''One Dollar Too Many'' ( it, I tre che sconvolsero il West
ado, vedo e sparolit=The three who shook the West
go, I see and I shoot}) is a 1968
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 ...
feature film
A feature film or feature-length film is a narrative film (motion picture or "movie") with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment program. The term ''feature film'' originall ...
directed by
Enzo G. Castellari
Enzo Girolami Castellari (born 29 July 1938) is an Italian director, screenwriter and actor.
Life and career Early life
Castellari was born in Rome into a family of filmmakers. His father was a boxer turned film maker Marino Girolami. His uncle ...
and starring
Antonio Sabàto,
John Saxon
John Saxon (born Carmine Orrico; August 5, 1936 – July 25, 2020) was an American actor who worked on more than 200 film and television projects during a span of 60 years. He was known for his work in Western (genre), Westerns and horror film ...
, and
Frank Wolff.
Plot summary
Sabàto, Wolff, and Saxon are three different types of con men out to get a bag full of money stolen from a bank.
Cast
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Antonio Sabato as Moses Lang
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John Saxon
John Saxon (born Carmine Orrico; August 5, 1936 – July 25, 2020) was an American actor who worked on more than 200 film and television projects during a span of 60 years. He was known for his work in Western (genre), Westerns and horror film ...
as Clay Watson
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Frank Wolff as Edwin Kean
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Agata Flori
Agata Flori (born 1938) is an Italian former film actress.Hughes p.173 She starred in several spaghetti westerns during the 1960s and 1970s. She was married to the producer Dario Sabatello.
Selected filmography
* ''Seven Guns for the MacGregors'' ...
as Rosario Fuentes
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Leo Anchóriz
Leopoldo de Anchóriz Fustel (September 22, 1932 – February 17, 1987) was a Spanish actor and writer, most notable for appearing in Spaghetti Western films.
Biography
Fustel was born in Almería, Spain on 22 September 1932. His real name ...
as Garrito Lopez
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Antonio Vico Antonio Vico may refer to:
* Antonio Vico (cardinal) (1847–1929), cardinal of the Catholic Church
*Antonio Vico y Pintos
Antonio Vico Pinto (3 December 1840 - 8 March 1940) was a Spanish stage actor.
Family provenance
Antonio Vico Pinto was bor ...
as Jeremias Casey
* Rossella Bergamonti as Hotel Receptionist
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Tito García
Pablo García González, known as Tito García (1931–2003) was a Spanish actor.
Biography
Working as a torero in his youth, he played a minor role in ''Pelusa'' (1961). After this, he intended to dedicate himself to an acting career, and ...
as Corpulent member of Garrito's horde
* Edi Biagetti as Mr. Baker
Production
Director Enzo G. Castellari described ''One Dollar Too Many'' as "a true slapstick with an abundance of stuntment, exaggerated action and three important actors:
John Saxon
John Saxon (born Carmine Orrico; August 5, 1936 – July 25, 2020) was an American actor who worked on more than 200 film and television projects during a span of 60 years. He was known for his work in Western (genre), Westerns and horror film ...
, who I finally got to meet,
Frank Wolff and
Antonio Sabato. Castellari specifically noted Saxon stating that both had similar tastes such as a love of art and that they both had "attended the Accademeia delle Belle Arti
cademy of Fine Artsin Rome" where Castellari got his diploma. Saxon made several Westerns during the 1960s.
Castellari stated that the only issue he had with the film was
Agata Flori
Agata Flori (born 1938) is an Italian former film actress.Hughes p.173 She starred in several spaghetti westerns during the 1960s and 1970s. She was married to the producer Dario Sabatello.
Selected filmography
* ''Seven Guns for the MacGregors'' ...
as the female lead, as she was cast by producer
Dario Sabatello
Dario Sabatello (1911–1992) was an Italian film producer. He was married to the actress Agata Flori.
Biography
Sabatello worked as a journalist and an art critic for ''Il Tevere'', the newspaper founded by Benito Mussolini in December 1924. Fro ...
, her lover at the time.
Release
''One Dollar Too Many'' was first distributed in 1968. It was distributed by
Titanus
Titanus is an Italian film production company, founded in 1904 by Gustavo Lombardo (1885–1951). The company's headquarters are located at 28 Via Sommacampagna, Rome and its studios on the Via Tiburtina, 13 km from the centre of Rome.
Lomb ...
in Italy.
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1968 films
Spanish Western (genre) films
Spaghetti Western films
1960s Italian-language films
English-language Italian films
English-language Spanish films
1960s English-language films
Films directed by Enzo G. Castellari
Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli
1968 Western (genre) films
Films shot in Almería
1960s multilingual films
Italian multilingual films
Spanish multilingual films
1960s Italian films
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