| Il pistolero segnato da dio | |
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| Directed by | Giorgio Ferroni |
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| Cinematography | Sandro Mancori[1] |
| Edited by | Giorgio Ferroni[1] |
| Music by | Carlo Rustichelli[1] |
Production company | G.V. Cinematografica[1] |
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| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Il pistolero segnato da Dio (transl. A Gunfighter Sent by God) is a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Anthony Steffen.[2][page needed][3][page needed]
Ferroni directed Il pistolero segnato da dio under the name he used for Westerns, Calvin Jackson Padget.[4] It was filmed at Elios Studios and on location in Rome.[4] Richard Stapley spoke about the film, stating that his agents told him Ferroni was a "first-class director", whom he would "have a great time working with him."[5] Stapley recalled that he was furious with the director, as he was cast as "the baddie, which was not the most important part. I had never played a baddie before, but he told me that I would enjoy it, it's always more fun to play the villain."[5] Stapley described the film a having a moderate budget and a considerably longer shooting schedule, recalling that it lasted over six weeks.[5]
In a 1996 interview with journalist Robert Monell, Stapley revealed that Mario Bava partially worked as a cinematographer on Il pistolero segnato da dio, although Sandro Mancori is credited as the film's sole director of photography. Mancori had worked with Bava anonymously on earlier productions.[4]
Il pistolero segnato da dio was released on February 29, 1968, where it was distributed to Augustus.[4] The film was later re-issued in Italy as Due pistole e un vigliacco.[4]
As of 2013, Il pistolero segnato da Dio was never released in the United States and no English-language version of the film is known to exist.[4]
