''That Dirty Black Bag'' is a

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 ...

television series created by Mauro Aragoni, Silvia Ebreul and Marcello Izzo for

AMC+ AMC may refer to: Film and television * AMC Theatres, an American movie theater chain * AMC Networks, an American entertainment company ** AMC (TV channel) ** AMC+, streaming service ** AMC Networks International, an entertainment company *** AM ...

. It features an ensemble cast led by

Dominic Cooper Dominic Edward Cooper (born 2 June 1978) is an English actor known for his portrayal of comic book characters Jesse Custer on the AMC show ''Preacher'' (2016–2019) and young Howard Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with appearances in ...

Travis Fimmel Travis Fimmel (born 15 July 1979) is an Australian actor and former model. He is known for his role as Ragnar Lothbrok in the History Channel television series ''Vikings'' (2013–2017),Prudom, LaurVikings On History: Travis Fimmel Previews The ...

and

Aidan Gillen Aidan Murphy (born 24 April 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen (), is an Irish actor. He is the recipient of three Irish Film & Television Awards and has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, a ...

. The eight-part series was filmed in Italy, Spain and Morocco, and it premiered March 10, 2022.

Premise

In a town full of bounty hunters, bandits and bloody vendettas, Arthur McCoy is the incorruptible sheriff who’s trying to overcome his troubled past to bring law and order to this new frontier. On the other side of things is Red Bill, an infamous solitary bounty hunter known for decapitating his victims and stuffing their heads into a dirty black bag. When the paths of these two men collide, they both learn that in the wild west, there are no heroes, nobody is invincible, and the predators may become the prey.

Cast

as Arthur McCoy *

Douglas Booth Douglas John Booth (born 9 July 1992) is an English actor and musician. He first came to public attention following his performance as Boy George in the BBC Two film ''Worried About the Boy'' (2010). He also starred in the BBC adaptations of ' ...

as Red Bill *

Niv Sultan Niv Sultan ( he, ניב סולטן; born 16 September 1992) is an Israeli actress. She is known for starring in the Apple TV+ Israeli series ''Tehran''. Early life and background Sultan was born in Jerusalem, Israel, to a Moroccan Jewish fami ...

as Eve *

Guido Caprino Guido Caprino (born 3 January 1974) is an Italian stage, film and television actor. Life and career Born in Taormina, Caprino grew up in Nizza di Sicilia and graduated as a dental technician in Messina. He then moved to Milan, where he worked a ...

as Bronson *

Christian Cooke Christian Louis Cooke (born 15 September 1987) is an English actor. He is known for playing Luke Kirkwall in '' Where the Heart Is'', Luke Rutherford in ''Demons'', Dorian Gaudain in ''Trinity'', Freddie Taylor in '' Cemetery Junction'' and Len ...

as Steve *

Paterson Joseph Paterson D. Joseph (born 22 June 1964) is a British actor. He appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company productions of ''King Lear'' and '' Love's Labour's Lost'' in 1990. On television he is best known for his roles in ''Casualty'' (1997–1998) ...

as Thompson * Rose Williams as Symone *

Zoe Boyle Zoe Boyle (born 1 January 1989) is an English actress known for her roles as Lavinia Swire on the series ''Downton Abbey'' and Trinity Ashby on ''Sons of Anarchy''. Education Boyle attended the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, at the ...

as Michelle *

Ivan Shaw Ivan Shaw is a Taiwanese-American actor who made his daytime debut in December 2002, playing young Henry Chin in the ABC daytime show '' All My Children''. Early life and education Shaw moved from Taipei, Taiwan at age 4 to Upland, California whe ...

as Kurt *

Eugene Brave Rock Eugene Brave Rock is a Canadian actor and stunt man. Brave Rock started as an actor, before being trained as a stuntman; he later appeared in various minor television roles before landing his first major film role as Chief in ''Wonder Woman''. ...

as The Stranger *

Anna Chancellor Anna Theodora Chancellor (born 27 April 1965) is a British actress who has received nominations for BAFTA and Olivier Awards. Background and early life Chancellor was born in Richmond, England to barrister John Paget Chancellor, eldest son of ...

as Hellen *

as Butler *

as Anderson * Gaia Zampighi as Tara *

Nicolo Pasetti Nicolo Pasetti (born 1997 as Nicolò Bernardino Pasetti Bombardella) is an American-Italian actor. He is best known for his roles as Christian Hellmann in the film ''The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society'' (2018) and as Deputy Sheriff ...

as Martin

Episodes

Production

In December 2019,

Mediawan Mediawan is a French media conglomerate. It was founded in December 2015 by Xavier Niel (founder of Free), Matthieu Pigasse (general director of the bank Lazard and, with Xavier Niel, a major stock holder in ''Le Monde'' and ''L'Obs'') and Pierre ...

announced they had come on board to distribute ''That Dirty Black Bag'', which had been in various stages of development for several years. In June 2021,

BRON Studios Bron Studios (stylized as BRON) is a Canadian motion picture company based in British Columbia owned by Bron Media Corporation. Bron's notable productions include '' Joker, Bombshell, Queen & Slim, Greyhound, Judas and the Black Messiah,'' '' ...

and Palomar announced the stars of the series would be

and

with the ensemble cast for the series also being announced at the same time. The series comes from Italian filmmaker Mauro Aragoni, who co-wrote the series with Silvia Ebreul, Marcello Izzo and Fabio Paladini. Series directors are Brian O’Malley and Aragoni. In November 2021, AMC+ announced that it had acquired ''That Dirty Black Bag.'' The 8-part series is being produced in English with three seasons already planned.

References

External links

* * {{IMDb title, 7809420 2020s Western (genre) television series Italian Western (genre) television series Spaghetti Western television series