Dio perdona... Io no! (1967)

Ratare Uzant:

6.0/10   

Regizor:

Giuseppe Colizzi

Writers:

Giuseppe Colizzi (screenplay)
Giuseppe Colizzi (story)

Release Date:

MAI 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Western

Replica Esantion:

They call him PRETTY FACE! ...and his credo is simple and short and sweet!

Plot:

In this violent spaghetti western a murderous robber hijacks a payroll train, murders everyone aboard and then stashes his loot...

Plot Keywords:

Spaghetti Western | Gunslinger | Insurance Agent | Murder | Train

Comentarii uzant:

Unusual, But Great Spencer/Hill Spaghetti Western

Cast

Terence Hill	...	Cat Stevens
Bud Spencer	...	Hutch Bessy
Frank Wolff	...	Bill San Antonio
Gina Rovere	...	Rose
José Manuel Martín	...	Bud
Luis Barboo	...	Full-bearded henchman
Joaquín Blanco
Tito García	...	Tam-Tam
Frank Braña	...	Smoking poker player with moustache
Antonietta Fiorito
Francisco Sanz	...	Full-bearded, fawning informant with glasses (as Paco Sanz)
Franco Gulà	...	Gravedigger, Clockmaker
José Canalejas	...	Mexican henchman
Bruno Arié	...	Older poker Player with no moustache
Remo Capitani	...	Publican in saloon

Cunoscut si ca:

Blood River (USA)
God Forgives... (USA)
God Forgives... I Don't! (USA)
He Never Forgives (Philippines: English title)
Tú perdonas... yo no (Spain)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for western violence and some bloody images.

Lungime Film:

109 min

Tara:

Italy | Spain

Limba:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Mixaj Sunet:

Mono

Certificare:

Iceland:16 | Norway:15 (DVD rating) | USA:PG-13 | Netherlands:16 | Finland:(Banned) (1969-1973) | Finland:K-18 | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:M | West Germany:12 (comedy version) | West Germany:16 (uncut version, re-rating)

Company:

Cronocinematografica S.p.a.

Stiati ca:

Pietro Martellanza was cast as Cat Stevens but broke his foot at the beginning of the shooting and was replaced by Terence Hill, who met Bud Spencer for the first time.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co (2000) (TV)

Unusual, But Great Spencer/Hill Spaghetti Western

This is a review of the uncut version, not the cut 'comedy' version.

"Dio Perdona... Io No!" aka. "God Forgives.. I Don't!" is not only the first film with both Bud Spencer and Terence Hill in the leading parts, it is also one of their best movies. Although the movie has many gags and humorous parts, "God Forgives... I Don't!" is not one of the usual Spencer/Hill comedies, but a pretty brutal and rather serious Spaghetti Western.

The movie starts with a train rolling into a town. Everybody on the train was massacred and the fortune it carried was stolen. Two gunslingers, Cat Stevens (Hill), and Hutch Bessy (Spencer) realize that the whole coup looks like the work of Outlaw Bill San Antonio. The mysterious thing about it is, however, that Cat killed San Antonio in a duel several months ago. On their search for the gold, the two get several clues that Bill San Antonio only staged his own death.

"God Forgives.. I Don't!" is definitely the most serious and brutal of the Spencer/Hill collaborations. Anyway, the movie also has many of the typical Spencer/Hill movie ingredients, like the numerous fistfights in which Spencer's character uses his typical hammering one punch technique.

Spencer and Hill show that they are not only great as a team in comedies, but also in a serious Spaghetti Western. Another Highlight of this movie is the great performance of Spaghetti Western Star Frank Wolff as the evil Bill San Antonio. I also liked the score a lot, especially the part with the somehow aggressive, dynamic, classical choir.

In Germany and Austria, this movie was released under three different titles. After the uncut version was released, it was re-released as a "Django" movie, and released again in its cut 'comedy version'. Terence Hill's character is also referred to as 'Django' in the uncut German version, and his dubbed voice is different to his dubbed voice in his later comedies.

All told, "God Forgives... I Don't" is a great Spaghetti Western, not like the usual Spencer/Hill movies, but a pretty brutal and serious movie, and definitely one of their best collaborations. 8/10