The Sheriff (1959 film)

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La sceriffa
La sceriffa.jpg
Directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero
Written by Mario Amendola
Produced by Guido Paolucci
Starring Tina Pica
Tina De Mola
Ugo Tognazzi
Cinematography Sergio Pesce
Edited by Ettore Salvi
Production
company
Betauno Film
Release date
  • 16 August 1959 (1959-08-16)
Running time
91 minutes
Country Italy
LanguageItalian

La sceriffa (The Sheriff) is a 1959 Italian Western comedy in black-and-white, directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero. [1] It stars Italian comedy star Ugo Tognazzi. It was released on 16 August 1959. The film starred several comedians and spawned a number of western comedies which followed. [2]

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Plot

A sheriff is killed and his widow (Tina Pica) takes up his job to find the killers.

Cast

Criticism

This is an “inconsequential western that tries in vain to poke fun at relevant American genre films; neither entertaining nor funny.” [3] According to the dictionary of international film. The Italian colleagues complain that the film was shot "with little resources and too hasty", although it could have been "more pleasant with more care and attention". [4] Christian Kessler notes that the director's 23rd film is exemplary of "the comedies of the time that attempted to revitalize the already worn-out ways of the local comedy class by adding genre-parodic elements". [5] The film is "reasonably entertaining" despite the non-transferability of the dialect jokes prevalent in the original.

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References

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