50th anniversary of the release of “Bad Kids of the West”

 

Today marks the 50^th anniversary of the release of “Kid il monello del West” (Bad Kids of the West) directed by Tonino Ricci and starring Andrea Balestri, Mirko Ellis and Franco Ressel. It’s a Spaghetti Western rip-off of “Bugsy Malone”. A kid with a wild imagination overhears the plan of a gang of bandits who intend to hold up the River City bank. He decides to beat them to it and with a gang of other kids robs the bank. When the outlaws try to get the money, he sets a trap for the outlaws with the local sheriff.

The film ranks 387^th and brought in 121,867 lira at the Italian box office.

 

Kid il monello del West – Italian title

Kid el travieso del oeste - Argentinian title

Vestens Skræk - Danish title

Western Kid – Dutchn title

Kid het tereur von het Westen – Dutch title

Kid Westerns Skrack – Finnish title

Kid-Lannen Kauhu – Finnish title

Little Kid und seine kesse Bande – German title

Mikroi diavoloi... o tromos tou West – German title

Mikroi diavoloi...o tromos tou West - Greek title

Los pequeños coyotes de Kid O'Hara – Spanish title

Western Kid – Swedish title

Westerns skräck – Swedish title

Kid, el travieso del oeste - Uruguain title

Kid, Terror of the West – U.S.A. title

Bad Kids of the West – U.S.A. title

Western Kid – U.S.A. title

 

A 1973 Italian film production [Ramofilm (Rome)]

Producer: Roberto Amoroso

Director: Tony Good/Serrando Gonzales (Tonino Ricci)

Story: Roberto Amoroso

Screenplay: Mario Amendola, Bruno Corbucci, Roberto Amoroso

Cinematography: Silvio Fraschetti [Technicolor, Panoramico]

Music: Enrico Simonetti

     Song: “La banda del west” sung by Renata Cortiglioni

Running time: 90 minutes

 

Cast:

Kid ‘Terror of the West’ O’Hara - Andrea Balestri

Mary Ann/Sciantosa – Cristiana

Captain Sydney Fordice – Mirko Ellis (Mirko Korcinsky)

Wilson - Franco Ressel (Domenico Orabona)

Wilson henchman - Nestore Cavaricci, Alberigo Donadeo

Montana Jim – Ray O’Connor (Remo Capitani)

Noah McKenzie - Attilio Dottesio

Sheriff Stone - Fortunato Arena

Little Wart - Salvatore Furnari

Tuppet - Flavio Colombaioni

Farmer - Sisto Brunetti

Shadow - Gianclaudio Jabes (Jean-Claude Jabes)

Comanchero - Gaetano Scala

Keaton - Pippo Tuminelli (Giuseppe Tuminelli)

River City Townswomen - Lina Franchi, Dolores Calò

Awakened man - Mario Donatone

Brawlers - Bruno Ariè, Roberto Messina, Enrico Chiappafreddo

With: Walter Battistelli, Carlo Carloni, Maurizio Fiori, Barbara Fiorini, Clara Park, R. Gallozzi (Roberto Gallozzi), Rinaldo Ballanti, Claudio Cinquepalmi, Giuseppe Monte, Alberto Allegrezza, Carla Mancini, F. Migliosi (Fabio Migliosi), Fabio Muscara, I. Pizzoferrato (Isabella Pizzoferrato), Bruno Corbucci, Rosa Toros (Rosita Torosh)