White Apache
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| Directed by | Bruno Mattei |
| Screenplay by | Francesco Prosperi[2] |
| Story by | Roberto Di Girolamo[2] |
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| Edited by | Vincenzo Vanni[2] |
| Music by | Luigi Ceccarelli[2] |
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| Distributed by | Indipendenti Regionali |
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White Apache (Template:Lang-it) is a 1986 Western film directed by Bruno Mattei. The film was an Italian and Spanish co-production between Beatrice Films and Multivideo.[1][3]
Plot
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After heavy gunfire in a clash with some outlaw, a pregnant woman is the only survivor of a caravan. Found by the Indians, the woman who is dying, is brought to the village, where she died giving birth to a child.
Cast
- Sebastian Harrison as Shining Sky
- Lola Forner as Rising Sun
- Alberto Farnese as The Governor
- Charly Bravo as Ryder
- Cinzia De Ponti as Isabella
- Charles Borromel as Crazy Bull
- José Canalejas as White Bear
- Luciano Pigozzi as Cribbens
Production
While the only Mattei is credited,[2][3] some sources such as Kevin Grant's book Any Gun Can Play state that Claudio Fragasso also directed the film uncredited.[1] On discussing their collaborations on The Other Hell and The True Story of the Nuns of Monza, Fragasso stated he would shoot pne film at the same time Mattei was shooting the other which was also done with their two woman in prison films Violence in a Women's Prison and Women's Prison Massacre and thei Westerns Scalps and White Apache.[4] Mattei stater otherwise, that Fragasso was an assistant director on these films, and nothing more.[4]
Release
White Apache was first released in 1986.[1] was released in Spain on May 27, 1987.[5] The film was also released as Apache Kid.[1] In the uncut versions of both White Apache and Scalps contain scenes of scalping, dismemberment and other violence.[6]
Reception
From retrospective reviews, in their book Dizionario del cinema italiano, Roberto Chiti and Roberto Poppi noted the film had a poor story, modest acting and was hastily directed while praised its attempt to develop characters in the story.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e Grant 2011, p. 468.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Bianco Apache (1986)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ a b c Chiti & Poppi 2000, p. 77.
- ^ a b Curti 2019, p. 52.
- ^ "Apache Kid (Bianco Apache)". ICAA Film Database. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
- ^ Grant 2011, p. 296.
Sources
- Curti, Roberto (2019). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989. McFarland. ISBN 1476672431.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Grant, Kevin (2011). Any Gun Can Play. Fab Press. ISBN 9781903254615.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto (2000). Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gremese Editore]. ISBN 8877424230.
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External links
- White Apache at IMDb
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