The Stranger Returns
| The Stranger Returns | |
|---|---|
 US film poster | |
| Directed by | Vance Lewis |
| Produced by |
Allen Klein Roberto Infascelli Massimo Gualdi |
| Screenplay by |
Roberto Infascelli (as Bob Enescelle Jr.) Giuseppe Mangione (as Jone Mang) |
| Story by | Tony Anthony |
| Starring |
Tony Anthony Dan Vadis |
| Music by | Stelvio Cipriani |
| Cinematography | Marcello Masciocchi |
| Edited by | Renzo Lucidi |
Production company |
Primex Italiana Juventus Film Reverse Productions |
| Distributed by |
Excelsior (Italy) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (US) |
Release dates |
17 August 1967 (Italy) August 1968 (US) |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country |
Italy West Germany United States |
| Language |
Italian English |
The Stranger Returns (Italian: Un uomo, un cavallo, una pistola, lit. "A man, a horse, a gun") also known as Shoot First... Laugh Last!, is a 1967 Italian-German-American Spaghetti Western film directed by Luigi Vanzi. It is a sequel to A Stranger in Town.
The film is the second in a series of four western films starring Tony Anthony as "The Stranger".[1]
Cast
- Tony Anthony - The Stranger
- Dan Vadis - En Plein
- Daniele Vargas - Good Jim
- Marco Guglielmi - The Preacher
- Jill Banner - Caroline
- Marina Berti - Ethel
- Raf Baldassarre - Chrysler
Reception
Paul Mavis, of DVDTalk, reviewing the Warner Archive Collection 2015 DVD release of The Stranger Collection, wrote, "While they're not in the league of Leone (what is?), Anthony's grimy, sneaky little punk killer is an intriguing addition to the genre. Tony Anthony did some very interesting things with the spaghetti Western genre, including, perhaps, presaging the Trinity movies, while certainly "inventing" the West-meets-East subgenre."[2]
References
- ↑ Marco Giusti. Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. pp. 157–158. ISBN 88-04-57277-9.
- ↑ Paul Mavis (May 6, 2015). "The Stranger Trilogy (Warner Archive Collection: A Stranger in Town, The Stranger Returns, The Silent Stranger)". DVDTalk. Retrieved 31 October 2015.