Left Handed Johnny West
Johnny West
1965 · Spain, Italy, France · 90 min
- Director
- Gianfranco Parolini
- Screenplay
- Giovanni Simonelli
- Producer
- Giuseppe Fatigati
- Music
- Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
- Cinematography
- Francesco Izzarelli
- Editing
- Edmondo Lozzi
Cast
What it is about
Johnny West, a half-breed gunman feared for his marksmanship, arrives in a village where two brothers spread fear at the head of a group of unscrupulous men. Their plan is to gain control over a goldmine owner and take over his fortune. Johnny, however, gets caught up in their schemes and ends up in jail in their place, accused of a bank robbery.
How it was made
Directed by Gianfranco Parolini from a script by Giovanni Simonelli, the film was produced by Giuseppe Fatigati, with music by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino and cinematography by Francesco Izzarelli. Edmondo Lozzi handled the editing. A co-production of Spain, Italy and France, it runs about ninety minutes and was originally made in Italian. Few details about its making are well documented.
Reception and legacy
Released in 1965, Left Handed Johnny West belongs to the mid-1960s wave of European spaghetti westerns, which took the conventions of the American western and reworked them on modest budgets. Its critical and commercial reception is poorly documented, so it is remembered mainly as a representative example of that studio-era output.
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Trivia
Cast names
Mimmo Palmara is credited as Dick Palmer, Adriano Micantoni as Mike Anthony and Dada Gallotti as Diana Garsón in some versions of the credits.
More films by Gianfranco Parolini
Sabata
Return of Sabata
Adiós, Sabata
God's Gun
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