My Name Is Pecos

My Name Is Pecos (Italian: Due once di piombo (Il mio nome è Pecos)) is a 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Maurizio Lucidi. It was followed by Pecos Cleans Up the next year.

My Name is Pecos
Italian film poster
Directed byMaurizio Lucidi
Screenplay byAdriano Bolzoni
Produced by
  • Franco Palombi
  • Gabriele Silvestri
Starring
CinematographyFranco Villa
Edited byAnna Amedei
Music byLallo Gori
Production
company
Italcine T.V.
Distributed byAtlantis Film
Release date
  • December 1966 (1966-12) (Italy)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryItaly

Plot

As a child, Pecos Martinez witnessed how Joe Clane had Pecos' family wiped out. By now Pecos is a grown man who's out for revenge, but Clane has a whole city under his sway. All too soon Pecos is made and Clane's henchmen are just too many. Once he's trapped and captured, he needs to conceive a striking ruse if he wants to live.

Cast

Release

My Name Is Pecos was released in Italy in December 1966 as Due once di piombo (Il mio nome è Pecos).[1] The film was the first spaghetti western that started the trend of films with titles containing the phrase My Name is... or They Call Me..., which followed with such films as They Call Me Trinity or My Name is Nobody.[1] The film was released outside Italy, including the United Kingdom in 1968 by Golden Era Films where it was cut to receive an X-rating.[1] It was also released in West Germany in 1967, where Woods' character was renamed Jonny Madoc, which became the film's title.[1] My Name Is Pecos was successful enough in Italy to receive a sequel, released in March 1967, titled Pecos Cleans Up.[1]

Arrow Video released the film alongside Massacre Time, Bandidos and And God Said to Cain as part of their Blu-ray box set Vengeance Trails: Four Classic Westerns on July 27, 2021.[2]

References
  1. Hughes 2021, p. 29.
  2. Detwiler, Grace (June 25, 2021). "July 2021 Releases From Arrow Video to Include "The Bird With the Crystal Plumage" and More". Rue Morgue. Retrieved July 22, 2021.

Sources
  • Hughes, Howard (2021). "II. A Rum Deal: Maurizio Lucidi's My Name is Pecos". Vengeance Trails: 4 Classic Westerns (Booklet). Arrow Video. FCD2129.


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