Adiós gringo (1965)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Giorgio Stegani

Writers:

José Luis Jerez Aloza (writer)
Giorgio Stegani (writer)

Release Date:

22 December 1965 (Italy)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

A gunslinger on the run for a murder he didn't commit goes to New Mexico where he hopes to find a person who can exculpate him...

Plot Keywords:

On The Run | Spaghetti Western | False Accusation | Witness | Rape

Cast

Giuliano Gemma	...	Brent Landers
Ida Galli	...	Lucy Tillson (as Evelyn Stewart)
Nello Pazzafini	...	Gil Clawson (as Ted Carter)
Pierre Cressoy	...	Clayton Ranchester (as Peter Cross)
Germano Longo	...	Stan Clevenger (as Grant Laramy)
Massimo Righi	...	Avery Ranchester (as Max Dean)
Roberto Camardiel	...	Dr. Verne Barfield (as Robert Camardiel)
Frank Braña	...	Ranchester's henchman with red shirt (as Francisco Brama)
Jesús Puente	...	Sheriff Saul Slaughter
Monique Saint Claire	...	Maude Clevenger (as Monique Saint Clare)
Claude Servyll		(as Clyde Ceryll)
Sterling Regell		(as Sterling Rengel)
François Pascal		(as Frank Pascal)
Ramón Pérez
Mimo Billi		(as Mimmo Billi)

Also Known As:

Adiós gringo (France) (Italy)
Adios, Gringo (USA)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Italy | Spain | France

Language:

Italian | French | Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:16 | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:X

Company:

Cooperativa Trebol Films

Soundtrack:

Adios Gringo

Ranchester meadows

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

This attractive early spaghetti western stars handsome Giuliano Gemma as Brett Landers, a straight up guy who buys some purloined cattle from rustler Jack Dawson and then makes the mistake of taking them to the nearest town. Confronted by the cattle's real owner (Germano Longo), Brett is forced to kill him in self defense, then escapes a lynch mob and swears to bring Dawson to justice. Whilst in pursuit of Dawson, Landers rescues Lucy (Ida Galli, aka Evelyn Stewart) who has been kidnapped and staked to the ground by three outlaws who presumably don't intend to treat her to tea and crumpets. It's up to Brett to clear his name and protect Miss Lucy's honor. Beautifully shot in miraculously unfaded Eastmancolor by cinematographer Francisco Sempere (Let Sleeping Corpses Lie), Adios Gringo also features a wonderful, though heavily derivative, score by Benedetto Ghiglia and a memorable Fred Bongusto-penned title tune (IMDb incorrectly credits Ghiglia with the song and makes no mention of Bongusto). It's easy to understand why Adios Gringo was number 4 in Italian box office receipts in 1965 (For a Few Dollars More was number 1): it's a well made, entertaining film.