Cjamango (1967)

Director:

Edoardo Mulargia

Writers:

Vincenzo Musolino (writer)
Fabio Piccioni (screenplay)
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Release Date:

9 August 1967 (Italy)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Spaghetti Western

Cast

Ivan Rassimov	...	Cjamango (as Sean Todd)
Mickey Hargitay	...	Clinton
Hélène Chanel	...	Pearl Hernandez
Livio Lorenzon	...	Don Pablo
Ignazio Spalla	...	Paco (as Pedro Sanchez)
Piero Lulli	...	El Tigre
Federico Boido		(as Rick Boyd)
Nino Musco
Giorgio Sabbatini
Giusva Fioravanti	...	Manuel Hernandez (as Gilda Fioravanti)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gino Buzzanca		(as Bill Jackson)
Fred Coplan
Sergio Sagnotti
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia

Directed by
Edoardo Mulargia

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Vincenzo Musolino		writer
Fabio Piccioni		screenplay
Fabio Piccioni		story

Produced by
Vincenzo Musolino	....	producer

Original Music by
Felice Di Stefano

Cinematography by
Vitaliano Natalucci

Film Editing by
Enzo Alabiso

Art Direction by
Alfredo Montori

Camera and Electrical Department
Sebastiano Celeste	....	camera operator

Production Companies

• CIO
• Intercontinental Produktion

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

CIO

Routine affair...

Tellingly for the quality of the film, the German print I watched was retitled DJANGO - CROSSES IN BLOODY SAND. Yes you guessed right, this is one of those "countless Django knock offs" that many know about and bring up every time DJANGO is discussed, but few brave dare to sit through. Obviously shot on a shoe-string budget, it's a rudimentary affair with this Mulargia guy going for efficiency instead of anything artistically worthwhile. Cjamango wins the hard earned gold of a greasy Mexican bandit in cards but before he has time to savour the moment, he gets robbed by a bunch of crooks. The rest of the movie sees Cjamango trying to get revenge and his gold back. There's also a love interest, an annoying child that follows him around (a social commentary on the plight of celebrities perhaps?) and the occasional shootout that spices things up, but it's all too workmanlike to register. Of note is Ivan Rassimov in the titular role. He would go on to play the baddie in several Italian thrillers (the infamous gialli) but with his mesmeric stare, he's just as good as the gunslinger.