''Dynamite Jack'' is a 1961 French-Italian

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directed by

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and starring

Fernandel Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (8 May 1903 – 26 February 1971), better known as Fernandel, was a French actor and singer. Born near Marseille, France, to Désirée Bedouin and Denis Contandin, originating in Perosa Argentina, an Occitan to ...

, Eleonora Vargas and

Lucien Raimbourg Lucien Raimbourg (1903–1973) was a French film, stage and television actor. He appeared in the original performance of Samuel Beckett's '' Waiting for Godot''.Blair p.421 Selected filmography * '' L'affaire est dans le sac'' (1932) - Le clien ...

.Walker p.198 A Frenchman moves to

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in the

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era, only to find he is the exact image of the notorious local outlaw Dynamite Jack. The film's sets were designed by the

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Cast

as Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu * Eleonora Vargas as Dolores *

as Sheriff Scotty *

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as Sergeant Bob *

Adrienne Corri Adrienne Corri (born Adrienne Riccoboni; 13 November 1931 – 13 March 2016) was a Scottish actress. Early life She was born Adrienne Riccoboni in Glasgow in November 1931, the daughter of an English mother (Olive Smethurst) and an Italian f ...

as Pegeen O'Brien *

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as Louis le Borgne * Claude d'Yd as Charlie McGregor *

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as Henri * Viviane Méry as Jeanne *

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as Loulou * Joe Warfield as Michel *

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as Larry Schultz *

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as Barman Fred

References

Bibliography

* Walker, Janet. ''Westerns: Films through History''. Routledge, 2013.

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0054834 1961 films French Western (genre) comedy films Italian Western (genre) comedy films French historical comedy films Italian historical comedy films 1960s historical comedy films 1960s French-language films Films directed by Jean Bastia Films set in the 19th century Films set in Arizona 1960s Western (genre) comedy films 1960s Italian films 1960s French films