Stranger in Sacramento

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.

Uno straniero a Sacramento
Directed bySergio Bergonzelli
Written bySergio Bergonzelli
Story byJim Murphy (novel)
StarringMickey Hargitay
CinematographyBitto Albertini
Music byFelice Di Stefano
Release date
  • 1965 (1965)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Cast

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 the 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.[1]

References

  1. Fridlund, Bert: The Spaghetti Western. A Thematic Analysis. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company Inc., 2006 pp. 86-7.


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