Man of the East (1972)

In the Wild West, a dead Englishman's greenhorn son joins his father's old gang and becomes a real frontier-man.

Director:

Enzo Barboni (as E.B. Clucher)

Writer:

Enzo Barboni (as E.B. Clucher)

Stars:

Terence Hill, Gregory Walcott, Yanti Somer

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Terence Hill	...	Sir Thomas Fitzpatrick Phillip Moore
Gregory Walcott	...	Bull Schmidt
Yanti Somer	...	Candida Olsen
Dominic Barto	...	Monkey Smith
Harry Carey Jr.	...	Holy Joe (as Harry Carey)
Enzo Fiermonte	...	Frank Olsen
Danika La Loggia	...	Iris
Riccardo Pizzuti	...	Morton Clayton
Jean Louis	...	Prison Warden
Alessandro Sperli	...	Tim
Sal Borgese	...	Bounty Hunter (as Salvatore Borgese)
Steffen Zacharias	...	Man with Coach
Luigi Casellato	...	Guesthouse Patron
Pupo De Luca	...	Prison Director
Rigal Suzanne Leone

Storyline

By his dying father's last wish Joe is sent to the Wild West to become a real guy. The dreamy young man despises guns and fights, likes poems and prefers bicycles to horses. Now his three teachers, footpads all of them, shall teach him otherwise. This doesn't work, until Joe has to defend himself against gunman Morton, who's jealous of Joe's love to rancher Ohlsen's beautiful daughter.

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Plot Keywords:

arizona territory | yuma arizona | yuma prison | tubac arizona | tucson arizona | 

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Taglines:

He Makes The Fastest Guns In The West...Die Laughing!

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Western

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

Italy France

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

23 August 1973 (France)

Also Known As:

A Man from the East

Filming Locations:

Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Produzioni Europee Associate (PEA), Les Productions Artistes Associés

Technical Specs

Runtime:

125 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Italian censorship visa # 60912 delivered on 7-9-1972.

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Goofs

When Tom first tries shooting a gun (inside the cabin), the gun alternates from being in his right hand (in frontal shots) to being his left hand (in back shots).

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Quotes

Holy Joe: [reading the Englishman's last letter] I don't know whether I'll find rich green grass or tough weeds up there. But, if there's rich grass, praise be to God! If there's nothing but weeds... praise be to God. The only thing I'll miss is your friendship. For the rest, I have no regrets.

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Alternate Versions

The Spanish VHS version which obtains Warner Bros Home Videos & United Artists logos, is cut about 30 min of footage and is also Pan & Scanned. Scenes cut:

• A church scene about 10 minutes into the movie is cut.
• About 19 minutes of the movie there's a scene where sergeant Ligget jumps down to ''water'' is cut.
• A scene in about 20:30, where people in the moving coach are travelling, is cut.
• After about 57 minutes of the movie, where Tom is in the bath and 3 other guys goofing around and then Morton comes to apologize about the thing that happened in saloon and Austin trying to buy the land where they are, is cut.
• The scene following the previous where Tom is in the house with his 3 friends and they show the horse they got to Tom, who leaves after that, and the other 3 are in the house again, where the 2 guys from the beginning arrive, is cut.
• The scene following the previous where Tom is with Mrs. Austin is cut.
• The scene following the previous where Tom is found and brought back to the house is cut.
• The scene following the previous where Tom get himself a horse is cut.
• After about 1:42:00 of the movie, the piece of the scene after Tom has shot the 2nd bullet to the tin can, is cut.

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Connections

Referenced in De Kijk van Koolhoven: Spaghettiwestern (2018)

User Reviews

Surprisingly entertaining

I saw this film as the opening film at a drive-in many years ago, and found it to be more entertaining and enjoyable than the feature, which I don't even recall. If this is available on home video, it is a Must-See, especially for fans of Spaghetti Westerns.