''The Bandits of the Rio Grande'' (German: ''Die Banditen vom Rio Grande'') is a 1965 West German

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directed by Helmuth M. Backhaus and starring

Harald Leipnitz Harald Leipnitz (22 April 1926 – 21 November 2000) was a German actor, who was born in Wuppertal and died in Munich of lung cancer. Filmography *1961: '' The Big Show'' (Uncredited) *1963: ', as Wolfgang Spitz *1963: ', as Pedro *1964: ''The ...

Maria Perschy Herta-Maria Perschy (23 September 1938 – 3 December 2004) was an Austrian actress whose career included performances on screen with actor Rock Hudson and on American television in both daytime and prime time. Early life Perschy was born in ...

and

Wolfgang Kieling Wolfgang Kieling (16 March 1924 – 7 October 1985) was a German actor. Biography In films since childhood in his native Germany, Kieling appeared in a few American films, notably in Alfred Hitchcock's ''Torn Curtain'' (1966), where he play ...

.Crossing Frontiers: Intercultural Perspectives on the Western p.66 The film's sets were designed by the art director Nino Borghi. It was shot on location around

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and in studios in Belgrade. It failed to recover its production costs at the box office, leading to the closure of its production company Piran-Film soon afterwards.

Cast

as Ryan *

as Helen *

as Barran * Gerlinde Locker as Joan *

Demeter Bitenc Demeter Bitenc (21 July 1922 – 22 April 2018) was a Slovenian film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films and television shows from 1953 to 2018. He was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Selected filmography * ''Sinji galeb'' (1953) * ''Pu ...

as Elgaut * Uli Steigberg as Bill * Rolf Arndt as Thouniak * Laci Cigoj as Cardo * Ellen Schwiers as Lida

References

Bibliography

* Peter W. Schulze, Thomas Klein & Ivo Ritze. ''Crossing Frontiers: Intercultural Perspectives on the Western''. Schüren Verlag, 2015.

External links

* 1965 films 1965 Western (genre) films German Western (genre) films West German films 1960s German-language films Films directed by Helmuth M. Backhaus Films set in Mexico Films about kidnapping Films about outlaws 1960s German films {{1960s-Germany-film-stub