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directed by

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and starring

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Synopsis

Looking to reinforce his gang Torrez Gordon Watch (

) raids a jail at the

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border. All prisoners who refuse to become his new henchman are to be shot dead. Arizona Colt (

) eludes him, and makes it to a peaceful little town which named Blackstone Hill. Little does he know that Gordon plans to rob the bank. Watch has already brought a gang member in position to feel out how it can be done. While the spy Clay (

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) prepares the robbery, he hits on a young local woman named Dolores (

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). When she recognises him as a member of the very gang, he murders her. Following this crime the bank gets robbed. The father of Dolores recognises among the gangsters the murderer and hires Arizona Colt to bring the gangster to justice.

Technicality

Filming locations by

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and

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about

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1965.

Production

* Art direction and costume design :

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* Makeup department :

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(make-up),

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(hair) * Production management :

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* Assistant director :

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* Sound department :

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* Music department :

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* Stunts :

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* Camera and electrical department :

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* Additional crew : Franco Rossi,

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, Igino Lardani,

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Soundtrack

The ''Arizonal Colt'' or ''Il pistolero di Arizona'' (

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feat Raoul) is an original motion picture soundtrack : "''He came out of nowhere, with no one beside him. He rode out of the sunrise all alone. A man out of nowhere, with no one to love him. His one faithful companion was his gun. No one could say, just where he came from. No one could say, where he was going. Was he a man without a heart, a man with a heart made of stone...''".

Cast

as Arizona Colt *

as Torrez Gordon Watch *

as Jane *

as Clay *

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as Pedro *

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as Whiskey *

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as Sheriff * Gérard Lartigau as Jack/John *

as Dolores *

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as Priest *

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as Watch henchman *

as Banker *

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as Undertaker *

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as Will *

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* Otto Rock as Rancher *

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as watch henchman * Piero Morgia * José Orjas * Riccardo Pizzuti as watch henchman * Guglielmo Spoletini as watch henchman * Elio Angelucci as a townsman * Bruno Ariè as bandit *

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as the soldier playing cards with two comrades at stagecoach station *

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as rancher * Omero Capanna as bandit * Alberigo Donadeo as man in saloon *

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as rancher *

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as watch henchman * José Terrón as watch henchman

Releases

''Arizona Colt'' was released in Italy on 27 August 1966 in Italy and in France on 17 February 1971.

References

* {{IMDb title, id = 0060124, title = Arizona Colt
Arizona Colt (1966) , BFI

Arizona Colt de Michele Lupo (1966) - UniFrance
1966 films 1966 Western (genre) films French Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films 1960s Spanish-language films Films directed by Michele Lupo Films scored by Francesco De Masi Films with screenplays by Ernesto Gastaldi Films shot in Almería Revisionist Western (genre) films 1960s Italian films 1960s French films