Yankee - Tinto Brass 1966 [ITA sub Eng-Deu]

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Titolo originale Yankee
Paese Italia, Spagna
Anno 1966
Durata 92 min
Colore colore
Audio sonoro
Genere western
Regia Tinto Brass
Soggetto Alberto Silvestri, Tinto Brass
Sceneggiatura Alberto Silvestri, Gian Carlo Fusco, Tinto Brass
Produttore Antonio Lucatelli, Francesco Giorgi
Fotografia Alfio Contini
Montaggio Juan Oliver, Tinto Brass
Effetti speciali Serse Urbisaglia, Antonio Baquero
Musiche Nini Rosso e Puccio Roelens
Scenografia Giulia Mafai, Juan Alberto Soler
Costumi Giulia Mafai, Juan Alberto Soler
Trucco Duilio Scarozza

Philippe Leroy: Yankee
Adolfo Celi: Grande Concho
Mirella Martin: Rosita
Jacques Herlin: Filosofo
Tomás Torres: Luiz
Francisco Sanz (aka Paco Sanz): Consalvo
Franco De Rosa: Faccia d'angelo
Pasquale Basile: Denti d'oro
Giorgio Bret Schneider: Pittore
Renzo Pevarello: Portoghese
Antonio Basile: Tatuato
Tomas Milton: Tom
César Ojinaga: Vice sceriffo
Valentino Macchi: Garcia
Víctor Israel: Sceriffo
Henriqetta Senalada
Osiride Pevarello
José Jalufi



Il sadico Grande Concho è il capo di una banda di spietati fuorilegge che imperversa nella zona del confine messicano, terrorizzando la popolazione dei villaggi circostanti. Sulla sua testa c'è una forte taglia che attira Yankee, abilissimo pistolero. Questi prima cerca un'intesa con Concho poi, non trovandola, debella ugualmente l'intera banda, uccidendone uno a uno i componenti e, in un duello finale, lo stesso Grande Concho.



Early in his career, Tinto Brass tried his hands at a variety of genres. In the wake of A Fistful of Dollars the Western was hot in Italy and so even TB had a go at it. The resulting film is definitely watchable, and with interesting cinematography and decent acting it is much better than many of the other low budget atrocities Cinecitta would throw at the unsuspecting cinema-going public in the following years.
Amongst the elements one could criticise is the wiseness of the casting choices. Both Philippe Leroy and Adolfo Celi are fine actors, but they do not blend very well into this setting. Leroy is not enigmatic enough for his role (he also looks uncomfortable in his gear) and Celi is better at playing non-physical villains.
The film has little to add to the genre. The title hero, Yankee, is just a slight variant of the man with no name and throughout I watched this with a sense of deja vu. Brass certainly had a good look at the work of Leone and Corbucci. In turn, Sergio Corbucci seems to have watched this - the final scene appears to be the inspiration for Corbucci's I Crudeli.















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