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Stranger in Sacramento
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Wikipedia article
'Stranger in Sacramento' or 'Uno straniero a Sacramento' is a 1965 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Bergonzelli. It was based on the novel 'I Will Kill You Tomorrow' by Jim Murphy.
Cast
*Mickey Hargitay as Mike Jordan
*Enrico Bomba as Chris (as Steve Saint-Claire)
*Mario Lanfranchi as Mill (as Johnny Jordan)
*Giulio Marchetti as Sheriff Joe (as James Hill)
*Florencia Silvero as Lisa (as Flo Silver)
*Barbara Frey as Rona Barret
*Big Matthews (as Big I. Matthews)
*Gia Sandri
*Luciano Benetti as Deputy sheriff (as Lucky Bennett)
*Gabriella Giorgelli as Rosa (saloon dancer)
*Ariel Brown
*Renato Chiantoni
*Franco Gul
*Romano Giomini
*Julin Marcos
Plot
During a cattle drive Mike Jordan finds his father and brothers murdered and the herd stolen. He is met with suspicion by the local sheriff and population. Eventually, Mike is able to expose the rancher Barret as the perpetrator. He is assisted by Lisa, Barret's former sister-in-law, and Chris, a wanted horse thief.
Reception
In his investigation of narrative structures in Spaghetti Western films, Fridlund discusses 'Stranger in Sacramento' among films that mix some characters, motifs and plots well known from American traditional Westerns with others usual in Spaghetti Westerns. For example, Mike Jordan is close to the typical American Western hero, while Chris is more like Joe in A Fistful of Dollars.Fridlund, Bert: 'The Spaghetti Western. A Thematic Analysis'. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company Inc., 2006 pp. 86-7.
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