John the Bastard (film) explained

John the Bastard
Director:Armando Crispino
Producer:Francesco & Vincenzo Genesi
Starring:John Richardson
Claudio Camaso
Martine Beswick
Luisa Della Noce
Claudio Gora
Furio Meniconi
Gia Sandri
Nadia Scarpitta
Patrizia Valturri
Glauco Onorato
Gordon Mitchell
Music:Nico Fidenco
Cinematography:Sante Achilli
Editing:Franco Fraticelli
Language:Italian
English

John the Bastard (Italian: '''John il bastardo''') is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Armando Crispino and starring John Richardson.[1] [2] [3]

Plot

John is the illegitimate son of a wealthy landowner. He decides to take revenge for the disinterest that his father has always shown towards him. He becomes the lover of his stepbrother's wife and when he challenges him to a duel he kills him. The woman commits suicide and John, satisfied, continues his cynical existence until the relatives of other women seduced by him try to kill him.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Marco Giusti. Dizionario del western all'italiana. 2007. Mondadori, 2007. 978-88-04-57277-0.
  2. Book: Roberto Chiti . Roberto Poppi . Enrico Lancia . Mario Pecorari . Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. 1991 . Gremese Editore, 1992. 8876055932.
  3. Book: Thomas Weisser. Spaghetti Westerns: the Good, the Bad and the Violent. 22 August 2005. McFarland, 2005. 0786424427.