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Quella Sporca Storia del West

Alternative title
Johnny Hamlet
Synopsis
Feature film. A spaghetti western based loosely on Hamlet but with a happier ending. Johnny Hamilton is a Confederate general in the Civil War and returns to Ranch Elsenor to discover that his father Chester has been murdered, and his mother has married his uncle Claude who now inherits the ranch.
Language
Italian (Standard)
Country
Italy
Medium
Film
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Year of release
1968
Notes
Some cutting was made in a number of countries reducing the film to under eighty minutes in Germany and under ninety minutes in Spain. In the 1972 release of the film in America, Giordano took the pseudonym Chip Corman.
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); westerns

Credits

Director
Enzo G. Castellari
Producer
Elio Scardamaglia; Ugo Guerra
Cinematographer
Angelo Filippini
Screenplay
Enzo G. Castellari; Francesco Scardamaglia; Tito Carpi
Music
Francesco De Masi
Costume
Enzo Bulgarelli
Art Direction
Enzo Bulgarelli
Cast
Andrea Giordano 
Francoise Prevost 
Gabriela Grimaldi 
Gilbert Roland 
Giorgio Sanmartin 
Horst Frank 
Ignazio Spalla 

Production Company

Name

Daiano Film

Name

Leone Film

Archive

Name

Folger Shakespeare Library

Email
reference@folger.edu
Web
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Phone
(202) 544 4600
Fax
(202) 544 4623
Address
201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington
DC 20003
USA

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