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Giù le mani... carogna! (Django Story)

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Giù le mani carogna! (Django Story)
Poster
Directed byDemofilo Fidani
StarringJack Betts
Gordon Mitchell
Release date
  • 1971 (1971)
LanguageItalian

Giù le mani... carogna! (Django Story) (or simply The Django Story or Giù le mani... carogna!)[1] is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti western film directed by Demofilo Fidani (credited as Lucky Dickinson). The film is known in English as Down with Your Hands... You Scum!

Premise and production

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Django enters a saloon and meets Wild Bill Hickok; and starts telling the story of various episodes of his life.

This premise allowed the film to re-use lengthy parts of footage from earlier films by Fidani, ...e vennero in quattro per uccidere Sartana! (1969), Quel maledetto giorno d'inverno... Django e Sartana... all'ultimo sangue!'' (1970), Arrivano Django e Sartana... è la fine (1970).[2]

Cast

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  • Jack Betts (credited as Hunt Powers)[2] as Django
  • Gordon Mitchell as Buck/Butch Bradley[2]
  • Dino Strano (as Dean Stratford)[2] as Dea; Bobby O'Neill; El Zorro
  • Jerry Ross as Bill Hickok[2]

Reception

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An Italian review of the time characterises the film as: "A Western film directed in the most terrible way".[1] A retrospective review, commenting on the poor quality of the film but also the financial limitations of its production, asks: "The cheapest Spaghetti ever made?"[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Giù le mani... Carogna (in Italian), archived from the original on 2023-04-28, retrieved 2023-04-28
  2. ^ a b c d e "Giù le mani... Carogna - The Spaghetti Western Database". www.spaghetti-western.net. Archived from the original on 2023-04-28. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  3. ^ Franklin, Mark (April 2, 2019). "The Django Story (1971)". Archived from the original on April 28, 2023. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
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