50th anniversary of the premier of “White Fang and the Gold Diggers”

Today marks the 50^th anniversary of the premier of “La Spacconata” (White Fang and the Gold Diggers) directed by Alfonso Brescia and starring Robert Woods, Pedro Sanchez, Franco Lantieri and Gabriella Lepori, This is an Canadian gold rush film about Sandy Shaw (Robert Woods) who inherits the "Eagle's Nest", a gold mine in Canada's far north. He moves there with his young son, Rick (Paolo Lena( and faithful dog White Fang, but soon finds a deadly enemy in Barney Taft (Robert Hundar), who wants the gold mine for himself. Things get even more complicated by the arrival of Sandy's proxy bride, revenge and greed collide and violence is the inevitable result.

La Spacconata – Italian title

Kullankaivajat – Finnish title

Croc-blanc et les chercheurs d’or – French title

Wolfsblut - Der einsame Jäger - German title

Whisky und die Goldgraber – German title

Trommelfeuer für vier Fäuste – German title

Colmillo blanco y los mineros – Spanish title

White Fang and the Gold Diggers – English title

 

A 1974 Italian film production [Pleiade Film (Rome)]

Producer: Giuseppe Maggi

Director: Alfonso Brescia

Story: “Pioneers and Gold Seekers” by Edgar B. Cooper

Screenplay: Giuseppe Maggi, Fiero Regnoli

Cinematography: Silvio Fraschetti [Telecolor]

Music: Alessandro Alessandroni

Running time: 103 minutes

 

Cast:

Sandy Shaw/David/Daniel – Robert Wood (Robert Woods)

Dollar – Pedro Sanchez (Ignazio Spalla)

Donovan – Franco Lantieri

Connie/Linda Burton – Gabriella Lepori

Rick Shaw – Paolo Lena

Barney Taft – Robert Hundar (Claudio Undari)

Garrick – Armando Bottin

Smitty - Jean-Pierre Clarain

Doc Fenmore – Franco Calogero

Hank – Amedeo Timpani

Saloon employee – Rolando De Santis

Donovan henchmen – Artemio Antonini, Sergio Testori

Sheriff – Andrea Fantasia

Poker players – Nello Pazzafini, Benito Pacifico

RCMP Captain Fairmont – Eolo Capritti

Geologist – Renato Malavasi

Whiskey/White Fang – Habbash

With: Franco Calogero, Amedeo Timpani

Taft henchman – Franco Pasquetto (Gianfranco Pasquetto), Giovanni Ukmar

Saloon brawler – Sergio Ukmar

With: Sergio Smacchi