''Savage Guns'' (originally titled ''Era Sam Wallach... lo chiamavano 'così sia, and also known as ''His Name Was Sam Walbash, But They Call Him Amen'') is a low-budget
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 ...
from
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
Ja ...
, directed by
Demofilo Fidani
Demofilo Fidani (born 8 February 1914 on a steamship bound for Cagliari; died 4 April 1994) was an Italian film director (24 films), set designer (more than 200 films), painter, and a regarded spiritual medium, medium and author.
As director, Fi ...
and starring
Robert Woods.
Cast
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Robert Woods as Sam Wallash
(credited as Robert Wood)
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Dino Strano as Mash Donovan
(credited as Dean Stratford)
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Benito Pacifico as Hernandes
(credited as Dennis Colt)
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Custer Gail as Sturges
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Simonetta Vitelli Simonetta is an Italian surname and female given. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Simonetta Moro, Italian fine artist
*Simonetta Puccini (1929–2017)
* Simonetta Greggio, Italian novelist who writes in French
* Simonetta Palosci ...
as Fanny
(credited as Simone Blondell)
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Marina Malfatti
Marina Malfatti (25 April 1933 – 8 June 2016) was an Italian actress.
Biography
Born in Florence, Malfatti moved to Paris at the age of 17 where she attended the Cours d'Art Dramatique, the drama school founded by René Simon. Two years late ...
as Marge
(uncredited)
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Lincoln Tate
Lincoln Tate (born James Harmon Kennelly, December 1, 1934December 16, 2001) was an American actor and former Marine. He appeared in more than twenty films from 1965 to 1988.
After several minor roles in American films and television series he ...
(uncredited)
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Gordon Mitchell
Gordon Mitchell (born Charles Allen Pendleton; July 29, 1923 – September 20, 2003) was an American actor and bodybuilder who made about 200 B movies.
Biography
Charles Allen Pendleton was born in Denver, Colorado, and began working out in hi ...
(uncredited)
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Peter Martell
Pietro Martellanza (30 September 1938 – 1 February 2010), best known as Peter Martell, was an Italian film actor who had numerous bigger roles in Spaghetti westerns. Sometimes he was credited as Pete Martell or Peter Martel.
Born in Bolzano, h ...
(uncredited)
References
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1971 films
1970s Italian-language films
Spaghetti Western films
Films directed by Demofilo Fidani
1971 Western (genre) films
Films scored by Lallo Gori
1970s Italian films
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