Gli specialisti
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Gli specialisti is a 1969 Italian
Spaghetti western
produced, written and directed by Sergio Corbucci
. The title probably intended to partner the previos Corbucci's western, The Mercenary
. It was co-producted with West Germany
and France
and was released in France with the title Le spécialiste and in Germany with the title Fahrt zur Hölle, ihr Halunken.
Cinema of Italy
The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had patented their Cinematographe, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera.-Early years:...
Spaghetti western
Spaghetti Western
Spaghetti Western, also known as Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western films that emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's unique and much copied film-making style and international box-office success, so named by American critics because most were produced and...
produced, written and directed by Sergio Corbucci
Sergio Corbucci
Sergio Corbucci was an Italian film director. He is best known for his very violent yet intelligent spaghetti westerns...
. The title probably intended to partner the previos Corbucci's western, The Mercenary
The Mercenary (film)
The Mercenary , also known as A Professional Gun, is a 1968 spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Corbucci. The film stars Franco Nero, Jack Palance, Tony Musante and Giovanna Ralli, and features a musical score by Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai...
. It was co-producted with West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and was released in France with the title Le spécialiste and in Germany with the title Fahrt zur Hölle, ihr Halunken.
Cast
- Johnny HallydayJohnny HallydayJohnny Hallyday is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he was considered by some to have been the French Elvis Presley. He was married for 15 years to one of the most popular French female singers: Sylvie Vartan...
as Hud / Brad - Françoise FabianFrançoise FabianFrançoise Fabian is a French film actress. She has appeared in over 80 films since 1956.She was born in Algiers, Algeria, and is the widow of screenwriter and director Jacques Becker and actor Marcel Bozzuffi. One of her best-known roles is as Maud in Eric Rohmer's My Night at Maud's...
as Virginia Pollywood - Gastone MoschinGastone MoschinGastone Moschin is an Italian actor.Born in San Giovanni Lupatoto , he began his career in the 1950s as theatre actor, first with the Stable Theater in Genoa and then with the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. In the same period Moschin also began to play in feature films, such as La rivale and L'audace...
as the Sheriff - Mario AdorfMario AdorfMario Adorf is a German film and stage actor, best known for his lead role in the 1978 film The Tin Drum.-Biography:...
as El Diablo - Sylvie Fennec as Sheba
- Serge MarquandSerge MarquandSerge Marquand was a French actor and film producer of advanced leukemia.He was the brother of Nadine Trintignant and Christian Marquand.- Filmography :* 1959 : Les Liaisons dangereuses by Roger Vadim : un skieur...
as Boot - Angela LuceAngela LuceAngela Luce is an Italian film actress and singer of Neapolitan song. She has appeared in 80 films since 1958.She was born in Naples, Italy.-Selected filmography:* La seconda notte di nozze * L'amore molesto...
as Valencia - Mario Castellani as Judge Ham
- Gino Pernice as the Gambler