E poi lo chiamarono il magnifico (1972)

Director:

Enzo Barboni

Writer:

Enzo Barboni (written by)

Release Date:

28 September 1972 (West Germany)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Western

Tagline:

He's A Fun-of-a-Gun!

Plot:

By his dying father's last wish Joe is sent to the Wild West to become a real guy. The dreamy young man despises guns and fights...

Plot Keywords:

Bicycle | Spaghetti Western | Greenhorn | Cowboy | Hit In The Face

Cast

Terence Hill	...	Sir Thomas Fitzpatrick Phillip Moore
Gregory Walcott	...	Bull Schmidt
Yanti Somer	...	Candida Austin
Dominic Barto	...	Monkey Smith
Harry Carey Jr.	...	Holy Joe (as Harry Carey)
Enzo Fiermonte	...	Frank Austin
Danika La Loggia	...	Iris
Riccardo Pizzuti	...	Morton Clayton
Jean Louis	...	Prison Warden
Alessandro Sperli	...	Tim
Sal Borgese	...	Bounty Hunter #2 (as Salvatore Borgese)
Steffen Zacharias	...	Stagecoach Driver
Luigi Casellato	...	Boarding House Owner
Pupo De Luca	...	Prison Director
Rigal Suzanne Leone
François René Gerber		(as Gerber François René)
Furio Meniconi	...	Man on Train
Fortunato Arena	...	Danny Dillman
Dalusa Harris
Bernard Farber		(as Farber Bernard)
Luigi Antonio Guerra
John Bartha	...	Jeremiah (as Janos Bartha)
Mario Dionisi	...	Morton Henchman
Spartaco Conversi	...	Morton Henchman
Giancarlo Nacinelli
Claudio Ruffini	...	Saloon Patron
Muriel Bauducco
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Roberto Alessandri	...	Hitman in Saloon (uncredited)
Bruno Arié	...	Clayton Gang Member (uncredited)
Salvatore Baccaro	...	Prisoner (uncredited)
Giancarlo Bastianoni	...	Hitman in Saloon (uncredited)
Angelo Boscariol	...	Thief (uncredited)
Omero Capanna	...	Hitman in Saloon (uncredited)
Giovanni Cianfriglia	...	Hitman in Saloon (uncredited)
Dante Cleri	...	Drunken Townsman (uncredited)
Franco Daddi	...	Hitman in Saloon (uncredited)
Paolo Figlia	...	Hitman in Saloon (uncredited)
Margherita Horowitz	...	Woman with Dog (uncredited)
Emilio Messina	...	Hitman in Saloon (uncredited)
Roberto Messina	...	Barman (uncredited)
Antonio Monselesan	...	Bounty Hunter (uncredited)
Mike Monty	...	Duel Spectator (uncredited)
Tony Norton	...	(uncredited)
Gennarino Pappagalli	...	Man in Stagecoach (uncredited)
Osiride Pevarello	...	Hitman in Saloon (uncredited)
Renzo Pevarello	...	Hitman in Saloon (uncredited)
Dan Sturkie	...	(uncredited)
Pietro Torrisi	...	Hitman in Saloon (uncredited)
Franco Ukmar	...	Hitman in Saloon (uncredited)
Marcello Verziera	...	Hitman in Saloon (uncredited)

Directed by
Enzo Barboni		(as E.B. Clucher)

Writing credits
Enzo Barboni		(written by) (as E.B. Clucher)

Produced by
Alberto Grimaldi	....	producer

Original Music by
Guido De Angelis
Maurizio De Angelis

Cinematography by
Aldo Giordani

Film Editing by
Eugenio Alabiso
Enzo Ocone

Production Design by
Niko Matul

Art Direction by
Enzo Bulgarelli

Set Decoration by
Stefano Bulgarelli

Costume Design by
Enzo Bulgarelli

Makeup Department
Luciano Giustini	....	makeup artist
Giancarlo Marin	....	hair stylist
Alfio Meniconi	....	assistant makeup artist
Giovanni Morosi	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Alberto De Stefanis	....	production supervisor
Antonio Girasante	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Victor Tourjansky	....	assistant director
Michel Worms	....	assistant director

Art Department
Ennio Brizzolari	....	construction foreman

Sound Department
Fausto Ancillai	....	sound mixer
Pietro Spadoni	....	sound
Manlio Urbani	....	assistant sound

Special Effects by
Sergio Chiusi	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Sergio Bergamini	....	camera operator
Giovanni Bonivento	....	assistant camera
Enrico Fontana	....	assistant camera
Angelo Pennoni	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dafne Ciarrocchi	....	assistant wardrobe
Valeria Sponsali	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Maurizio Alabiso	....	assistant editor
Alberto Marchi	....	assistant editor
Alfredo Menchini	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Nora Orlandi	....	chorus: song "Jesus, Come to My Heart"
Gene Roman	....	composer: songs "Don't Lose Control" and "Jesus Come"

Other crew
Anacleto Amadio	....	location manager
Luigi Anastasi	....	location manager
Pietro Berardi	....	chief technician
Sal Borgese	....	arms master (as Salvatore Borgese)
Renzo David	....	production secretary
Pio De Vito	....	production accountant
Michele Pesce	....	production secretary
Maria Luisa Rosen	....	script supervisor (as Marisa Rosen)
Pino Locchi	....	voice dubbing: Terence Hill (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Jadran Film
• Les Productions Artistes Associés
• Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA)

Distributors

• United Artists (1972) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Koch Media (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Rizzoli Corriere della Sera Home Video (RCS) (Italy) (VHS)
• United Artists (1974) (USA) (dubbed)
• Warner Home Video (1991) (Germany) (VHS)

Special Effects

• CI-PA

Other Companies

• Digitmovies Alternative Entertainment  soundtrack
• Sartoria Serafina Tigano La Fara  costumes
• Set Mancini  set decoration
• Stabilimenti Cinematografici Pontini  studio facilities

Also Known As:

A Man from the East
El Magnifico (Italy)
Et maintenant, on l'appelle El Magnifico (France)
Magnifico, l'uomo dell'Est (Italy)
Man of the East (UK)
Ein Gentleman im wilden Westen (East Germany) [de]
I després li van dir el magnífic (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Mannen från öst (Sweden) [sv]
Mies idästä (Finland) [fi]
Trinita: O anthropos ap' tin Anatoli (Greece) [el]
Verflucht, verdammt und Halleluja (West Germany) [de]
Y después le llamaron el magnífico (Spain) [es]

Runtime:

Germany:125 min | USA:123 min

Country:

Italy | France | Yugoslavia

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | Canada:AA (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Plitvice, Yugoslavia

Company:

Jadran Film

Quotes:

Holy Joe: [reading the Englishman's last letter] I don't know whether I'll find rich green grass or tough weeds up there. But, if there's rich grass, praise be to God! If there's nothing but weeds... praise be to God. The only thing I'll miss is your friendship. For the rest, I have no regrets.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Profession: Acrobat - An Afternoon with Riccardo Pizzuti (2008) (V)

Funny Spaghetti Western with humor, mirth and amusing

This Western comedy deals about the young man, Sir Thomas(Terence Hill),he's a dandy from East who goes to the West following the last wish his deceased father. His mentors are a trio sympathetics crooks, Bull,Holly Joe and Monkey(Gregory Walcott,Harry Carey Jr,Barto). The cocky Thomas carries a bicycle and wearing elegant clothes. The veteran friends teach him the West manners and training him for shooting. Thomas Moore must to fight himself against a nasty enemy named Morton(Ricardo Pizzuti)who is jealous of his girlfriend(Yanti Somer),daughter of a baronland(Enzo Fiermonte).

The film contains action-Western, shootouts, fist-play, humor with tongue in cheek and is pretty bemusing. It's an entertaining film with enjoyable comedy in the wake of Trinity and Bambino. Agreeable casting with a likable Terence Hill( though I miss Bud Spencer)as a naive East young man, Yanti Somer(Trinity is still my name)as a gorgeous girl looking for the dreamt prince riding on a white horse. Furthermore, Harry Carey Jr, as a nice preacher, he's an usual secondary for John Ford films, Gregory Walcott as a tough illiterate and ,of course, Ricardo Pizzuti, Hill's habitual antagonist and whom receive the knocks and kicks. Adequate cinematography and jolly musical score including songs by the habitual Guido and Mauricio De Angelis. This is a co-production French-Italian, mostly produced by Alberto Grimaldi(Pea Productions), famous producer of ¨Dollars trilogy¨ by Sergio Leone. The motion picture is well directed by Enzo Barboni or E. B. Clucher.He was a noted cameramen including classic Spaghetti Western(Djiango,Goobye Texas,Hellbenders), but with the hit of ¨Trinity is my name¨ left it and turned to film-making, and directed the following ¨Trinity is still my name¨ and the third outing ¨Trinity and Bambino, the legend lives on¨, plus another Hill and Spencer vehicles.