Tuesday, November 1, 2011

JOHN THE BASTARD

John il bastardo - Italian title
Johnny le batard - French title
John Bekart - Polish title
Billy Boy - English title
A Man Called Johnny - English title
His Name was Johnny - English title
John the Bastard - English title

A 1967 Italian production [Hercules Compagnia Cinematografica (Rome)]
Producers: Francesco Genesi, Vincenzo Genesi
Director: Armando Crispino
Story: Lucio Manlio Battistrada, Armando Crispino
Screenplay: Lucio Manlio Battistrada, Armando Crispino
Cinematography: Sante Achilli [Eastmancolor, Cromoscope]
Music: Nico Fidenco (Dominic Colarossi)
Song: "The Ballad of John" sung by S. Moriones

Cast:
John Donald Tenorio - John Richardson
Don Francisco Tenorio - Claudio Camaso (Claudio Volonte)
Dona Antonia - Martine Beswick
Don Diego Tenorio - Claudio Gora (Emilio Giordana)
Sara - Luisa Della Nocce (Maria Della Nocce)
Papa Buck - Men Fury (Furio Meniconi)
Danite - Gordon Mitchell (Charles Pendleton)
Morenillo - Glauco Onorato
Gertrude - Gia Sandri
Chica/Linda - Nadia Scarpita
Edith - Patrizia Valturri
priest - Piero Vida (Pietro Vida)
Gertrude’s brother - Roman Ariznavarreta
with: Thelma Anderson, Loredana Giustini, Margherita Horowitz, Vittorio Manfrino, Mirella Pompili (Mirella Pamphili), Remo De Angelis, Claudia Gravy (Marie-Claude Perin)


Johnny Donald Tenorio, a cynical seducer of women, who has led a tortured life, discovers he is actually the son of Don Diego Tenorio, a wealthy Mexican landowner. He decides to claim his rightful heritage and usurp his half-brother Don Francisco. Avoiding a shotgun wedding, John accompanied by his trusty servant Morenillo, travels south to Mexico and along the way he spurns some Mormon women who then hire a Danite to kill him. In search of vengeance and riches Johnny manages to deflower women and make enemies all along the way until he finally meets his match when the Mormon Danite assassin catches up to him. With the help of a stone statue John gets his comeuppance in the end.

YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvLtCe3m2Vo

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