John the Bastard (Italian: John il bastardo) is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Armando Crispino and starring John Richardson.[1][2][3]
Plot
John is the illegitimate son of a wealthy landowner. He decides to take revenge for the disinterest that his father has always shown towards him. He becomes the lover of his stepbrother's wife and when he challenges him to a duel he kills him. The woman commits suicide and John, satisfied, continues his cynical existence until the relatives of other women seduced by him try to kill him.
Cast
- John Richardson as John Donald Tenorio
- Claudio Camaso as Don Francisco Tenorio
- Martine Beswick as Dona Antonia
- Claudio Gora as Don Diego Tenorio
- Furio Meniconi as Papa Buck
- Gordon Mitchell as Danite
- Glauco Onorato as Morenillo
- Gia Sandri as Gertrude
- Luisa Della Noce as Sara
- Nadia Scarpitta as Chica
- Patrizia Valturri as Edith
- Thelma Anderson
- Vittorio Manfrino
- Loredana Giustini
- Mirella Pompili
- Piero Vida as Sacerdote
- Margherita Horowitz as Old Maid Aunt
- Remo De Angelis
- Claudia Gravy
- Román Ariznavarreta as Hermano de Gertrode
References
- ^ Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 978-88-04-57277-0.
- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.
- ^ Thomas Weisser (22 August 2005). Spaghetti Westerns: the Good, the Bad and the Violent. McFarland, 2005. ISBN 0786424427.
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