Wanted (1967 film) (original) (raw)

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1967 film

Wanted
Italian theatrical release poster
Directed by Giorgio Ferroni
Screenplay by Fernando Di Leo Augusto Finocchi[1]
Story by Massimiliano Capriccioli Augusto Finocchi[1]
Produced by Gianni Hech Lucari[1]
Starring Giuliano Gemma Teresa Gimpera Serge Marquand German Cobos
Cinematography Tony Secchi[1]
Edited by Antonietta Zita[1]
Music by Gianni Ferrio[1]
Productioncompany Documento[1]
Distributed by Variety Distribution
Release date 1967 (1967)
Running time 104 minutes[1]
Country Italy[1]

Wanted is a 1967 Italian Western film directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Giuliano Gemma, Teresa Gimpera, and Nello Pazzafini.[2] Gemma made two more westerns directed by Ferroni, with similar plots, where his character likewise carried the first name "Gary".[3]

Gary Ryan, a local sheriff (Giuliano Gemma) is unjustly accused of murder in a small town and forced to flee. He gets rid of his enemies one by one while he tries to prove his innocence.

Wanted was first released in 1967.[2]

From contemporary reviews, an anonymous reviewer in the Monthly Film Bulletin noted that "the violence in this Western is excessive even by Italian imitation standards. Still, the plot is a for a change refreshingly straight-forward [...] and the location photography is particularly attractive."[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Wanted". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 37, no. 433. British Film Institute. February 1970. p. 38.
  2. ^ a b Grant 2011, p. 447.
  3. ^ Fridlund, Bert: The Spaghetti Western. A Thematic Analysis. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company Inc., 2006 pp. 113-8.