Wanted (1967 film)

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Wanted
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Italian theatrical release poster
Directed by Giorgio Ferroni
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Massimiliano Capriccioli
  • Augusto Finocchi [1]
Produced byGianni Hech Lucari [1]
Starring
CinematographyTony Secchi [1]
Edited byAntonietta Zita [1]
Music by Gianni Ferrio [1]
Production
company
Documento [1]
Distributed by Variety Distribution
Release date
  • 1967 (1967)
Running time
104 minutes [1]
CountryItaly [1]

Wanted is a 1967 Italian Western film directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Giuliano Gemma, Teresa Gimpera, and Nello Pazzafini. [2] Gemma made two more westerns directed by Ferroni, with similar plots, where his character likewise carried the first name "Gary". [3]

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Plot

Gary Ryan, a local sheriff (Giuliano Gemma) is unjustly accused of murder in a small town and forced to flee. He gets rid of his enemies one by one while he tries to prove his innocence.

Cast

Release

Wanted was first released in 1967. [2]

Reception

From contemporary reviews, an anonymous reviewer in the Monthly Film Bulletin noted that "the violence in this Western is excessive even by Italian imitation standards. Still, the plot is a for a change refreshingly straight-forward [...] and the location photography is particularly attractive." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Wanted". Monthly Film Bulletin . Vol. 37, no. 433. British Film Institute. February 1970. p. 38.
  2. 1 2 Grant 2011, p. 447.
  3. Fridlund, Bert: The Spaghetti Western. A Thematic Analysis. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company Inc., 2006 pp. 113-8.

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