Apocalypse Joe

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Apocalypse Joe
Directed byLeopoldo Savona
Written byLeopoldo Savona
StarringAnthony Steffen
Eduardo Fajardo
CinematographyFranco Villa
Julio Ortas
Edited byAmedeo Giomini
Music byBruno Nicolai
Release date
  • 1970 (1970)

Apocalypse Joe (Italian: Un uomo chiamato Apocalisse Joe, Spanish: Apocalipsis Joe), also known as A Man Called Apocalypse Joe and A Man Called Joe Clifford, is a 1970 spaghetti Western film written and directed by Leopoldo Savona under the pseudonym George Finley.

  • Anthony Steffen as Joe Clifford
  • Eduardo Fajardo as Berg
  • Mary Paz Pondal as Rita
  • Fernando Cerulli as Dr. Clan
  • Stelio Candelli as Braddox
  • Fernando Bilbao as Bodo
  • Veronica Korosec as Mildred
  • Giulio Baraghini as Sheriff Floyd
  • Flora Carosello as Aunt Dulcy
  • Renato Lupi as Friar Antonio
  • Silvano Spadaccino as Al

Production

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The film is an -Italian-Spanish co-production by Transeuropa Film, Italian International Film, and Copercines.[1] It was mainly shot in Hoyo de Manzanares.[2]

Reception

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A contemporary Corriere della Sera review praised the film, noting that "in the bleak landscape of Italian–Spanish co-productions [...] it warrants a place of distinction for its decent pacing and, especially in the second part, a handful of clever ideas."[3] Thomas Weisser described the film as "a good, action-oriented Spaghetti Western" with "a solid musical score".[4] According to Paolo Mereghetti, the film will entertain Spaghetti Western aficionados, but "does not exploit the potential of its script and falls back on a succession of killings, in a crescendo that borders on parody."[5]

References

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