Per un pugno nell'occhio

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Per un pugno nell'occhio
Per un pugno nell'occhio.jpg
Original film poster
Directed by Michele Lupo
Written by Roberto Gianviti, Amedeo Solazzo, Michele Lupo
Produced byRoberto Amoroso
Starring Franco Franchi & Ciccio Ingrassia
Music by Francesco De Masi
Distributed by Variety Distribution
Release date
  • 1965 (1965)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryItaly
Language Italian

Per un pugno nell'occhio is a 1965 Italian film by Michele Lupo starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. It is a Spaghetti Western parody of Fistful of Dollars and was also known as Fistful of Knuckles and For a Fist in the Eye. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

Fitting atmosphere in the Wild West, the film tells the story of Franco and Ciccio, two well-known arms dealers who come to a desolate village where peace reigns. Since the social situation is very quiet, the buddies start with cunning stratagems to get everyone against each other to unleash a veritable pandemonium and be able to make money.

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Notes

  1. 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.
  3. "3m043 FISTFUL OF KNUCKLES Italian 2p '65 wacky spaghetti western art by Bob Deseta!".


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