Esercito di cinque uomini, Un (original) (raw)
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Un esercito di 5 uomini (Italy 1969 / Director: Don Taylor)
Also known as
The Five Man Army (USA) | Un esercito di cinque uomini (Italy) | Ejercito de cinco (Spain) | Die Fünf Gefürchteten (Germany) | Die 5 Gefürchteten (Germany) | Die Fünf Gefürchteten und ein Hallelujah (Germany, 1973 re-release) | Der Dampfhammer (Germany, 1976 re-release) | Dicker, lass die Fetzen fliegen (Germany, 1981 theatrical re-release comedy version) | 5 hommes armes (France) | Fem Professionella Män (Sweden) | Viiden miehen armeija (Finland) | 5 Kisilik ordu (Turkey) | Petorica u akciji (Yugoslavia) | Armáda pěti mužů (Czech Republic) | O Exército De 5 Homens (Brazil) | 五人の軍隊 (Japan) | Армия от петима души (Bulgaria)
Synopsis
The movie is set during the Mexican Revolution in 1914. The Dutchman gathers his men for a major task: he wants to rob a military gold train. All five men have their own specialized skills and knowledge of dynamite and train robbery. Before they can start with their plan to rob the train, they rescue a leader of the rebellion from execution by the Mexican government troops. In a quiet place at the railroad track, they work out their plan to rob the gold train, which is heavily guarded by Mexican soldiers.
Credits
- Cast (Italian): Peter Graves (Dutchman), Bud Spencer (Mesito/Panchito), Nino Castelnuovo (Luis Dominguez), James Daly (Augustus Bennett), Tetsuro Tamba (Samurai), Claudio Gora (Manuel Esteban), Carlo Alighiero (Captain Gutierrez), Giacomo Rossi-Stuart (Mexican officer), José Torres (Mexican spy), Marino Masé (train engineer), Annabella Andreoli (Perla), Daniela Giordano (Maria)
- English version only: Dan Sturkie (carnival barker)
- Uncredited actors: Luigi Bonos (priest), Pietro Torrisi (Mexican officer), Fortunato Arena (Commandant of execution squad), Dante Cleri (mayor of Pueblo), Gildo Di Marco (executed villager, Dutchman's 'family'), Steffen Zacharias (poker player), Tony Norton (Mexican officer at train), Artemio Antonini (prison guard), Romano Moschini (rebel at checkpoint), Osiride Pevarello (singing villager), Alberigo Donadeo (execution singer), Lina Franchi (execution singer), Alba Maiolini (execution singer), Dolores Calò (execution singer), Giovanna Sanfilippo (execution singer), Giuseppe Carbone (villager), Rafael Hernández (Mexican w/garlic), Paolo Figlia (truck soldier), Franco Pasquetto (soldier), Bruno Ukmar (soldier), Bruno Arié (soldier), Sergio Ukmar (soldier), Angelo Susani (soldier), Giovanni Ukmar (soldier), Giglio Gigli (soldier at knife throwing exhibit), Silvio Klein (man at knife throwing exhibit), Antonio Marcolini (man at knife throwing exhibit)
- Director: Don Taylor [but see below]
- Story: Dario Argento, Marc Richards
- Screenplay: Dario Argento, Marc Richards
- Cinematography: Enzo Barboni [Metrocolor - Deltavision 1,85:1]
- Music: Ennio Morricone
- Producer: Italo Zingarelli
Reviews
- Film Review
- DVD Review (deutsch)
- Review: Cinema Retro’s feature on The Five Man Army
- Die fünf Gefürchteten BluRay Kritik
Trivia
- This SW was most likely directed by the American TV director Don Taylor, even if many sources claim that it was in fact shot by producer Italo Zingarelli. Dario Argento and Peter Graves have stated that Taylor was the director just like credited, but on the other hand actress Daniela Giordano remembers Taylor only being there on the first day of shooting before Zingarelli took over. Dario Argento may have directed some parts.
Versions and runtimes
- Runtime: 105 min (original version)
- Wikipedia Italy also lists a short 89min version.
- Germany 1981 re-release: 81min (comedy version, redubbed and cut by 25mins) (Comparison)
- German VHS/TV versions were cut by about 4 minutes (comparison)
- German BluRay contains three versions, but apparently not an Italian version, which is reportedly edited differently
Release Dates
- October 16, 1969 (Italy)
- March 26, 1970 (Germany)
- 1973 / 1976 (Germany, theatrical re-releases)
- 1981 (Germany, theatrical re-release short/comedy version)
- September 8, 1990 (Germany, TV)
- February 1970 (USA)
Filming locations
- Almeria: Beneahadux
- Tabernas: Salinillas
- Rome: Cava della Magliana
- Manziana: Casale delle Pietrische
- Allumiere: Cavone
- Blera and Civitella Cesi - Train stations
Production and business
- Production company: Tiger Film
- Distributors: Delta (Italy), MGM/UA (international) and Warner Brothers
Dubbing
- Bud Spencer provides his own voice for the English dub, but he was dubbed by a voice actor in the Italian version (Glauco Onorato); in the German dub by Alexander Welbat
- Germany 1981 version is a "comedy cub"
External Links
- Movie Review (Dutch)
- Review by 800 SW (Spain)
Find this movie elsewhere:
- 1969
- Italy
- Italo Zingarelli
- Dario Argento
- Ennio Morricone
- Bud Spencer
- Giacomo Rossi-Stuart
- Osiride Pevarello
- Luigi Bonos
- Fortunato Arena
- José Torres
- Dante Cleri
- Daniela Giordano
- Steffen Zacharias
- Gildo Di Marco
- Pietro Torrisi
- Tony Norton
- Artemio Antonini
- Paolo Figlia
- Bruno Arié
- Angelo Susani
- Rafael Hernández
- Giuseppe Carbone
- Alba Maiolini
- Giglio Gigli
- Lina Franchi
- Nino Castelnuovo
- Bruno Ukmar
- Sergio Ukmar
- Antonio Marcolini
- Franco Pasquetto
- East Meets West
- Zapata Westerns
- Giovanni Ukmar
- Alberigo Donadeo
- Giovanna Sanfilippo
- Dolores Calò
- Silvio Klein
- Dan Sturkie
- Annabella Andreoli
- Marino Masé
- James Daly
- Peter Graves
- Tetsuro Tamba
- Claudio Gora
- Carlo Alighiero
- Romano Moschini
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