RAMPAGE AT APACHE WELLS

Der Ölprinz – German title

Winnetou un der Olprinz – German title

Kralj petroleja – Yugoslavian

Winnetou en de zucht zwaart goud – Belgium title

Petrolejový princ – Czechoslovakian title

Olien flamer over Arizona – Danish title

Winnetou ja Lännen öljyrosvot – Finnish title

Winnetou et l’appat de l’or noir – French title

L'appât de l'or noir – French title

Az olajherceg – Hungarian title

Danza di Guerra per Ringo – Italian title

Winnetou i król nafty – Polish title

Petrolejovy Princ – Russian title

El as alto de los Apaches – Spanish title

Apache Wells – Swedish title

Rampage at Apache Wells – English title

A 1965 West German, Yugoslavian production [Rialto Film (West Berlin), Jadran Film (Zagreb)]

Producers: Horst Wendlandt, Preben Philipsen, Zvonko Kovacic

Director: Harald Philipp

Story: “Der Olprinz” by Karl May

Screenplay: Fred Denger (Alfred Denger), Harald Philipp

Cinematography: Heinz Hölscher [Eastmancolor, Ultrascope]

Music: Martin Böttcher

Running time: 91 minutes

Cast:

Old Surehand – Stewart Granger (James Stewart)

Winnetou – Pierre Brice (Pierre de Bris)

Bill Campbell – Walter Barnes

Grinley/’The Oil Prince’ – Harald Leipnitz

Lizzy – Macha Méril (Maria Gagarine)

Mrs. Anna Ebersbach – Antje Weissgerber

Richard Forsythe – Mario Girotti

Kantor Aurelius Hampel – Heinz Erhardt

Jeremy ‘Old Wabbles’ Sanders – Paddy Fox (Milutin Srdoc)

Mokazchi – Mavid Popovic (Milivoje Popovic-Mavid)

Kovacs – Gerd Frickhöffer (Gerhard Frickhöffer)

Knife – Slobodan Dimitrijevic

Butler – Dusan Janicijevic

Paddy – Davor Antolic

Bergmann – Veljko Maricic

Webster – Ilija Ivezic

Billy Forner – Zvonimir Crnko

Bandits – Stole Arandjelovic (Stojan Arandjelovic), Jovan Janicijevic, Misko Poljanec

Toby – Marinko Cosic

Nitsas-Ini – Petar Dobric

Mokaschi’s son – Sime Jagarinac (Simun Jagarinac)

Duncan – Vladimir Leib

Jnekins – Antun Nalis

Jimmy Campbell – Petar Petrovic

Jack Campbell – Branko Supek

John Campbell – Slobodan Vedernjak

Baby on raft – Sabine Bredemeyer

With: Valent Borovic

Grinley ‘The Oil Prince’ is a sneaky villain who sells worthless oil claims to wealthy investors. Now he wants to pull off a huge scheme by selling a large oilfield, located near Shelly Lake, which is in Indian Territory, to the Western Arizona Bank, but his plans are crossed up by a group of colonists, who want to settle there. A settlement near the lake means trouble with the Indians and possibly the interference of the army, so the Oil Prince kills the wagon master of the settlers, and replaces him with one of his own men, who has been instructed to lead them elsewhere. Winnetou and Old Surehand are soon on to his scheme and discover what has happened. Winnetou offers to replace the dead wagon master, but then the Oil Prince kills the son of a Navajo chief, and puts the blame on the settlers. Finally Chief Mokazchi learns the truth and his braves take care of Grinley and he allows the settlers to live in peace.

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfZ1a7ACRbQ

Spaghetti Western Locations

Continuing our search for filming locations for “Shalako”. After the attack on the fort, Shalako leads the survivors of the hunting party into the desert and away from the Indians. Bosky Fulton and his men have taken the coach and Lady Dagget and are heading for Mexico. Following the stage tracks Shalako sees dust behind the group and suspects the Indians are on their trail. He has the party hide behind some large boulders and covers their tracks. Six Indians ride down the road in pursuit of the coach. Baron Von Hallstatt starts to raise his rifle and in an attempt to shoot them Shalako puts a knife to his throat and makes him stop. After they pass the Baron is indignant that Shalako stopped him as there were only a handful of Indians. Shalako says what about those and points to the hillside above them. A dozen or more Indians ride by on the ridge.

This scene takes place in Rambla de Lanujar which has been used in dozens of films over the years.

For a more detailed view of this site and other Spaghetti Western locations please visit my friend Captain Douglas’ excellent website: http://www.western-locations-spain.com/

Remembering Victor Buono

Charles Victor Buono was born on February 3, 1938 in San Diego, California. His interest in entertainment was originally encouraged by his grandmother, Myrtle Glied [1886-1969], who had once been a vaudevillian on the Orpheum Circuit. It was she who taught Victor how to sing and recite in front of company. His initial choice of career was somewhere in the direction of medicine but the pure joy he experienced from several high school performances (playing everything from Aladdin's evil genie to Hamlet himself) led him to dismiss such sensible thinking and take on the bohemian life style of an actor.

In 1959, a Warner Brothers agent happened to scope out the talent at the Globe Theatre and caught Victor's wonderful performance and gave him a screen test. Looking older than he was, the studio set upon using Victor in weird and wacky ways, such as his bearded poet Bongo Benny in an episode of ‘77 Sunset Strip’. His wry and witty demeanor, fixed stare, huge girth and goateed mug guaranteed his use in nearly every TV crime story needing an off-the-wall character or outlandish villain. Victor's hearty, scene-stealing antics dominated late 1960s TV shows. Recurring madmen included his Count Manzeppi on the popular ‘The Wild Wild West’ (1965) and King Tut who habitually wreaked havoc on Gotham City on ‘Batman’ (1966). Buono appeared as Frank ‘Honey’ Fisher in his only Euro-western “Boot Hill” (1969) opposite Bud Spencer, Terence Hill and Woody Strode.

Continuing with the theatre but on a more infrequent basis, his one-man stage shows included "Just We Three," "Remembrance of Things Past" and "This Would I Keep." He also appeared as Pellinore opposite Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence in a 1975 performance of "Camelot" and earned minor cult status for his memorable performance in the play "Last of the Marx Brothers’ Writers" in a return to the Old Globe Theatre in 1977.

A well-regarded gourmet chef and an expert on Shakespeare, he died of a massive heart attack at his ranch in Apple Valley, California on January 1, 1982.

Today we remember Victor Buono on what would have been his 85^th birthday.

Groundhog Day 2013

The groundhog did not see his shadow so we will have an early Sping.