabitants of a small town with a crooked bank scheme, and a gold heist. Every attempt falls short thanks to the ineptitude of the Hurricane Kid. In the end the count turns out to be a fake and a wanted criminal, Chan Ku, an old acquaintance of Providence, and the husband of the Countess.

The film brought in 1,068,676 lire and ranks 46 on the top Spaghetti westerns.

 

Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza? – Italian title

El bruto, el listo y el capitán – Spanish title

Otra vez, verdad, Providenza? – Spanish title

Tässä me tulemme - Finnish title

Nous en irons n'est ce pas Providence? – French title

Nous y reviola, n'est-ce pas, Providence? – French title

Vestens sprøeste par - Norwegian title

Här kommer vi – Swedish title

Here We Go Again, Eh Providence? – English title

Here We Are Again Providenza – English title

Another Try, Eh Providence? – English title

 

A 1973 Italian, Spanish film co-production [Oceania Produzioni Internationali

     Cinematografica/PEC (Rome), Producciones Cinematográficas D.I.A. (Madrid)]

Producers: Alfonso Donati, Luciano Catencci

Director: Alberto De Martino

Story: Castellano (Franco Castellano), Pipolo (Giuseppe Moccia)

Screenplay: Castellano (Franco Castellano), Pipolo (Giuseppe Moccia), Ramón Llidó

Cinematography: Alejandro Ulloa, Jr. [Eastmancolor, Cinemascope]

Music: Ennio Morricone, Bruno Nicolai

     Song: “Ci risiamo, vero Providenza?”  sung by I Cantori Moderni

Running time: 100 minutes

 

Cast:

Provvidenza/Providence - Tomas Milian (Tomás Milián)

The Hurricane Kid - Gregg Hunter (Palmer Lee)

Countess Pamela DeOrtega - Carole André (Carol Smith)

Count DeOrtega/Chin Yu Kin - Luciano Catenacci

Solon/Chiao - Yu Ming Lun

Captain Barton - Manuel Gallardo (Manuel Lechet)

Sergeant - Ángel Ortiz (Ricardo Ortiz)

Judge - Dante Maggio

Vito Escolone - Cesare Nizzica

Vito’s messenger - Luigi Antonio Guerra

Waitresses - Antonella Cocconcelli, Nadia Cocconcelli

Sharpshooter - Rick Boyd (Federico Boido)

Gorilla - Nello Pazzofini (Giovanni Pazzafini)

Restaurant patron - Margherita Horowitz (Margarete Horowitz)

Waiter - Gianni Brezza

Trading post proprietor – Ettore Geri

Indian chief - Rafael Albaicín (Ignacio-Rafael Escudero)

Hospital patient - Verano Ginesi (Voriano Ginesi)

Hospital nun – Carla Mancini

Captain O’Banion – Rosario Borelli

Soldiers - Goffredo Unger, Omero Capanna, Giulio Maculani

Bank client - Quinto Gambi, Marcello Meconizzi, Mike Monty (Michael O'Donahue)

Roulette player - Vezio Natili, Franz Colangeli

Casino bouncer - Giancarlo Bastianoni

casino roulette observer - Antonio Anelli

Ortega – Dante Cleri

Rifle salesman – Paolo Ferrari

Winchester lady – Edda Ferronao

Postmaster - Francesco D’Adda (Francesco Salvaterra)

Retired bandit - Alberigo Donadeo

Saloon patrons - Claudio Ruffini, Renzo Pevarello, Vincenzo Maggio, Alfonso Giganti,

     Artemio Antonini, Franz Colangeli, Maurizio Streccioni, Filippo Perego, Aldo Dell’

     Acqua

Dance hall employee – Giulio Maculani

Tuscon townsman - Mario Ingrassia

With: Claude Berthy, Giancarlo Grestini, Pietro Fumelli, Nando Martellini (Fernando Martellini), Domenico Cianfriglia, Giancarlo Crestini



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