The Sheriff (1959 film)

La sceriffa (The Sheriff) is a 1959 Italian Western comedy in black-and-white, directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero.[1] It stars Italian comedy star Ugo Tognazzi. It was released on 16 August 1959. The film starred several comedians and spawned a number of western comedies which followed.[2]

La sceriffa
Directed byRoberto Bianchi Montero
Written byMario Amendola
Produced byGuido Paolucci
CinematographySergio Pesce
Edited byEttore Salvi
Release date
16 August 1959
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Plot

A sheriff is killed and his widow (Tina Pica) takes up his job to find the killers.

Cast

Criticism

This is an “inconsequential western that tries in vain to poke fun at relevant American genre films; neither entertaining nor funny.”[3] According to the dictionary of international film. The Italian colleagues complain that the film was shot "with little resources and too hasty", although it could have been "more pleasant with more care and attention".[4] Christian Kessler notes that the director's 23rd film is exemplary of "the comedies of the time that attempted to revitalize the already worn-out ways of the local comedy class by adding genre-parodic elements".[5] The film is "reasonably entertaining" despite the non-transferability of the dialect jokes prevalent in the original.

References
  1. Giraldi, Massimo; Lancia, Enrico; Melelli, Fabio (2006). 100 caratteristi del cinema italiano: gli interpreti "minori" che hanno fatto grande il nostro cinema. Gremese Editore. p. 109. ISBN 978-88-8440-383-4. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  2. Fridlund, Bert (2006). The spaghetti Western: a thematic analysis. McFarland & Co. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-7864-2507-5. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  3. Montero, Roberto Bianchi (1959-08-16), La sceriffa (Comedy, Western), Betauno Film, retrieved 2022-03-29
  4. "McNamara, Air Vice-Marshal (retd) Frank Hubert, (4 April 1894–2 Nov. 1961), RAAF, retd", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 2007-12-01, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u54583, retrieved 2022-03-29
  5. "Willkommen bei www.DerInternist.de". Der Internist. 43 (7): 858–859. July 2002. doi:10.1007/s001080200004. ISSN 0020-9554. PMID 27518612.


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