''La sceriffa'' (''The Sheriff'') is a 1959 Italian Western comedy in black-and-white, directed by
Roberto Bianchi Montero.
It stars Italian comedy star
Ugo Tognazzi. It was released on 16 August 1959. The film starred several comedians and spawned a number of western comedies which followed.
Plot
A sheriff is killed and his widow (Tina Pica) takes up his job to find the killers.
Cast
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Tina Pica as Carmela Esposito, 'la Sceriffa'
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Ugo Tognazzi as Colorado Joe
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Livio Lorenzon as Jimmy Jesse
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Tino Scotti as The Judge
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Alberto Sorrentino
Alberto Sorrentino (16 February 1916 – 31 January 1994), was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 89 films between 1943 and 1988. He was born in La Spezia, Italy.
Selected filmography
* '' The Last Wagon'' (1943) - Un passante
* '' I c ...
as Brutto Tempo - the Native American
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Anita Todesco
Anita or ANITA may refer to:
Arts
* ''Anita'' (1967 film), an Indian film
* ''Anita'' (2009 film), an Argentine film
* ''Anita'' (2021 film), a Hong Kong film
*'' Anita: Swedish Nymphet'', a 1973 erotic film
People
*Anita (given name), people w ...
as Nuvola Rosa - Brutto Tempo's Daughter
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Carlo Pisacane as Nick
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Carlo Sposito as Gennarino - aka Gen
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Annie Alberti as Connie Dallas
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Franco Balducci as Jimmy Jesse's Brother
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Stelio Candelli as Bruno Carotenuto
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Elio Crovetto as Jack - the Texan drunk
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Tina De Mola as Dolly - the singer
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Fanfulla as Ciccio - Sceriffa's assistant
Criticism
This is an “inconsequential western that tries in vain to poke fun at relevant American genre films; neither entertaining nor funny.” According to the dictionary of international film. The Italian colleagues complain that the film was shot "with little resources and too hasty", although it could have been "more pleasant with more care and attention". Christian Kessler notes that the director's 23rd film is exemplary of "the comedies of the time that attempted to revitalize the already worn-out ways of the local comedy class by adding genre-parodic elements".
The film is "reasonably entertaining" despite the non-transferability of the dialect jokes prevalent in the original.
References
External links
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1950s Italian-language films
1959 films
1950s Western (genre) comedy films
Films directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero
Italian black-and-white films
1959 comedy films
1950s Italian films
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