''Stranger in Sacramento'' or ''Uno straniero a Sacramento'' is a 1965 Italian

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film directed by

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. It was based on the novel ''I Will Kill You Tomorrow'' by Jim Murphy.

Cast

* Mickey Hargitay as Mike Jordan *

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as Chris (as Steve Saint-Claire) *

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as Mill (as Johnny Jordan) *

Giulio Marchetti Giulio Marchetti (9 June 1911 – 1 December 1993) was an Italian stage, film and television actor and presenter. Life and career Born in Barcelona, Marchetti was the grandson of the operetta actor and comedian Giulio and the son of the theatr ...

as Sheriff Joe (as James Hill) *

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as Lisa (as Flo Silver) *

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as Rona Barret * Big Matthews (as Big I. Matthews) *

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as Deputy sheriff (as Lucky Bennett) * Gabriella Giorgelli as Rosa (saloon dancer) * Ariel Brown * Renato Chiantoni *

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Plot

During a cattle drive Mike Jordan finds his father and brothers murdered and the herd stolen. He is met with suspicion by the local sheriff and population. Eventually, Mike is able to expose the rancher Barret as the perpetrator. He is assisted by Lisa, Barret's former sister-in-law, and Chris, a wanted horse thief.

Reception

In his investigation of narrative structures in

films, Fridlund discusses ''Stranger in Sacramento'' among films that mix some characters, motifs and plots well known from American traditional Westerns with others usual in Spaghetti Westerns. For example, Mike Jordan is close to the typical American Western hero, while Chris is more like Joe in A Fistful of Dollars.Fridlund, Bert: ''The Spaghetti Western. A Thematic Analysis''. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company Inc., 2006 pp. 86-7.

References

External links

* 1965 films 1960s Italian-language films Italian Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films 1965 Western (genre) films Films directed by Sergio Bergonzelli Films based on Western (genre) novels Films produced by Sergio Bergonzelli Films with screenplays by Sergio Bergonzelli 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Western-film-stub