Ballad of a Gunman

Apr 19, 1967

1h 38m

★ 5.8

Overview

Instead of fighting over newly gained money from a coach-robbery, two gangster-brothers (El Bedoja and Chiuchi) decide to rob a bank together. But Martinez, a gangster-coward, is successfully questioned by Nigros (a clad-in-black gangster-killer who collects the money) and Rocco (a righteous ex-sheriff who doesn't and shows off even more skill in using his pistol) on their plans.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Tefi Film

Bosna Film

Prodi Cinematografica

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Cast

Rocco

Dragomir 'Gidra' Bojanić

Blackie

Angelo Infanti

Chiuchi

Mario Novelli

El Bedoja

Alfio Caltabiano

Explosion

Dante Maggio

Maruja

Monica Teuber

Martinez

Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia

Sheriff

Lanfranco Ceccarelli

Banker

Hermann Nehlsen

Toro

Pietro Ceccarelli

Maruja's Mother

Ellen Schwiers

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