We continue our search for locations for “Bad Man’s River”

 When they reach the ghost town the gang goes in search of the thief but they are in for a surprise as Canales and his men are already there and with the wind and dust blowing they pursue King and his men. Bomba goes in a saloon and is followed by two of Canales’ men. From behind the bar he places a bottle of whiskey and two glasses on top which draws the two men over and they look behind the bar but Bomba has managed to crawl through the shattered bar and shoots one of his pursuers and places his derby on the others head marches him to the door where he’s promptly shot and killed by two other Canales’ henchmen. When the two men enter the bar to examine the body King shoots and kills them. Now Pace is pursued but he disposes of the man. In a comical shootout most of Canales men are eliminated. During the shooting the false Montero is shot and killed by one of Canales’ men. It’s discovered he does not have the million dollars on him.

Holing up in a shack with a wounded Angel the King gang are surrounded by Canales and his gang. Canales brings a Gatling gun into play and levels the shack. The King and the gang managed to move under the floorboards and when Canales’ gang moves into recover the bodies they are shot down. Canales surrenders. Canales’ proposes they join forces, and he wants King to turn over Alicia and he will find out where the money is.

This scene was filmed in Colemenar Viejo, Spain. The same town seen in Clint and Tuco’s shootout with Angel Eyes’ gang in “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”.

For a more detailed view of this site and other Spaghetti Western locations please visit my friend Yoshi Yasuda’s location site: http://y-yasuda.net/film-location.htm and Captain Douglas Film Locations http://www.western-locations-spain.com/

Spaghetti Western Trivia – Death? on “Death at Owell Rock”

 During the filming of “Death at Owell Rock” starring Mark Damon and Stephen Forsyth, Second unit director Yves Boisset stated that a stuntman died during the shooting of the sequence of the wagon explosion. The stunt failed the day before and the director Riccardo Freda insulted the stunt man who did it again the next day, when he died. But after his death Freda sent a big sum of money to the stunt man's family.

Actor Stephen Forsyth had denied any death occurring while filming. Italian film historian Roberto Curti stated that no other sources outside Boisset reported the death.

Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Amerigo Anton

 [These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

Amerigo Anton was born Camillo Tanio Boccia on April 4, 1912. He was an Italian film director and screenwriter active between the 1950s and the early 1970s. From 1960 onwards, he was regularly credited as Amerigo Anton. Born in Potenza, Basilicata, he started as a dancer and choreographer in Rome in the 1930s, later moving on to act in regional, dialectal stage plays. He had a small role in “Variety Lights” (1951) by Alberto Lattuada and Federico Fellini, his first performance as a film actor. Known for his work as a film director, he directed 20 low-budget films in his career. He is best known for his work in the adventure film genre, particularly peplum, in the early 1960s with films such as “Caesar the Conqueror” (1962), “Samson Against the Pirates” (1963) and “Hercules of the Desert” (1964). In 1965 he directed the spy adventure “Agente X 1-7 operación Océano”.

His films, generally rated as B or Z movies, always met negative reception and Boccia was often mocked in the Cinecittà environment, earning the nickname of the "Italian Ed Wood" after his death. However, he has been re-evaluated in recent years, since his works, albeit rather poor, are considered "not at all the kind of cinematic disasters", and he’s appreciated for his creativity in order to solve complicated situations, due to the low budget he had to work with. He was also labeled as the "Italian Roger Corman" for his ability to make a movie in a short time with low financial resources.

His only Spaghetti western was in a cameo role in 1966’s “Kill or Be Killed” starring Rod Dana.

Boccia died on August 1, 1982, in Rome, Italy. He was 69 years old.

ANTON, Amerigo (aka Amerifo Anton, Amerigo Antón) (Camillo Tanio Boccia) [4/4/1912, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy – 8/1/1982, Rome, Lazio, Italy] – director, writer, film editor, theater, film actor.

Kill or be Killed – 1966

New German Blu-ray/DVD, Spanish DVD releases

 

“Scalps”

(1986)

 

Directors: Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso

Starring: Vassili Karis, Mapi Galán, Alberto Farnese, Charlie Bravo

 

Country: Germany

Label: Cinestrange Extreme (Bahnhofskino Edition #9)

Limited edition, Mediabook BluRay/DVD in three cover options (limited to 333/222/111 copies)

Aspect ratio: 1.67:1

Resolution: 1080p

Languages: DD2.0 stereo German, English, Italian

Subtitles: German

Running time: 101 minutes

Extras: 24 page booklet „Ein Blick auf Scalps" by Harald Mühlbeyer; gallery; alternative intro; SD version

Available: May 26, 2023

“Al infierno Gringo”

(Land Raiders)

(1969)

 

Director: Nathan Juran

Starring: Telly Savalas, George Maharis, Irene Dahl, Fernando Rey

 

Country: Spain

DVD

PAL

Aspect ratio: 16:9

Label: RSR Studio

Languages: DD 2.0 English, Spanish

Subltitles: Spanish

Running time: 101 minutes

ASIN: B0C5TW38WL

Available: May 23, 2023

Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Davor Antolić

 [These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

Davor Antolić was a Croatian film, television actor and production designer. He appeared in 19 films and television series between 1956 and 1998. Of those three were Euro-westerns. Sometime in the 1970s he immigrated to the United States and found work at the NBC Studios in Burbank, California. He returned to Croatia later and appeared in two films in 1982 and 1998.

He was married to Anuska B. Antolic and they had two sons, Roman and Alan.

Davor Antolic died in Zagreb, Croatia on September 12, 2004, at the age of 70.

ANTOLIC, Davor (aka D. Antolić, Davor Antolić) [2/22/1934, Bjelovar, Croatia, Yugoslavia – 9/12/2004, Zagreb, Croatia] – production designer, assistant director, film, TV actor, married to Anuska B. Antolić [1944-    ], father of tennis player Roman J. Antolić [1971-    ], Alan Antolić [1975-    ],

Frontier Hellcat – 1964 (Rod)

Rampage at Apache Wells – 1965 (Paddy)

Scalawag – 1973 (Rooster)

New German Blu-ray releases “Ein Dollar zwischen den Zähnen”, “Western-Jack”. “Glut der Sonne”

 

“Ein Dollar zwischen den Zähnen”

(Stranger in Town)

(1966)

 

Director: Luigi Vanzi

Starring: Tony Anthony, Frank Wolff, Raf Baldassarre

 

Country: Germany

Label: Nameless Media / Eurovideo

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1

Resolution: 1080p

Languages: DTS-HD MA 2.0German, Italian, English

Subtitles: German

Running time: 87 minutes

Extras: theatrical version (SD); German and English trailer; audio interview with Tony Anthony

ASIN: B0BYGQKRS

Available: May 25, 2023

“Western Jack”

(The Stranger Returns)

(1967)

 

Director: Luigi Vanzi

Starring: Tony Anthony, Dan Vadis, Jill Banner

 

Country: Germany

Label: Nameless Media / Eurovideo

Aspect ratio: 1.78:1

Resolution: 1080p

Languages: DTS-HD MA 5.1 German, Italian, English

Subtitles: German

Running time: 96 minutes

Extras: German theatrical version (SD); German and English trailer; audio interview with Tony Anthony

ASIN: B0BYGT3BH2

Available: May 25, 2023

“Glut der Sonne”

(The Fury of Johnny Kid)

(1967)

 

Director: Gianni Puccini

Starring: Peter Lee Lawrence, Cristina Galbó, Andrés Mejuto, Piero Lulli

 

Country: Germany

Label: Explosive Media

Region B

Aspect ratio: 16:9, 2/35:1

Resolution 1080p (remastered)

Languages: DTS-HD MA 2.0 mono Italian, German, English

Subtitles: German

Runtime: 89 min

Extras: Italian and German trailer; featurette "Shakespeare in the West"; gallery

ASIN: B0BT6VHSJ1

Available: May 25, 2023

50th anniversary of the premier of “Tequila”

Today marks the 50^th anniversary of the premier of “Tequila!” directed by Tulio Demicheli and starring Anthony Steffen, Robeto Camardiel and Eduardo Fajardo. It tells the story of Tequila (Anthony Steffen) and Bobo (Roberto Camardiel) hit the little town of Chedron intending to rob the local bank whose owner, De Koven (Eduardo Fajardo), is trying to freeze out all the ranchers in the area by the simple expedient of foreclosing on the mortgages his bank holds on their land.

The film grossed 182,552 lire and is ranked 349^th of the top Spaghetti westerns.

 

Tequila! – Italian title

Uno, dos, tres… dispara otra vez – Spanish title

Um Colt para Sartana – Brazilian title

Fuzzy, halt die Ohren steif! - German title

Τεκίλλα, το πρώτο πιστόλι του Ουέστ! – Greek title

Τεκίλλα – Greek title

Tequila – Portuguese title

Förbannade prärieråttor - häng dom – Swedish title

Tequila - mannen med den snabba revolver – Swedish title

Fuzzy the Hero – U.S.A. title

Shoshena – U.S.A. title

Tequila – U.S.A. title

 

An Italian, Spanish film co-production [Tritone Cinematographica (Rome), Mundial Film

     (Madrid)]

Producers: Norberto Solino, José Luis Galicia

Director: Tulio Demicheli

Story: Miguel Iglesias, Enrique Jose

Screenplay: Miguel Iglesias, Enrique Josa, Nino Stresa

Cinematographer: Memmo Mancori (Guglielmo Mancori) [Technicolor, Cinemascope]

Music: Lallo Gori (Coriolano Gori)

Running time: 87 mnutes

Cast:

Shoshena – Anthony Steffen (Antonio De Teffè von Hoonholtz)

Giaguaro/Fuzzy/Bobo/Jaguar – Roberto Camardiel (RobertoEscudero)

Beatrice Lohsman – Maria Elena Arpon

DeKovan – Eduardo Fajardo

Ingris DeKovan - Ágata Lys

Rush Lohsman – Jose L. Zalde (José Luis Lizalde)

Sheriff Paul – John Bartha (János Barta)

O'Connor/Don Lápiz – Mirco Ellis (Mirko Ellis)

Miss Watson - Juanita Jiménez

Bob – German Grech

DeKovan – Eduardo Fajardo

DeKovan henchman - José L. Chinchilla (José Luis Chinchilla)

Sampson brothers Joaquin Solis

Bartender – Pablo Blanco

Saloon patron - Manuel Guitian

ranchers - Agustin Bescos, Antonio Orengo

With: Juan Amigo, Mario Sanz, Julio Milian, Fabian Conde