Per un pugno di canzoni
Europa canta (Spain · Italy · Germany · Liechtenstein 1966 / Director: José Luis Merino)
- Runtime: 95 min
- Release Date: 10.7.1966 (Italy)
Also known as
Per un pugno di canzoni (Italy) | Europa canta de noche (Spain) | Por un punado de canciones (Spain) | Lass die Finger von der Puppe (West Germany)
Cast and crew
- Cast (Spanish): Gustavo Rojo (Chief Big Vulture), Vivi Bach (Betty Johnson), Renzo Palmer (sheriff), Mary Paz Pondal (Carmen), Enrique Ávila (Little Europa bartender), Nino Vingelli (gangster underboss), Luis Induni (Lewis, gangster boss), Enrico Luzi (old coot), José Bastida (Little Europa piano player), Anna Maria Panaro (short dark-haired girl), Pilar Cañada (TVE presenter), Eleonora Morana (school teacher), Bruno Scipioni (Nicky, 'The Italian'), Ferdinando Poggi ('The Frenchman'), Ermelinda De Felice (madame), Ennio Antonelli (Joe, gangster), Ester Macioci
- Credited singers: Françoise Hardy, Tony Cucchiara, Tony Del Monaco, Wilma Goich, Ornella Vanoni, Adriano Celentano, Lucio Dalla, Nini Rosso
- Credited bands: Equipe 84 (with Maurizio Vandelli), The Kings, I Pelati, The Snobs, The Honneybeats, Imarcellos Ferial, Los Yardbirds, Los Beatles de Cadiz
- Uncredited actors: Fortunato Arena (gangster), Enrico Chiappafreddo (gangster), Bruno Ariè (gangster), Artemio Antonini (gangster), Virgilio Ponti (Little Europe saloon), Luciano Rossi (Little Europe saloon), Quinto Marziali (Little Europe saloon), Pupita Lea Scuderoni (Little Europe resident), Fred Bertelmann, Carlo Cevoli, Domenico Modugno, Mary Roos, Ingrid Schoeller, The Twist-Can-Can Girls
- Story: Carlo Infascelli
- Screenplay: Mario Amendola, Jose Luis Merino, Carlo Veo, Franz-Otto Kruger, Sigrid Werner
- Cinematography: Fulvio Testi [Eastmancolor, widescreen]
- Music: Enrico Polito
- Songs: "Wenn ich dich anseh" sung by Fred Bertelmann, "Ringo" sung by Adriano Celentano, "Il silenzio" sung by Tony Del Monaco, "Io ho in mente tu" sung by Equipe 84, "In un fiore" sung by Wilma Goich, "Parla mi di te" sung by Francoise Hardy, "A-a-a-di...ci" sung by The Honeybeats", "Fai quello che vuoi" sung by The Kings, "Johnny Brown" performed by Los Marcellos Ferial, "Tu si nacosa grande" sung by Domenico Modugno, "?" sung by Gianni Nazzaro, "Junge Liebe" sung by Mary Roos, "Il silenzio" performed by Nini Rosso, "Sha la la la la" sung by The Snobs, "Abbracciami" sung by Ornella Vanoni, "For Your Love" sung by The Yardbirds
- Producers: Theo M. Werner, Gustav Gavrin, Jose Luis Lorente, Carlo Infascelli
About
Little Europe, a town in the American West, is chosen as the site for a European Music Festival to be internationally broadcast via television . The peace of the village is put in jeopardy when it comes to electing judges because the dormant antagonisms of the descendants of Italian, Spanish, French and Germans will be awakened, but the good sheriff easily resolves the dispute. Then the problem becomes more acute when the lawyer Betty, a comely young lady, who is late in coming to the event because she was seized by the henchmen of an industry bully who wants to influence the victory of one of his favorite songs. But the sheriff again acts and the bully can not reach Little Europe, but Betty is also banned.
Trivia
- This little known oddity is most likely not really a western, but a pop film with some western elements.
