50th Anniversary of the premier of “Cipolla Colt”

 

Today marks the 50^th anniversary of the premier showing of “Cipolla Colt” (Cry Onion aka Spaghetti Western). Directed by Enzo Castellari this comedy western starred Franco Nero, Martin Balsam, Sterling Hayden and Emma Cohen. The story is about a young farmer named Jack ‘Onion’ Stark who purchases the only still green and unused plot of ground left in Paradise City to grow onions. The rest of the territory has forcefully become the property of the oil company owned by Petrus Lamb (Martin Balsam). Just as he had removed the previous owner, Nerone ‘Stinky’ Foster (Romano Puppo), who had refused to give him the land, Lamb now unleashes his minions against Onion, who, throughout all of Paradise City, can only count on the help of an old man a brave journalist Henry ‘Jack’ Pulitzer (Sterling Hayden) and the two little children, Caligola ‘Cal’ Foster (Duilio Cruciani) and Dutch Fernando Castro, of the poor newspaper editor.

The film ranks #35 in Spaghetti western Italian box office returns with 1,190,585 lira proceeds.

 

Cipolla Colt – Italian title

Il cipollaro – Italian title

Zwiebel-Jack raumt auf – German title

El cibollero – Spanish title

Los locos del oro negro – Spanish title

Condusao em Paraiso City – Brazilian title

Луковият колт - Bulgarian title

Vune Cibule – Czechoslovakian title

Itan zorikos kai ton elegan Kremmyda – Greek title

オニオン流れ者 – Japanese title

Onion nagaremono – Japanese title

O cheiro das cebolas – Portuguese title

Bland krutrök och lökdoft – Swedish title

Cry Onion! – English title

The Smell of Onions – U.K. title

Spaghetti Western – U.S.A. title

 

A 1974 Italian, West German, Spanish film co-production [Compagnia Cinematografica

     Champio (Rome), TIT Filmproduktion (Munich), CIPI Cinematografica (Madrdi)]

Producers: Ronald A. Tash (Giancarlo Pettini), Carlo Ponti, Zev Braun

Director: Enzo G. Castellari (Enzo Girolami)

Story: Sergio Donati, Luciano Vincenzoni

Screenplay: Miguel de Echarri (Miguel Gamundi), Sergio Donati, Luciano Vincenzoni

Cinematography: Alejandro Ulloa [Eastmancolor, widescreen]

Music: Guido & Maurizio De Angelis

Running time: 100 minutes

 

Cast:

Cipolla Colt/Jack ‘Onion’ Stark – Franco Nero (Francesco Sparanero)

Petrus Lamb – Martin Balsam

Henry ‘Jack’ Pulitzer – Sterling Hayden (Sterling Walter)

Jeff – Dick Butkus (Richard Butkus)

Sheriff – Leo Anchóriz (Leopardo Fustel)

Nerone ‘Stinky’ Foster – Romano Puppo

Mary Ann Pulitzer – Emma Cohen (Emmanuela Rahola)

Judge Logan – Helmut Brasch (Helmut Braesch)

Benjamin – Fabian Conde (Domingo García)

Zachary – Dan van Husen (Daniel van Husen)

Deputy Sheriff – Enzo G. Castellari (Enzo Girolami)

Caligola ‘Cal’ Foster – Duilio Cruciani

Ole/Oble/Monocle – Nazzareno Zamperla

Jack – Manuel Zarzo

Villain with sunglasses – David Warbeck (David Mitchell)

Buck – Massimo Vanni

Judd – Charly Bravo (Carlos Bravo)

Dutch Foster – Fernando Castro

Zeke – Wal Davis (Waldemar Wohlfahrt)

Jim – Daniel Martin (José Martínez)

Hal Foster – Antonio Pica (Antonio Serrano)

Oil Tanker – George Rigaud (Pedro Delissetche)

Super Oil board member – Agustin Bescos (Agustín Fernandez)

John – Alejandro de Encisco (José López)

Sam – Xan das Bolas (Tomás Peña)

Violet – Lucy Tiller (Lluch Tiller)

Mack – Leopold Francis

Owen – Vidal Molina (Mariano Molina)

Bartender – Felipe Urmeneta

With: Juan Antonio Rubio (Juan Garcia)

Stunts: Rocco Lerro, Massimo Vanni