Adiós gringo
Italian theatrical release poster
Directed byGiorgio Stegani
Screenplay by
Story byGiorgio Stegani[1]
Starring
CinematographyFrancisco Sempere[1]
Edited byJacqueline Brachet[1]
Music byBenedetto Ghiglia[1]
Production
companies
  • Dorica Film
  • Explorer Film '58
  • Fono Roma, Coop
  • Trébol Films
  • Films Corona[1]
Distributed byEuro International Films[1]
Release date
  • December 1965 (1965-12)
[2]
Countries
Box office$2.1 million (Italy)[2]

Adiós gringo is a 1965 colour[5] Spaghetti Western film directed by Giorgio Stegani. It stars Giuliano Gemma and was co produced between Italy, Spain and France. A major success in Italy, it was the 4th highest grossing Italian picture of the year.[6][2]

Plot

A young rancher, swindled in a cattle deal, kills a rancher, in self-defense, who has accused him of stealing his cattle. He then gets caught up in adventure and romance as he tries to prove his innocence and clear his name.

Cast

Release

Adiós gringo was released in 1965.[3] On its domestic release in Italy, Adiós gringo was the fourth highest-grossing film of the year.[7] "Byro." commented on the audience reaction to the film at a 22nd street grind house screening in New York which was laughing at the film more than enjoying it.[7]

Reception

From contemporary reviews, Stuart Byron of Variety stated the film was the "perhaps the most implausible and contrived" of Italian Westerns.[7]

V. Bassoli in "L'Avvenire d'Italia" in February 1966 wrote that the director "had made the best of the elements he had at hand, creating a film perhaps a little harsh but full of emotions and findings, making thus a good use of Harry Wittington’s novel".[5]

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Adios gringo" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Top Italian Film Grossers". Variety. October 11, 1967. p. 33.
  3. 1 2 Grant 2011, p. 436.
  4. ↑ Grant 2011, p. 437.
  5. 1 2 Adios Gringo (in Italian), retrieved 2023-04-18
  6. ↑ Weisser 2005, p. 7.
  7. 1 2 3 Byron (January 31, 1968). "Film Reviews". Variety. p. 23.

Sources

  • Grant, Kevin (2011). Any Gun Can Play. Fab Press. ISBN 9781903254615.
  • Weisser, Thomas (2005). Spaghetti Westerns--the Good, the Bad and the Violent: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961-1977. McFarland. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-7864-2442-9.


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