Wanted_(1967_film)

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Wanted (1967 film)

1967 film

Wanted is a 1967 Italian Western film directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Giuliano Gemma, Teresa Gimpera, and Nello Pazzafini.[2] Gemma made two more westerns directed by Ferroni, with similar plots, where his character likewise carried the first name "Gary".[3]

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Plot

Gary Ryan, a local sheriff (Giuliano Gemma) is unjustly accused of murder in a small town and forced to flee. He gets rid of his enemies one by one while he tries to prove his innocence.

Cast

Release

Wanted was first released in 1967.[2]

Reception

From contemporary reviews, an anonymous reviewer in the Monthly Film Bulletin noted that "the violence in this Western is excessive even by Italian imitation standards. Still, the plot is a for a change refreshingly straight-forward [...] and the location photography is particularly attractive."[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Wanted". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 37, no. 433. British Film Institute. February 1970. p. 38.
  2. [2]
    Grant 2011, p. 447.
  3. [3]
    Fridlund, Bert: The Spaghetti Western. A Thematic Analysis. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company Inc., 2006 pp. 113-8.

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