The Savage Guns (1961)
November 1, 1961Release Date
The Savage Guns (1961)
November 1, 1961Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Richard Basehart
Steve Fallon
Paquita Rico
Franchea
Don Taylor
Mike Summers
Alex Nicol
Danny Pose
José Nieto
Ortega
Fernando Rey
Don Hernán
Manolita Barroso
Juana (as Manolita Barroso)
Félix Fernández
Paco
Francisco Camoiras
Manolo
Sergio Mendizábal
Mayor of Buenavista
Rafael Albaicín
Gonzales
José Manuel Martín
Segura
Víctor Bayo
Sanchez
Pilar Caballero
Sanchez' Wife
Xan das Bolas
Cantinero pedro
Manuel Peña
Gomez
Alfonso Rojas
Ruiz
Rafael Vaquero
Sacerdote
Alfredo Fraile
Cinematographer
Jimmy Sangster
Producer
Pedro del Rey
Editor
Edmund Morris
Screenplay
Michael Carreras
Director
Peter R. Newman
Story
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 1, 1961
Original NameTierra brutal
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 23m
Box Office$66,023
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The Savage Guns (Spanish: Tierra brutal) is a 1961 Eurowestern film, an international co-production by British and Spanish producers. Based on a specially commissioned screenplay, The San Siado Killings, written by Peter R. Newman and directed by Michael Carreras, the film is credited as the first traditional Spaghetti Western.
The film was noticeably set apart from previous "classic" American westerns starring an American leading cast (Richard Basehart, Don Taylor and Alex Nicol) and Spanish actors in supporting roles (José Manuel Martín, Paquita Rico, María Granada, Fernando Rey and José Nieto) as well as its unique use of the deserts, palm trees, agaves and whitewashed villages of southern Spain. It was also the first western to be shot on location in Almeria, Spain, an area which would be often used in later Spaghetti Westerns during the next two decades.