3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful :- Tiresome, 7 September 2000
Author:
kiko from St. Petersburg, FL
Loud, obnoxious western "comedy", about two estranged brothers
who get reunited after receiving an inheritance. One of them is a
womanizer
who wants to use his money to build a whorehouse, the other a
self-righteous
priest. Forced comedy ensues after both run into assorted characters and
situations. Unsuccessful attempt to capture the effortless zaniness of
Terence Hill's Trinity movies, this film seems to go on forever, getting
louder and more irritating (everyone mugs too much here) as it goes along.
See it only if you are a Richard Harrison fan (he's quite good, regardless)
or a Western junkie.
3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful :- Richard Harrison as charming rogue in comic Italian western, 25 August 2000
Author:
django-19 from San Antonio, Texas
This easy-to-like Italian western comedy was one of the
many early 70s knock-offs of the financially successful
"Trinity" films starring Terence Hill and Bud Spencer.
Although I've always liked the Hill/Spencer vehicles,
JESSE AND LESTER is to me a much better film. First of
all,
Richard Harrison possesses a charisma and sexual appeal
that
Hill has never had--he's also an actor with a lot of depth
and plays the charming rogue character very well. And Donald
O'Brien is quite convincing as the devout Mormon. Also,
the
film is beautifully shot and a pleasure to watch throughout.
And that comes through even on the cheap Venezuelan video
I
own. While the film may run a bit too long (comedies, for
me,
tend to work better when approx. 80 minutes), it is a little-
known gem that should appeal to any fan of the Trinity
series...
or anyone who likes a good western comedy.
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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful :-
Tiresome, 7 September 2000
Author: kiko from St. Petersburg, FL
Loud, obnoxious western "comedy", about two estranged brothers who get reunited after receiving an inheritance. One of them is a womanizer who wants to use his money to build a whorehouse, the other a self-righteous priest. Forced comedy ensues after both run into assorted characters and situations. Unsuccessful attempt to capture the effortless zaniness of Terence Hill's Trinity movies, this film seems to go on forever, getting louder and more irritating (everyone mugs too much here) as it goes along. See it only if you are a Richard Harrison fan (he's quite good, regardless) or a Western junkie.
3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful :-

Richard Harrison as charming rogue in comic Italian western, 25 August 2000
Author: django-19 from San Antonio, Texas
This easy-to-like Italian western comedy was one of the many early 70s knock-offs of the financially successful "Trinity" films starring Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. Although I've always liked the Hill/Spencer vehicles, JESSE AND LESTER is to me a much better film. First of all, Richard Harrison possesses a charisma and sexual appeal that Hill has never had--he's also an actor with a lot of depth and plays the charming rogue character very well. And Donald O'Brien is quite convincing as the devout Mormon. Also, the film is beautifully shot and a pleasure to watch throughout. And that comes through even on the cheap Venezuelan video I own. While the film may run a bit too long (comedies, for me, tend to work better when approx. 80 minutes), it is a little- known gem that should appeal to any fan of the Trinity series... or anyone who likes a good western comedy.
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