''Those Dirty Dogs'' (, , also known as ''Charge!'') is a 1973 Italian-Spanish

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 written and directed by Giuseppe Rosati and starring Gianni Garko and Stephen Boyd. The film was made in the later part of the

boom. As such it features such latter-day genre elements as self-parody, guffaw humour, near-

slapstick Slapstick is a style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity that exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy. Slapstick may involve both intentional violence and violence by mishap, often resulting from inept use of props such as ...

fight scenes (with accompanying sound effects), machine guns hidden in everyday household items, and bombastic villains.

Plot

In Arizona, a nasty but capable bandit, Angel Sanchez, working for a mad Mexican boss who likes being called "El Supremo", leads the boss's ragtag bandit army in stealing several hundred army rifles, along with ammunition, from a U.S. army wagon-train. They kill all the army soldiers and abduct the daughter of a prominent local doctor. Three American soldiers, Captain Chadwell, Lieutenant Junger and Sergeant Smith, are sent by Washington to recover the weaponry, or failing that to destroy them so they cannot be used against the army. They get help from a blond adventurer, Koran, a bounty hunter who carries a pink umbrella and quotes extensively from the Moslem holy book (or so he claims it to be), whose primary interest is in capturing and turning in Angel Sanchez for the $1,000 price on his head.

Notes

The film was scored by Italian soundtrack composer

Nico Fidenco Nico Fidenco (artistic name Domenico Colarossi; 24 January 1933 – 18 November 2022) was an Italian singer and film soundtrack composer who gained considerable popularity in 1960 with the release of the song "What a Sky" (Italian: "''Su nel cie ...

. He and co-star Stephen Boyd co-wrote the song “The Wind in My Face”, which runs during the film's opening credits. Boyd also sang the song.

Cast

* Gianni Garko as Korano * Stephen Boyd as Cpt. Chadwood Willer * Howard Ross as Lt. Younger * Simón Andreu as Angelo Sanchez * Harry Baird as Corp. Washington Smith * Teresa Gimpera as Miss Adams *

Alfredo Mayo Alfredo Fernández Martínez (17 May 1911 in Barcelona – 19 May 1985 in Palma de Mallorca) better known as Alfredo Mayo was a Spanish actor. Biography After studying medicine, in 1929 Mayo made his debut in the theatre with the company of ...

as General Mueller, El Supremo * Helga Liné as Maria * Mirella Dogan as Manola *

Enzo Fiermonte Enzo Fiermonte (17 July 1908 – 22 March 1993), sometimes credited as William Bird, was an Italian actor and boxer. Early life Vincenzo "Enzo" Fiermonte was born on 17 July 1908 in Casamassima, a rural village near Bari, in southern Italy to D ...

as Doctor * Gabriella Giorgelli as Mexican Woman * Andrea Scotti as Mexican Man *

Daniele Vargas Daniele Vargas, stage name of Daniele Pitani (20 April 1922 – 26 April 1981) was an Italian film actor. Life and career Born in Imola, a small town in the district of Bologna, after attending high school with Pier Paolo Pasolini, Daniele ...

as Major * Lee Burton as Corporal * Furio Meniconi as Boarding House Owner * Nazzareno Zamperla as Soldier (uncredited)

References

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*{{IMDb title, 0069837 1970s Italian-language films English-language Italian films English-language Spanish films 1970s English-language films Spaghetti Western films 1973 Western (genre) films 1973 films Films directed by Giuseppe Rosati Films shot in Almería Films scored by Nico Fidenco 1973 multilingual films Italian multilingual films Spanish multilingual films 1970s Italian films English-language Western (genre) films Italian-language Western (genre) films