Giù le mani... carogna! (Django Story) (or simply The Django Story or Giù le mani... carogna!)[1] is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti western film directed by Demofilo Fidani (credited as Lucky Dickinson). The film is known in English as Down with Your Hands... You Scum!
Giù le mani carogna! (Django Story) | |
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Directed by | Demofilo Fidani |
Starring | Jack Betts Gordon Mitchell |
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Language | Italian |
Premise and production
editDjango enters a saloon and meets Wild Bill Hickok; and starts telling the story of various episodes of his life.
This premise allowed the film to re-use lengthy parts of footage from earlier films by Fidani, ...e vennero in quattro per uccidere Sartana! (1969), Quel maledetto giorno d'inverno... Django e Sartana... all'ultimo sangue!'' (1970), Arrivano Django e Sartana... è la fine (1970).[2]
Cast
edit- Jack Betts (credited as Hunt Powers)[2] as Django
- Gordon Mitchell as Buck/Butch Bradley[2]
- Dino Strano (as Dean Stratford)[2] as Dea; Bobby O'Neill; El Zorro
- Jerry Ross as Bill Hickok[2]
Reception
editAn Italian review of the time characterises the film as: "A Western film directed in the most terrible way".[1] A retrospective review, commenting on the poor quality of the film but also the financial limitations of its production, asks: "The cheapest Spaghetti ever made?"[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Giù le mani... Carogna (in Italian), archived from the original on 2023-04-28, retrieved 2023-04-28
- ^ a b c d e "Giù le mani... Carogna - The Spaghetti Western Database". www.spaghetti-western.net. Archived from the original on 2023-04-28. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
- ^ Franklin, Mark (April 2, 2019). "The Django Story (1971)". Archived from the original on April 28, 2023. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
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