''Là dove non batte il sole'', also known as ''The Stranger and the Gunfighter'' and ''El kárate, el Colt y el impostor'', is a 1974
kung fu Spaghetti Western
The Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ...
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
Antonio Margheriti and starring
Lo Lieh and
Lee Van Cleef. The film is based upon an original screenplay by Barth Jules Sussman who received sole screenplay credit as can be seen in the film credits. The other writers names listed elsewhere in this article were attached after production ended to take advantage of Italian tax rebates. It was produced by the
Shaw Brothers Studio in collaboration with an Italian company, and filmed on location in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
and
Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
. For English-language release, the film was retitled ''The Stranger and the Gunfighter'' and ''Blood Money''.
Synopsis
Martial arts expert Ho Chiang journeys to America's Wild West on a life-or-death mission: he must retrieve his late uncle Wang's missing fortune and return it to a powerful Warlord (the original owner of the fortune), or his family will be executed. Ho frees the thief who unintentionally killed his uncle after blowing Wang's safe, Dakota, as he is the only man who knows Wang's final resting place. Upon recovering the body, the pair discovers clues pointing to an apparent
buried treasure. Notes on the dead man's body promise that the location of the treasure will be illuminated by a
map, divided for security into four segments, each one
tattoo
A tattoo is a form of body modification made by inserting tattoo ink, dyes, and/or pigments, either indelible or temporary, into the dermis layer of the skin to form a design. Tattoo artists create these designs using several Process of tatt ...
ed as a message on the buttocks of all of Wang's four mistresses. Armed with photographs of the women, Ho and Dakota form an uneasy alliance and set out in search of the map tattoos and the promised riches, only to be closely followed by a bloodthirsty Preacher, who wants to divide the fortune between himself, a strong
Aboriginal
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*Aborigines (mythology), in Roman mythology
* Indigenous peoples, general term for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area
*One of several groups of indigenous peoples, see ...
ringfighter and a gang of criminals.
Cast
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Lee Van Cleef ... Dakota
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Lo Lieh ... Ho Chiang
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Patty Shepard
Patricia Moran Shepard (October 1, 1945 – January 3, 2013) was an American film actress based in Madrid, Spain. She appeared in more than fifty Spanish, Italian and French films from the 1960s to the 1980s, notably several cult horror films.
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... Russian mistress & her twin-sister
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Femi Benussi
Eufemia "Femi" Benussi (born 4 March 1945) is a Yugoslav-Italian film actress. She appeared in 82 films between 1965 and 1983.
Benussi was born in Rovigno, Italy (now Rovinj, Croatia). She debuted on stage at the ''Teatro del Popolo'' of Rijeka ...
... Italian mistress
*
Karen Yeh
Karen may refer to:
* Karen (name), a given name and surname
* Karen (slang), a term and meme for a demanding woman displaying certain behaviors
People
* Karen people, an ethnic group in Myanmar and Thailand
** Karen languages or Karenic la ...
... Chinese mistress
*
Julián Ugarte ... Yancey Hobbitt
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Erika Blanc ... American mistress
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Tung-Kua Ai ... Uncle Wang (uncredited)
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Barta Barri
Barta Barri (16 August 1911 – 7 December 2003) was a Hungarian-born Spanish film actor.Pitts p. 121
Selected filmography
* '' The Vila Family'' (1950)
* '' Criminal Brigade'' (1950) - Mario
* ''Verónica'' (1950)
* ''Spanish Serenade'' (1952) ...
... Sheriff (uncredited)
*
Chan Shen
Chan Shen (11 March 1940 - 26 April 1984) was a Taiwanese-born Hong Kong film actor. He is best known for his roles as gangsters or villains in Hong Kong action cinema in the 1970s.
Already an established film actor in Taiwan, he entered the Ho ...
... Warlord's Commanding Officer (uncredited)
*
Chen Ping ... Wang's sister (uncredited)
*
Ching Miao ... Mr. Wang (uncredited)
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Gene Collins
Eugene Marvin Collins (January 7, 1925 – February 9, 1998) was an American professional baseball pitcher and outfielder in the Negro leagues, minor leagues and in the Mexican League. He played from 1947 to 1961 with several teams, including the ...
... Fight Promoter (uncredited)
*
Paul Costello
Paul Vincent Costello (December 27, 1894 – April 17, 1986) was an American triple Olympic Gold Medal winner in rowing. He was the first rower to win a gold medal in the same event, double sculls, at three consecutive Olympics. He also won num ...
... Wang's Lawyer (uncredited)
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Manuel de Blas ... Brothel Owner (uncredited)
*
Anita Farra
Anita Farra (15 July 1905 – 4 August 2008) was an Italian stage and film actress. She appeared in around forty films during her career, generally in small or supporting roles such as that in ''The Siege of the Alcazar'' (1940).Cardullo p.210 ...
(uncredited)
*
Lo Wai ... Warlord guard (uncredited)
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Ricardo Palacios
Ricardo López-Nuño Díez (2 March 1940 – 11 February 2015), better known as Ricardo Palacios, was a Spanish actor, film director and screenwriter.
Born in Reinosa (Cantabria), Palacios graduated from the Official Film School in Madrid as a ...
... Calico (uncredited)
*
Goyo Peralta ... Indio (uncredited)
*
... Lord Barclay (uncredited)
*
Wang Chiang
Wang Qiang (Wang Ch'iang; 王牆, also 王檣 and 王嬙), commonly known by her courtesy name Wang Zhaojun () was known as one of the Four Beauties of ancient China. Born in Baoping Village, Zigui County (in current Hubei Province) in the Weste ...
... Royal guard (uncredited)
*
Yuen Cheung-yan
Yuen Cheung-yan is a Hong kong actor, director, stuntman, and fight choreographer who has worked for many years in the Hong Kong film industry. During the 1970s and early 1980s, he worked with his elder brother, Yuen Woo-ping, and other members ...
... Royal guard (uncredited)
Production
''The Stranger and the Gunfighter'' was produced at a time when the Shaw Brothers were attempting to branch into more international
co-productions, often
genre
Genre () is any form or type of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially-agreed-upon conventions developed over time. In popular usage, it normally describes a category of literature, music, or other for ...
-bending. The same year also saw the Shaw Brothers Studio teaming with the
UK's
Hammer Studios
Hammer Film Productions Ltd. is a British film production company based in London. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of Gothic fiction, Gothic horror and fantasy films made from the mid-1950s until the 1970s. Many of thes ...
to produce ''
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
''The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires'' () is a 1974 martial arts horror film. The film opens in 1804, when seven vampires clad in gold masks are resurrected by Count Dracula, played by John Forbes-Robertson. A century later, Peter Cushing as P ...
'', a kung fu gothic
horror film
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes.
Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apoca ...
.
References
External links
*
Antonio Margheriti - Official Site
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1974 films
1970s action comedy films
1970s Western (genre) comedy films
Martial arts comedy films
Shaw Brothers Studio films
Columbia Pictures films
Spaghetti Western films
Films directed by Antonio Margheriti
Films scored by Carlo Savina
Films about treasure hunting
Films shot in Almería
1974 comedy films
1970s Italian films