''The Forgotten Pistolero'' ( Italian: ''Il pistolero dell'Ave Maria'', lit. "The Gunman of Hail Mary") is a

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Italian

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 ...

film co-written and directed by Ferdinando Baldi. The film is a western adaptation of the

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, subject of three famous drama-plays by

Aeschylus Aeschylus (, ; grc-gre, Αἰσχύλος ; c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian, and is often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Gree ...

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and

Euripides Euripides (; grc, Εὐριπίδης, Eurīpídēs, ; ) was a tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars ...

. Ulrich P. Bruckner puts it among the "most interesting and most touching Spaghetti Westerns of the late sixties".

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When he returns home from war the Mexican

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Juan Carrasco is killed by the lover of his wife Anna and by Anna as well. The victim's children run away with their nanny but fifteen years later they come back for revenge. Anna and Tomas want to have them killed but their henchmen failed to do so. It turns out that Anna is not the real mother of the dead general's children.

Cast

* Leonard Mann as Sebastian Carrasco *

Luciana Paluzzi Luciana Paluzzi (born 10 June 1937) is an Italian actress. She is perhaps best known for playing SPECTRE assassin Fiona Volpe in the fourth James Bond film, '' Thunderball'', but she had important roles in notable films of the 1960s and 1970s in ...

as Anna Carrasco * Peter Martell as Rafael Garcia * Alberto de Mendoza as Tomas * Pilar Velázquez as Isabella Carrasco *

Piero Lulli Piero Lulli (1 February 1923 – 23 June 1991) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 111 films between 1942 and 1977. He was the brother of actor Folco Lulli. Selected filmography * ''A Pilot Returns'' (1942) - De Santis * ''Love Stor ...

as Francisco * Luciano Rossi as Juanito * José Suárez as General Juan Carrasco * Barbara Nelly as Conchita *

Enzo Fiermonte Enzo Fiermonte (17 July 1908 – 22 March 1993), sometimes credited as William Bird, was an Italian actor and boxer. Early life Vincenzo "Enzo" Fiermonte was born on 17 July 1908 in Casamassima, a rural village near Bari, in southern Italy to ...

as Friar *

José Manuel Martín José Manuel Martín Pérez (born 24 May 1924) is a Spanish retired film and television actor, radio broadcaster, and screenwriter. He was a popular character actor in Spanish cinema during the 1950s and 60s, best remembered for playing villain ...

as Miguel

Releases

Wild East Productions released this on a limited edition DVD in 2007 with ''

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''.

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* 1969 films Films based on works by Euripides Spaghetti Western films 1969 Western (genre) films Films directed by Ferdinando Baldi Films with screenplays by Vincenzo Cerami Films shot in Almería Films scored by Roberto Pregadio Modern adaptations of works by Euripides Works based on Agamemnon (Aeschylus play) Works based on The Libation Bearers Modern adaptations of works by Aeschylus Films based on works by Aeschylus 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Western-film-stub

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