Roy Colt e Winchester Jack (1970)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Mario Bava

Writers:

Mario di Nardo (screenplay)
Mario di Nardo (story)

Release Date:

December 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Western | Comedy

Plot:

Two outlaws compete with each other over a treasure map that will lead them to buried gold while one...

Plot Keywords:

Outlaw | Treasure Map | Gold | Dynamite | Shootout

Cast

Brett Halsey	...	Roy Colt
Charles Southwood	...	Winchester Jack
Marilù Tolo	...	Manila
Teodoro Corrà	...	The Reverend
Guido Lollobrigida	...	Winchester's lead henchman (as Lee Burton)
Bruno Corazzari	...	Reverend's lead henchman
Mauro Bosco	...	Bellatreccia, Winchester's henchman #2
Federico Boido	...	Boida
Piero Morgia	...	Winchester henchman #3
Franco Pesce	...	Old man in scarf
Giorgio Gargiullo	...	Samuel (the cripple)
Maurizio Laureri	...	Henchman
Vincenzo Crocitti	...	Deaf man
Leo De Nobili	...	Henchman
Isa Miranda	...	Mamma Lizzy

Also Known As:

Roy Colt and Winchester Jack (USA)
Colt e Wincester Jack (Italy)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:16 (nf) | Finland:K-16 | USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Incir De Paolis Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Produzioni Atlas Consorziate (P.A.C.)

Movie Connections:

References Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)

Not as bad as all that. 6 out of 10

This is the first and so far only Mario Bava western that I have seen, and after hearing such bad reviews I was sure this would be a travesty on the order of his Dr. Goldfoot stinker bomb. I was relieved to find it a breezy, charming and often humorous movie that was not as much a chore to watch as many of Mario's other more notable films (as much as I like Lisa and the Devil, I can't but falling asleep halfway through.) This film is a continuation/ripoff of the previous years two-names-western-buddy-film (Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid), only with added Bavaesque elements of humanities greediness and lack of concern for others (see Bay of Blood.) Designed as a spoof but without Naked Gun style gags or even a script (according to other sources Mario hated the original script and decided to ad lib) the film comes off as a empty yet jovial party on film similar to Rush Hour 2, only that movie had the privilage of a multi-million dollar budget. Watch it if you are a Bava fan or a fan of Italian westerns.