"Hannie Caulder" Any other Female led Spaghetti Westerns ?

[billy bentley]

I just watched this British produced Raquel Welch Spaghetti Wetern and it was nowhere near as bad as I had expected. Are there any other Spaghetti Westerns with a female in the leading role ? I am of course aware of "Once Upon A Time In The West".

[wearysloth]

Garter Colt
Giarrettiera Colt - The Spaghetti Western Database

[batman]

Hannie Caulder isn't really a 'spaghetti' western. It was filmed in Spain, but was directed by Burt Kennedy and has a mostly US cast. It was produced by Paramount/Tigon, making it a US/UK co-production.

[torinfan]

Hannie Caulder isn't really a 'spaghetti' western. It was filmed in Spain, but was directed by Burt Kennedy and has a mostly US cast. It was produced by Paramount/Tigon, making it a US/UK co-production.

We call those, paella westerns.

[batman]

The Japanese apparently call them 'macaroni' westerns ..... whereas in the US/UK that food item is reserved for Italian made war films, aka 'macaroni combat' films.

[cassidy]

Just think what they could have done with "Belleissimo Starr"

I just watched this British produced Raquel Welch Spaghetti Wetern and it was nowhere near as bad as I had expected. Are there any other Spaghetti Westerns with a female in the leading role ? I am of course aware of "Once Upon A Time In The West".

[batman]

Just think what they could have done with "Belleissimo Starr"

I assume you've not seen Il mio corpo per un poker.


link: Il mio corpo per un poker (1968) - IMDb

[cassidy]

Complimenti Signor !

I assume you've not seen Il mio corpo per un poker.


link: Il mio corpo per un poker (1968) - IMDb

[billy bentley]

Bats, not meaning to be "it picky", just wanting to learn more about the genre - isn't the cast of "Once Upon A Time In The West" equally as U.S./European as "Hannie Caulder". I realise that Christopher Lee isn't italian, but does that tip the scale ?

[GRAEME]

Bats, not meaning to be "it picky", just wanting to learn more about the genre - isn't the cast of "Once Upon A Time In The West" equally as U.S./European as "Hannie Caulder". I realise that Christopher Lee isn't italian, but does that tip the scale ?

Sergio Leone was Italian. Once Upon A Time... is largely an Italian production (although it also had US backing).

Spaghettis are Italian films. Hannie Calder isn't.

[batman]

Bats, not meaning to be "it picky", just wanting to learn more about the genre - isn't the cast of "Once Upon A Time In The West" equally as U.S./European as "Hannie Caulder". I realise that Christopher Lee isn't italian, but does that tip the scale ?

I understood what you were after and I wasn't trying to be clever. I was just trying to help by pointing out that Hannie Caulder isn't part of the 'spaghetti western' genre, so is not really a good place to start if you wanted to find out more about them. IIRC three of the Magnificent Seven fims were also filmed in Spain but they are not 'spaghettis' either, even though one of them had Lee Van Cleef in it. 'Spaghettis' are a specific genre (like Euro-spy films) and it's more to do with the source of the production, the style of the film and the creative talents behind them rather than the location. One 'spaghetti', God's Gun, was filmed in Israel, but it is a real 'spaghetti' because it was made by Italians.

[billy bentley]

So are there any Spaghetti Westerns that aren't Italian productions ? If so am I correct in thinking cast and location are, if not irrelevant, at least secondary.

[Windthrop]

Bad Man's River was a Spanish/Italian co-production so it should count. Gina Lollobrigida co-stars with Lee Van Cleef and our own James Mason.

[batman]

Quite a few 'spaghettis' are co-productions, but to be a legitimate 'spaghetti' western there has to be significant Italian input into the production and preferably an Italian director.

Bad Man's River is a recognised as a 'spaghetti western'.

The Germans made quite a few westerns as well, notably the Winnetou series with Lex Barker and Stewart Granger and even Hammer had a go .... the overall genre of non-US westerns is called Euro-westerns in the same way that non-US/UK spy films are called Euro-spy films.

Confused? You won't be after reading this ......

LINK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spaghetti-We...9081063&sr=1-2

or this ......

LINK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Once-Upon-Ti...9081063&sr=1-5

[billy bentley]

Got it Bats, Grazie.

[bruiser15]

There's also Little Rita of The West aka Crazy Westerners, part Spag Western, part musical, part spoof, which co-stars Spag stalwart Terrence Hill, the lovely Rita Pavonne and perennial bandito Fernando Sancho.

Rita nel West (1967) - IMDb

[m35541]

Most "spaghetti" westerns were actually co-productions. For example, the first two Leone Dollar films were Italian/Spanish/West German co-productions. The cast included all three nataionalities as well as Eastwood. Many spaghettis were filmed in Spain (hence Spanish supporting actors) particularly Almeria although some interiors and postproduction would have been done in Italy. However, Sergio Corbucci's The Big Silence was filmed in the German Alps. In the late 1960s and early 1970s a lot of what are normally classified as American westerns (US directed, US actors, often Brits in the supporting cast) were also filmed in Spain because it was cheaper - Chatos Land, The Hunting Party, The Desperados, The Deserter and Valdez is Coming are all examples of this.

[billy bentley]

I see that "Bad Man's River" also goes by the title "Hunt The Man Down". Despite a decent cast, I can't seem to find any positive reviews. Comments anyone ?

[batman]

I see that "Bad Man's River" also goes by the title "Hunt The Man Down". Despite a decent cast, I can't seem to find any positive reviews. Comments anyone ?

It's not very good.

[m35541]

I would second that.