The Forgotten Pistolero
| The Forgotten Pistolero | |
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German film poster
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| Directed by | Ferdinando Baldi |
| Produced by | Manolo Bolognini |
| Screenplay by |
Vincenzo Cerami Pier Giovanni Anchisi Mario di Nardo Federico De Urrutia Ferdinando Baldi |
| Based on |
Oresteia by Aeschylus (uncredited) |
| Starring |
Leonard Mann Luciana Paluzzi Peter Martell Piero Lulli |
| Music by | Roberto Pregadio |
| Cinematography | Mario Montuori |
| Edited by | Eugenio Alabiso |
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B.R.C. Produzione S.r.l.
Ízaro Films |
| Distributed by | Produzioni Atlas Consorziate (P.A.C.) |
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Running time
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91 minutes |
| Country | Italy Spain |
| Language | Italian |
The Forgotten Pistolero (Italian: Il pistolero dell'Ave Maria, lit. "The Gunman of Hail Mary") is a 1969 Italian Spaghetti Western film co-written and directed by Ferdinando Baldi. The film is a western adaptation of the Greek myth of Orestes, subject of three famous drama-plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. Ulrich P. Bruckner puts it among the "most interesting and most touching Spaghetti Westerns of the late sixties".
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