Bad Man's River
Bad Man's River | |
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Directed by | Eugenio Martín |
Written by | Eugenio MartínPhilip Yordan |
Produced by | Bernard Gordon |
Starring | Lee Van CleefJames MasonGina Lollobrigida |
Cinematography | Alejandro Ulloa |
Music by | Waldo de los Rios |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Countries | Spain France Italy[1] |
Language | English |
Bad Man's River (Italian: E continuavano a fregarsi il milione di dollari and Spanish: El hombre de Río Malo) is a 1971 Italian/Spanish/French international co-production comedy Spaghetti Western directed by Eugenio Martín[2] and starring Lee Van Cleef, James Mason, Gina Lollobrigida, Sergio Fantoni, Simón Andreu and Lone Fleming, the director's then wife.[3] Soundtrack was composed by Tony Duhig, Jon Field, Glyn Havard and Waldo de los Ríos.[4]
Plot
[edit]Roy King's gang robs a bank and flees to Mexico on a train. Roy meets a beautiful woman, Alicia, and marries her, only to have her run off with all of the money.
An offer comes his way to blow up the arsenal of the Mexican army, then rob their representatives when they take money across the border to replace the destroyed weapons. A daring plan gets the job done, only to have Roy double-crossed once more, unable to get his money.
Cast
[edit]- Lee Van Cleef as Roy King
- Gina Lollobrigida as Alicia King
- James Mason as Montero
- Simón Andreu: Angel Santos
- Gianni Garko: Ed Pace
- Diana Lorys: Dolores
- Sergio Fantoni: Colonel Enrique Fierro
- Aldo Sambrell: Canales
- Jess Hahn: Tom Odie
- Daniel Martín: Falso Montero
- Luis Rivera: Orozco
- Lone Fleming: Conchita
- Eduardo Fajardo: General Duarte
- José Manuel Martín: Mexican Soldier
References
[edit]- ^ Bad Man's River | (1971) | British Film Institute
- ^ Oliete-Aldea, Elena; Oria, Beatriz; A. Tarancón, Juan (December 17, 2015). Global Genres, Local Films: The Transnational Dimension of Spanish Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 13. ISBN 9781501303005.
- ^ "Les Quatre mercenaires d'El Paso". UniFrance. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
- ^ "El hombre de Río Malo". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved February 11, 2018.
External links
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- 1971 films
- 1971 comedy films
- 1970s Western (genre) comedy films
- English-language French films
- English-language Italian films
- English-language Spanish films
- French Western (genre) comedy films
- Mexican Revolution films
- Spaghetti Western films
- Spanish Western (genre) comedy films
- 1970s English-language films
- 1970s Spanish films
- 1970s Italian films
- 1970s French films
- English-language Western (genre) comedy films
- Italian Western (genre) comedy films
- 1970s Spanish film stubs
- 1970s Western (genre) film stubs