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]
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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
editIn 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
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