Gatling Gun (film)

Not to be confused with The Gatling Gun.

Gatling Gun
Directed by	Paolo Bianchini
Written by	José Luis Merino Claudio Failoni Franco Calderoni Paolo Bianchini
Produced by	Edmondo Amati
Starring	Robert Woods
Cinematography	Francisco Marín
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Release date	1968 (1968)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Gatling Gun (Italian : Quel caldo maledetto giorno di fuoco, Spanish : La ametralladora, also known as Damned Hot Day of Fire and Machine Gun Killers) is a 1968 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film directed by Paolo Bianchini and starring Robert Woods. ^{[1] [2]}

Plot

In the waning days of the Civil War, Richard Gatling, creator of the gatling gun, offers his invention to the Federal Government. But Gatling is kidnapped by two assassins - under the employ of Tarpas. They also steal his new invention and kill three Union government agents. Soon after, the Pinkerton Agency sends out Cpt. Chris Tanner (himself a former secret service agent) to find Gatling and recover the weapon.

Cast

• Robert Woods as Cpt. Chris Tanner
• John Ireland as Tarpas
• Ida Galli as Belinda Boyd
• Claudie Lange as Martha Simpson
• George Rigaud as Rykert
• Roberto Camardiel as Dr. Alan Curtis
• Gérard Herter as Mr. Bishop
• Furio Meniconi as Jeremiah Grant
• Tom Felleghy as Pinkerton
• Ennio Balbo as Richard Gatling
• Tiziano Cortini as Jonathan Wallace
• Rada Rassimov as Mrs. Treble

References

1. Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori. ISBN   978-88-04-57277-0.
2. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN   8876055932.

External links

• Gatling Gun at IMDb