''Matalo!'' (also spelled as ''Mátalo'') is a 1970

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

spaghetti Western The spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's filmmaking style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ...

film directed by

Cesare Canevari Cesare Canevari (13 October 1927 – 25 October 2012) was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Milan, Canevari began his career shortly after World War II as a stage actor, occasionally also appearing in films i ...

. The film is considered among the most original western ever produced in Italy.Dossier Nocturno n. 31, ''Ai confini del western. Zone d'ombra del genere all'italiana''. It is characterized from a greater weight given to psychology over action, an almost total lack of dialogues, an innovative soundtrack and the use by the lead character of a boomerang as his only weapon. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Spaghetti Western at the

64th Venice International Film Festival The 64th annual Venice Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival, was held from 29 August to 8 September 2007, at Venice Lido in Italy. Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou was the jury president for the main competition. Italian actress Ambra ...

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Corrado Pani Corrado Pani (4 March 1936 – 2 March 2005) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Rome, Pani began his career playing the role of Jesus as a child in a Radio Vaticana radio drama. He made his film debut in 1953, with ...

: Burt *

Lou Castel Lou Castel (born Ulv Quarzell; 28 May 1943) is a Colombian-born Swedish actor who became internationally known through his work in Italian films, in particular for his starring role in Carlo Lizzani's '' Requiescant'' (1967) and his co-starring ...

: Ray, the stranger *

Antonio Salines Antonio Salines (1 July 1936 – 22 June 2021) was an Italian actor and director. Biography Born in La Spezia, the son of the composer Enrico, at ten years old Salines started his career as a child actor, appearing in several stage works in the ...

: Theo *

Claudia Gravy Claudia Gravy (born 12 May 1945) is a Spanish nationalized actress born as Marie-Claude Perin in Boma, Democratic Republic of the Congo when it was the Belgian Congo. Career Claudia has lived in Madrid since 1965, when she made her debut in the ...

: Mary *

Ana María Noé Ana María Noé (1914 – 9 July 1970) was a Spanish actress. Biography Ana María Noé began her artistic career in Barcelona and began to gain prominence after the Spanish Civil War. By 1940 she had her own company with which she performed ''Lo ...

: Constance Benson * Luis Dávila: Phil * Diana Sorel

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* 1970 films Spaghetti Western films 1970 Western (genre) films Films directed by Cesare Canevari Films set in ghost towns Films shot in Almería 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Western-film-stub