The Specialist (1969 film)

Gli specialisti

Directed by	Sergio Corbucci
Produced by	Sergio Corbucci
Screenplay by	Sabatino Ciuffini Sergio Corbucci
Story by	Sergio Corbucci Lee Van Cleef (uncredited)^[1]
Starring	Johnny Hallyday Françoise Fabian Gastone Moschin Mario Adorf
Music by	Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Cinematography	Dario Di Palma
Edited by	Elsa Armanni
Production company	Adelphia Compagnia Cinematografica Les Films Marceau Neue Emelka
Distributed by	Magna (Italy)
Release dates	26 November 1969
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Italy France West Germany
Language	Italian
Box office	$9,391,297 ^[2]

The Specialist (Italian: Gli specialisti), also known as Specialists and Drop Them or I'll Shoot,^[3] is a 1969 Italian spaghetti western produced, written and directed by Sergio Corbucci. It was co-produced with West Germany and France^[3] and was released in France under the title Le spécialiste and in Germany with the title Fahrt zur Hölle, ihr Halunken. The title is probably intended to partner the previous Corbucci western, The Mercenary.^[4]

Plot

A single stranger named Hud comes to Blackstone, a town where his brother had been falsely accused of robbing a bank. Hud he is determined to avenge his brother, who has been hanged without a proper court hearing. Finally Hud finds out it was one of the town's most dignified citizens who really robbed the bank. That puts him in great danger.

Cast

Johnny Hallyday as Hud / Brad
Françoise Fabian as Virginia Pollywood
Gastone Moschin as the Sheriff
Mario Adorf as El Diablo
Sylvie Fennec as Sheba
Serge Marquand as Boot
Angela Luce as Valencia
Mario Castellani as Judge Ham
Gino Pernice as the Gambler

References

↑ Marco Giusti, Dizionario del western all'italiana, 1st ed. Milan, Mondadori, August 2007. ISBN 978-88-04-57277-0.
↑ JP. "Gli specialisti (1970)- JPBox-Office". jpbox-office.com. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
1 2 Alex Cox. 10,000 Ways to Die: A Director's Take on the Spaghetti Western. Oldcastle Books. pp. 267–268. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Antonio Bruschini (1998). Western all'italiana: The specialists. Glittering images. ISBN 88-8275-034-5.

External links

The Specialist at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Sergio Corbucci

Chi si ferma è perduto (1960)
Romolo e Remo (1961)
Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita (1961)
The Shortest Day (1962)
Grand Canyon Massacre (1964)
Minnesota Clay (1965)
I figli del leopardo (1965)
The Man Who Laughs (1966)
Django (1966)
Johnny Oro (1966)
Navajo Joe (1966)
The Hellbenders (1967)
The Mercenary (1968)
The Great Silence (1968)
The Specialist (1969)
Compañeros (1970)
Sonny and Jed (1972)
What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution? (1972)
The Beast (1974)
The White, the Yellow, and the Black (1975)
Di che segno sei? (1975)
The Con Artists (1976)
Ecco noi per esempio (1977)
The Payoff (1978)
Odds and Evens (1978)
Neapolitan Mystery (1979)
Super Fuzz (1980)
A Friend Is a Treasure (1981)
Days of Inspector Ambrosio (1988)

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