Seven Guns for the MacGregors
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| Directed by | Franco Giraldi |
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| Story by | David Moreno[1] |
| Produced by | Dario Sabatello[2] |
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| Cinematography | Alejandro Ulloa[3] |
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| Music by | Ennio Morricone[3] |
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| Distributed by | U.N.I.D.I.S |
Release date | 1966 |
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Seven Guns for the MacGregors (Italian: Sette pistole per i MacGregor) is a Technicolor 1966 Spaghetti Western. It is the directorial debut film of Franco Giraldi (here credited as Frank Garfield), who was Sergio Leone's assistant in A Fistful of Dollars.[5] The film gained a great commercial success and generated an immediate sequel, Up the MacGregors! (1967), again directed by Giraldi,[5][6]
Plot
The MacGregors, horse ranchers of Scottish descent, are underway to the market when they are robbed of their horses by a gang under the helm of a corrupt sheriff. One of the brothers infiltrates the gang but his first attempt tries to play them backfires.
Cast
- Robert Woods as Gregor MacGregor
- Fernando Sancho as Miguel
- Agata Flori as Rosita Carson
- Nazzareno Zamperla as Peter MacGregor
- Paolo Magalotti as Kenneth MacGregor
- Leo Anchóriz as Santillana
- Perla Cristal as Perla
- George Rigaud as Alastair MacGregor
- Manuel Zarzo as David MacGregor
- Alberto Dell'Acqua as Dick MacGregor (credited as Cole Kitosch)
- Julio Pérez Tabernero as Mark MacGregor
- Cris Huerta as Crawford
- Rafael Bardem as Justice Garland
- Víctor Israel as Trevor
Release
Seven Guns for the MacGregors was released ins 1966.[4] It was distributed by U.N.I.D.I.S. in Italy.[3] The film was followed by the sequel Up the MacGregors! featuring overlapping plot and character similarities.[2]
Reception
In contemporary reviews, from "Japa." of
References
Footnotes
- ^ Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 34, no. 405. British Film Institute. October 1967. p. 158.
- ^ ISBN 0-8352-2792-8.
- ^ a b c d e "7 pistolas para los McGregor [7 pistole per i MacGregor] (1966)" (in Italian). Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ a b Grant 2011, p. 443.
- ^ ISBN 978-88-04-57277-0.
- ^ Hughes, p.106
Sources
- Grant, Kevin (2011). Any Gun Can Play. ISBN 9781903254615.
- Hughes, Howard (2004). Once Upon a Time in the Italian West. ISBN 1-85043-430-1.
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