Night of the Serpent (Italian: La notte dei serpenti, also known as Nest of Vipers) is a 1969 Italian spaghetti Western film co-written and directed by Giulio Petroni and starring Luke Askew.
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| Directed by | Giulio Petroni |
| Written by | Fulvio Gicca Palli Giulio Petroni |
| Produced by | Gianni Minervini |
| Starring | Luke Askew Luigi Pistilli |
| Cinematography | Mario Vulpiani Silvio Fraschetti |
| Edited by | Antonietta Zita |
| Music by | Riz Ortolani |
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| Country | Italy |
Plot
editThis article needs a plot summary. (September 2024) |
Cast
edit- Luke Askew as Luke
- Luigi Pistilli as Lt. 'The Snake' Hernandez
- Magda Konopka as Maria
- Chelo Alonso as Dolores
- Guglielmo Spoletini^ as Antonio Pancaldo
- Franco Balducci as Luciano
- Giancarlo Badessi as Ignacio
- Luciano Casamonica as Manuel
- Mónica Miguel as Ignacio's wife
- Franco Valobra as Jesus Maria
- Benito Stefanelli as Pancho
- Clara Colosimo as Mercedes
Production
editThe film was shot between Almeria, Cinecittà, and De Paolis Studios in Rome.[1] Franco Bottari served as production designer, while Franco Lo Cascio was second unit director.[2]
Reception
editWhile film director Giulio Petroni was generally dismissive of the film, several critics praised it, notably Spanish film critic Carlos Aguilar, who deemed the film as Petroni's best, and one of his favorite spaghetti westerns.[2][3] Film critic Eugenio Ercolani described the film as "fierce and tense", and noted the strong giallo influences in the script.[3]
References
edit- ^ Gaberscek, Carlo (2007). Il vicino West : set e location del cinema western in Spagna. Ribis. p. 435. ISBN 978-88-7445-044-2.
- ^ a b Giusti, Marco (2007). "La notte dei serpenti". Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori. p. 325. ISBN 978-88-04-57277-0.
- ^ a b Ercolani, Eugenio (21 August 2019). Darkening the Italian Screen. McFarland. pp. 68–9. ISBN 978-1-4766-6738-6.
