Bad Man's River (1971)

Director:

Eugenio Martín

Writers:

Eugenio Martín (story)
Philip Yordan (story)

Release Date:

23 December 1971 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy | Western

Tagline:

A HAWK... A VULTURE... and A DOVE... All circling for the biggest haul in the WEST!!

Plot:

Robber Roy King loses his wife, Alicia, to revolutionary Montero. Despite their rivalry they collaborate...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Gagged And Bound | Bank Robbery | Black Comedy | Marriage

Cast

Lee Van Cleef	...	Roy King
James Mason	...	Francisco Montero
Gina Lollobrigida	...	Alicia
Simón Andreu	...	Angel Santos
Diana Lorys	...	Dolores
Gianni Garko	...	Ed Pace (as John Garko)
Aldo Sambrell	...	Canales
Jess Hahn	...	Tom Odie
Daniel Martín	...	False Montero
Luis Rivera	...	Orozco
Lone Ferck	...	Conchita
Eduardo Fajardo	...	General Duarte
Sergio Fantoni	...	Colonel Enrique Fierro
José Manuel Martín	...	Mexican Soldier
Francisco Nieto

Also Known As:

E continuavano a fregarsi il milione di dollari (Italy)
Hombre de Río Malo, El (Spain)
Hunt the Man Down (USA)
Quatre mercenaires d'El Paso, Les (France)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

Spain | Italy | France

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:A | West Germany:16 (nf) | UK:12 (DVD rating) | UK:12 (tv rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (1972) | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | Argentina:13 | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain

Company:

International Apollo Films

Quotes:

Montero: I'm the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in 800 balas (2002)

Famous trio protagonist in a Western with loads of action and amusement

The film deals about the bandit Roy King(Lee Van Cleef)and his band(Gianni Garco,Simon Andreu,Jess Hahn)which are robbing trains and banks along Mexican borders.He's deceived for his new wife(Gina Lollobrigida)and a Mexican revolutionary(Daniel Martin) offers them which they collaborate in an attempting to blow up an arsenal by a million dollars,but they will be double-crossed.They'll confront against the Mexican armed ruled by a nasty general Mexican(Eduardo Fajardo)and his underling(Aldo Sambrell)and are besieged in a fort governed by a nutty revolutionary colonel(Sergio Fantoni).

This is an average Western with humor and action.The film is plenty of gunplay,irony,shoot'em up,comedy and is quite entertained.The movie gets comics remarks of the spoof Western genre originated on the end decade 60s by the directors Burt Kennedy and Andrew McLagen and stretch out to Italian Western with the Trinity series(Terence Hill and Spencer).Lee Van Cleef as chief outlaw is humorous though very old,Gina Lollobrigida is attractive and James Mason finds himself miscast.Besides appear the usual secondaries as Gianni Garko(Sartana),Eduardo Fajardo(villain in hundred Western as Dianjo),Aldo Sambrell(secondary in Leone Westerns),Ricardo Palacios,Barta Barry,Dan Van Husen...The picture is shot in Almeria(Spain)where years 60s and 70s were filmed innumerable Spaghetti Western. The motion picture is regularly directed by Eugenio Martin who made among other terror films(Horror express) and more Spaghetti(The bounty Killer,Requien for a gringo and Pancho Villa) Rating :Mediocre but bemused