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- 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
- Duration
- 98 mins; 8,160 feet
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
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); westerns
Notes
- 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.
Production Company
- Name
Daiano Film
- Name
Leone Film
Archive
- Name
Folger Shakespeare Library
- reference@folger.edu
- Web
- http://www.folger.edu External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (202) 544 4600
- Fax
- (202) 544 4623
- Address
- 201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington
DC 20003
USA
Online Retailer
- Name
amazon.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.amazon.co.uk External site opens in new window
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