A Stranger in Town (film)
| A Stranger in Town | |
|---|---|
 US film poster | |
| Directed by |
Luigi Vanzi (as Vance Lewis) |
| Produced by |
Allen Klein Carlo Infascelli Roberto Infascelli Massimo Gualdi |
| Screenplay by |
Warren Garfield Giuseppe Mangione |
| Starring |
Tony Anthony Jolanda Modio Gia Sandri Frank Wolff (as Frank Wolf) |
| Music by | Benedetto Ghiglia |
| Cinematography | Marcello Masciocchi |
| Edited by | Maurizio Lucidi |
Production company |
Primex Italiana Taka Productions |
| Distributed by |
Titanus (Italy) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (US) |
Release dates |
13 January 1967 (Italy) 24 April 1968 (US) |
Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country |
Italy United States |
| Language |
Italian English |
| Box office | $1,500,000 (US/ Canada)[1] |
A Stranger in Town (Italian: Un dollaro tra i denti, lit. "A dollar between the teeth"), released in the UK as For a Dollar in the Teeth, is a 1967 Italian-American Spaghetti Western film directed by Luigi Vanzi.
The film is the first in a series of four western films starring Tony Anthony as "The Stranger" ("Io Straniero").[2] It was a surprise box office hit in international markets.[2]
Plot
A stranger dressed like a US soldier helps the gangster Aguilar to rob a big load of gold. When he wants a piece of it, Aguilar has him beaten up by the other gang members. After having recovered, he follows the gang to Cerro Gordo. When he tries to get even with them, they outsmart him. Captured, he has to endure torture by Aguilar's mistress, but eventually he escapes. He takes out Aguilar's henchman one by one until Aguilar is on his own and the final showdown has come.
Cast
- Tony Anthony: The Stranger
- Frank Wolf: Aguilar
- Jolanda Modio: Chica
- Gia Sandri: Maruca
- Lars Bloch: Captain George Stafford
- Raf Baldassarre: Corgo
- Aldo Berti: Marinero
- Fortunato Arena: Captain Cordoba
Reception
Paul Mavis, of DVDTalk, reviewing the Warner Archive Collection 2015 DVD release of The Stranger Collection, wrote, "While they're not in the league of Leone (what is?), Anthony's grimy, sneaky little punk killer is an intriguing addition to the genre. Tony Anthony did some very interesting things with the spaghetti Western genre, including, perhaps, presaging the Trinity movies, while certainly "inventing" the West-meets-East subgenre."[3]
References
- ↑ "Big Rental Films of 1968", Variety, 8 January 1969 p 15. Please note this figure is a rental accruing to distributors.
- 1 2 Marco Giusti. Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. pp. 157–158. ISBN 88-04-57277-9.
- ↑ Paul Mavis (May 6, 2015). "The Stranger Trilogy (Warner Archive Collection: A Stranger in Town, The Stranger Returns, The Silent Stranger)". DVDTalk. Retrieved 31 October 2015.