Un esercito di cinque uomini (1969)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Directors:

Don Taylor
Italo Zingarelli

Writers:

Marc Richards (screenplay) and
Dario Argento (screenplay)

Release Date:

20 February 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

Spaghetti western about a group of bandits, led by Peter Graves, who plan on robbing a train transporting gold for the Mexican army.

Plot Keywords:

Bandit | Spaghetti Western | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Peter Graves	...	Dutchman
James Daly	...	Capt. Nicolas Augustus
Bud Spencer	...	Mesito
Nino Castelnuovo	...	Luis Dominguez
Tetsurô Tanba	...	Samurai
Claudio Gora	...	Manuel Esteban
Daniela Giordano	...	Maria
Annabella Andreoli	...	Perla, the Mexican girl
Carlo Alighiero	...	Capt. Gutierrez
Giacomo Rossi-Stuart	...	One of Gutierrez' mexican officers (as Jack Stuart)
Marino Masé	...	Railroad man
Dan Sturkie	...	Carnival barker
José Torres	...	Mexican spy

Also Known As:

The 5 Man Army (International: English title) (alternative spelling)
The 5-Man Army (International: English title) (alternative spelling)
The Five Man Army (USA)
5 kisilik ordu (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Cinq hommes armés (France) [fr]
Der Dampfhammer (West Germany) [de]
Dicker, laß die Fetzen fliegen (West Germany) [de]
Die fünf Gefürchteten (West Germany) [de]
Die fünf Gefürchteten und ein Halleluja (West Germany) [de]
Ejército de cinco (Argentina) [es]
Exército de 5 Homens (Brazil) [pt]
Fem manns armeen (Norway) [no]
Fem professionella män (Sweden) [sv]
O stratos ton pente (Greece) (reissue title) [el]
Oi pente prodotes (Greece) [el]
Pieciu uzbrojonych mezczyzn (Poland) [pl]
Præriens blodhunde (Denmark) [da]
Személyes hadsereg (Hungary) [hu]
Un ejército de cinco hombres (Spain) [es]
Viiden miehen armeija (Finland) [fi]

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | UK:15 | Brazil:18 | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (1970) | Sweden:15 | USA:M

Filming Locations:

Italy

Company:

Tiger Film

Trivia:

Partially shot on C'era una volta il West (1968) location (the railroad and the farmhouse).

INSTANTLY FORGETTABLE BUT.......

This "spaghetti" western is not the worst of its genre but its story is a sorry concoction taken from lots of better movies about tough mercenaries on a desperate mission.Even if you deem this movie as instantly forgettable there is one thing that may not be forgotten.It has a score by Ennio Morricone that must rank as one of the most rousing action movie themes ever.Ignore the movie,hunt down a copy of the very rare soundtrack album and listen,listen,listen........