Tepepa
Italian film poster
Directed byGiulio Petroni
Screenplay byFranco Solinas
Ivan Della Mea
Produced byFranco Clementi
Alfredo Cuomo
Nicolo Pomilia
Richard Herland
StarringTomas Milian
Orson Welles
John Steiner
José Torres
Luciano Casamonica
CinematographyFrancisco Marín
Edited byEraldo Da Roma
Music byEnnio Morricone
Production
companies
Filmamerica
Società Italiana Attuazione Progetti (SIAP)
Productores Exhibidores Films Sociedad Anónima (PEFSA)
Distributed byMagna
Release date
13 April 1969
Running time
132 minutes
CountriesItaly
Spain
LanguagesItalian
Spanish
English

Tepepa, also known as Blood and Guns, is an Italian epic Zapata Western film starring Tomas Milian and Orson Welles. The film was directed by Giulio Petroni. It was co-produced with Spain, where the film was released with the title Tepepa... Viva La Revolución.[1]

Plot

The government of "comrade" Madero does not satisfy the peon Tepepa, who continues his guerilla battle as a revolutionary, against the government troops together with a group of faithful fighters. Tepepa is feeling mocked by the ex-revolutionary Madero, who is now head of state. Tepepa finds himself several times facing the fearsome chief of police, Colonel Cascorro, and is constantly persecuted by an English doctor, Henry Price, eager to avenge a girl from a rich family, with whom the doctor was in love, and whom Tepepa had raped, causing her to suicide.

During the last fight Cascorro finally manages to wound Tepepa, who has escaped him several times, but in the decisive battle Cascarro is killed by the revolutionary. Meanwhile, the doctor, who despite his hatred for Tepepa had remained at the side of the revolutionaries, manages to take revenge on the peon, killing him with a scalpel immediately after extracting the bullet from his wound.

The Doctor then packs his horse to leave, only to be shot by Paquito.

The death of Tepepa, however, does not mark the end of the revolution, and others will continue the battle in his place.

Cast

Production

The film stars Tomas Milian and Orson Welles in opposing roles. Director Giulio Petroni expressed disappointment with Welles. Petroni claimed that the atmosphere on the set was "terrible," and that Welles called Milian (who idolized Welles) a "dirty Cuban".[2]

References

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 8884405033.
  2. ^ Maria Pia Fusco (5 August 2007). "Quelle sfide sul set tra Orson Welles e Tomas Milian" (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 22 November 2011.

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