The Ruthless Four
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| Directed by | Giorgio Capitani |
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| Cinematography | Sergio D'Offizi[1] |
| Edited by | Renato Cinquini[1] |
| Music by | Carlo Rustichelli[1] |
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| Distributed by | I.F.C. - International Film Company[1] |
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The Ruthless Four (Italian: Ognuno per sé, lit. 'Everyone for Himself') is a 1968 Italian / West German feature motion picture about the American Frontier / Western film directed by Giorgio Capitani and starring famous American actors Van Heflin, and Gilbert Roland, along with an international cast (but generally unknown in the U.S.).. It was first released in Europe, in Italy and West Germany.[1][2]
Cast
- Van Heflin as Sam Cooper
- Gilbert Roland as Mason
- Klaus Kinski as Brent the Blonde
- George Hilton as Manolo Sanchez
- Sarah Ross as Anna
- Federico Boido (as Rick Boyd)
- Sergio Doria
- Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia (as Ivan Scratuglia)
- Giorgio Gruden
- Hardy Reichelt
- Teodoro Corrà (as Doro Corra)
Release
The Ruthless Four was released in West Germany on 6 August 1968 as Das Gold von Sam Cooper.[3]
Reception
On the Spaghetti Western Data Base, the film was well-received:
[Director Giorgio Capitani] had no previous experiences with the genre. His style is rather reserved, giving headroom to his cast, worthy of a major production, and his director of cinematography Sergio D'Offizi, who's lingering camera makes the most of the beautiful locations, the sopping western town, the bone dry desert, the dusty mine-galleries ... There's one scene, in which the four dried-up and shriveled persons are surprised by a sudden shower of rain, that would do very well on National Geographic. The action comes in small doses, but when it comes, it's great: the ambush at the deserted mission post halfway into the movie, is excellently staged and the series of violent conflicts near the end ... are dramatic and compelling.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Ognuno per sé (1968)" (in Italian). Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ a b c "Ognuno per sé" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ "Das Gold von Sam Cooper". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ Gelten, Simon. "The Ruthless Four (Ognuno per sé) Review". Spaghetti-Western.net. The Spaghetti Western Database. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
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