Arizona Colt (Italian: Il pistolero di Arizona), also known as The Man from Nowhere (Italian: L'uomo venuto dal nulla), is a 1966 technicolor Spaghetti Western directed by Michele Lupo and starring Giuliano Gemma, Fernando Sancho, Corinne Marchand.

Arizona Colt
Italian theatrical release poster in 1966.
The Man from Nowhere
Directed by	Michele Lupo
Screenplay by	Ernesto Gastaldi[1]
Story by	Ernesto Gastaldi Luciano Martino[1]
Produced by	Elio Scardamaglia
Starring	Giuliano Gemma Corinne Marchand Fernando Sancho Roberto Camardiel Giovanni Pazzafini
Cinematography	Guglielmo Mancori[1]
Edited by	Antonietta Zita[1]
Music by	Francesco De Masi[1]
Production companies	Leone Film Orphée Productions[1]
Distributed by	Interfilm Nora-Filmverleih Société Anonyme Universal-Film Edko Films G.G. Communications Inc. Golden Era Film Distributors (GEF) Phoenix Film
Release dates	27 August 1966 (1966-08-27) (Italy) 17 February 1971 (1971-02-17) (France)
Running time	118 minutes
Countries	Italy France[2]
Languages	Spanish Italian French English

Synopsis

Looking to reinforce his gang Torrez Gordon Watch (Fernando Sancho) raids a jail at the Mexican border. All prisoners who refuse to become his new henchman are to be shot dead. Arizona Colt (Giuliano Gemma) eludes him, and makes it to a peaceful little town which named Blackstone Hill. Little does he know that Gordon plans to rob the bank. Watch has already brought a gang member in position to feel out how it can be done.

While the spy Clay (Giovanni Pazzafini) prepares the robbery, he hits on a young local woman named Dolores (Rosalba Neri). When she recognises him as a member of the very gang, he murders her. Following this crime the bank gets robbed. The father of Dolores recognises among the gangsters the murderer and hires Arizona Colt to bring the gangster to justice.

Technicality

Filming locations by Almería and Cinecittà about summer 1965.

Production

• Art direction and costume design : Walter Patriarca
• Makeup department : Franco Di Girolamo (make-up), Marcella Favella (hair)
• Production management : Paolo Gargano, Piero Lazzari
• Assistant director : Roberto Pariante, Valere Tantini
• Sound department : Italo Cameracanna, Lewis E. Ciannelli, Umberto Picistrelli
• Music department : Raul Lovecchio
• Stunts : Miguel Pedregosa, Nazzareno Zamperla
• Camera and electrical department : Sergio D'Offizi, Giuseppe Lanci, Remo Orienti, Angelo Pennoni, Cesare Saronti
• Additional crew : Franco Rossi, N. W. Russo, Manlio Busoni, Roberto Chevalier, Maria Pia Di Meo, Lauro Gazzolo, Gianni Solaro, Igino Lardani, Pino Locchi, Luigi Pavese, Bruno Persa, Carlo Romano, Rita Savagnone, Sergio Tedesco

Soundtrack

The Arizonal Colt or Il pistolero di Arizona (Francesco De Masi feat Raoul) is an original motion picture soundtrack : "He came out of nowhere, with no one beside him. He rode out of the sunrise all alone. A man out of nowhere, with no one to love him. His one faithful companion was his gun. No one could say, just where he came from. No one could say, where he was going. Was he a man without a heart, a man with a heart made of stone...".

Cast

Releases

Arizona Colt was released in Italy on 27 August 1966 in Italy and in France on 17 February 1971.[2][3]

See also

• Arizona Colt Returns

References

• Arizona Colt at IMDb
• Arizona Colt (1966) | BFI
• Arizona Colt de Michele Lupo (1966) - UniFrance