A Stranger in Paso Bravo

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A Stranger in Paso Bravo
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Directed bySalvatore Rosso
Written byLucio Battistrada
Fernando Morandi
Eduardo Manzanos Brochero
Produced byFrancesco Carnicelli
Arturo Marcos
CinematographyAlfonso Nieva
Gino Santini
Music by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Release date
  • 1968 (1968)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryItaly
Language Italian

A Stranger in Paso Bravo (Italian : Uno straniero a Paso Bravo, Spanish : Los pistoleros de Paso Bravo, also known as Paso Bravo) is a 1968 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film directed by Salvatore Rosso. It was the first and only film directed by Rosso, who had previously been assistant of a number of directors, notably Pietro Germi. [1] The film was remade in 1969 by Antonio Margheriti as And God Said to Cain ; despite being the same story and having the main characters sharing the same names, the two films list different screenwriters. [1] The film underperformed at the Italian box office, grossing only 34 million lire. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN   978-8804572770.
  2. Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN   8884405033.