Sundance and the Kid

This article is about the 1969 Spaghetti Western. For the Robert Redford and Paul Newman movie, see Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Sundance and the Kid
US poster art
Directed by	Duccio Tessari
Written by	Ennio Flaiano Giorgio Salvoni Duccio Tessari
Starring	Giuliano Gemma
Music by	Gianni Ferrio
Cinematography	Cesare Allione Manuel Rojas
Distributed by	FVI (USA), Paramount de España (Spain)
Release dates	1969 (1969)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Italy Spain
Language	Italian

Sundance and the Kid is the American release title of Vivi o, preferibilmente, morti, a 1969 Spaghetti Western comedy directed by Duccio Tessari and starring Giuliano Gemma, Nino Benvenuti, and Sydne Rome. The film is also known as Alive or Preferably Dead and Sundance Cassidy and Butch the Kid.

Cast

Giuliano Gemma as Monty Mulligan
Nino Benvenuti as Ted Mulligan
Sydne Rome as Rossella Scott
Julio Peña as Dottore
Antonio Casas as Barnds
Cris Huerta as Jim
George Rigaud as Mr. Scott
Dan van Husen as Ranger
Víctor Israel as Mayoral Candidate's Henchman

Plot

Two estranged brothers, city gambler Monty (Gemma) and Wild West farmer Ted Mulligan (Benvenuti) inherit $300,000 from their late uncle, on condition that they endure to live together for six months. The two start fighting about everything, and trouble begins as soon as Monty arrives in Ted's hometown.

Reception

Sundance and the Kid has been pointed out as a forerunner to the Trinity films (with Terence Hill and Bud Spencer) that reshaped the Spaghetti Western.^[1]

References

↑ Fridlund, Bert: The Spaghetti Western. A Thematic Analysis. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company Inc., 2006 pp. 247-8.

External links

Sundance and the Kid at the Internet Movie Database
Sundance and the Kid at AllMovie

Films directed by Duccio Tessari

My Son, the Hero (1962)
Il Fornaretto di Venezia (1963)
Secret of the Sphinx (1965)
Una voglia da morire (1965)
A Pistol for Ringo (1965)
The Return of Ringo (1965)
Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang (1966)
Per amore... per magia... (1967)
Better a Widow (1968)
Sons of Satan (1968)
Sundance and the Kid (1969)
La morte risale a ieri sera (1970)
Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate (1971)
Long Live Your Death (1971)
Winged Devils (1972)
The Heroes (1973)
Tony Arzenta / Big guns (1973)
Puzzle (1974)
Three Tough Guys (1974)
Zorro (1975)
Safari Express (1976)
La madama (1976)
The Fifth Commandment (1978)
Tex e il signore degli abissi (1985)
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs (1989)
Beyond Justice (1992)

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