Gatling Gun (Italian: Quel caldo maledetto giorno di fuoco, Spanish: La ametralladora, also known as Damned Hot Day of Fire and Machine Gun Killers) is a 1968 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film directed by Paolo Bianchini and starring Robert Woods.[1][2]
Gatling Gun | |
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Directed by | Paolo Bianchini |
Written by | José Luis Merino Claudio Failoni Franco Calderoni Paolo Bianchini |
Produced by | Edmondo Amati |
Starring | Robert Woods |
Cinematography | Francisco Marín |
Music by | Piero Piccioni |
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Language | Italian |
Plot edit
In the waning days of the Civil War, Richard Gatling, creator of the gatling gun, offers his invention to the Federal Government. But Gatling is kidnapped by two assassins - under the employ of Tarpas. They also steal his new invention and kill three Union government agents. Soon after, the Pinkerton Agency sends out Cpt. Chris Tanner (himself a former secret service agent) to find Gatling and recover the weapon.
Cast edit
- Robert Woods as Cpt. Chris Tanner
- John Ireland as Tarpas
- Ida Galli as Belinda Boyd
- Claudie Lange as Martha Simpson
- George Rigaud as Rykert
- Roberto Camardiel as Dr. Alan Curtis
- Gérard Herter as Mr. Bishop
- Furio Meniconi as Jeremiah Grant
- Tom Felleghy as Pinkerton
- Ennio Balbo as Richard Gatling
- Tiziano Cortini as Jonathan Wallace
- Rada Rassimov as Mrs. Treble
References edit
- ^ Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori. ISBN 978-88-04-57277-0.
- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.
External links edit
- Gatling Gun at IMDb