Giù le mani... carogna! (Django Story) (or simply The Django Story or Giù le mani... carogna!)[1] is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti western film directed by Demofilo Fidani (credited as Lucky Dickinson). The film is known in English as Down with Your Hands... You Scum!
Premise and production
Django enters a saloon and meets Bill Hickock [sic?]; and starts telling the story of various episodes of his life.
This premise allowed the film to re-use lengthy parts of footage from earlier films by Fidani, ...e vennero in quattro per uccidere Sartana! (1969), Quel maledetto giorno d'inverno... Django e Sartana... all'ultimo sangue!'' (1970), Arrivano Django e Sartana... è la fine (1970).[2]
Cast
- Jack Betts (credited as Hunt Powers)[2] as Django
- Gordon Mitchell as Buck/Butch Bradley[2]
- Dino Strano (as Dean Stratford)[2] as Dea; Bobby O'Neill; El Zorro
- Jerry Ross as Bill Hickock [sic?][2]
Reception
An Italian review of the time characterises the film as: "A Western film directed in the most terrible way".[1] A retrospective review, commenting on the poor quality of the film but also the financial limitations of its production, asks: "The cheapest Spaghetti ever made?"[3]
References
- 1 2 Giù le mani... Carogna (in Italian), retrieved 2023-04-28
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Giù le mani... Carogna - The Spaghetti Western Database". www.spaghetti-western.net. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
- ↑ Franklin, Mark (April 2, 2019). "The Django Story (1971)".