Writers:Ovid Demaris (novel)
Giuliano Montaldo (writer)
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Release Date:29 October 1970 (USA) more
Genre:Crime | Drama more
Tagline:Even the Mafia Calls Him Mister!
Plot Keywords:Las Vegas Nevada | On The Run | Robbery | Gangster | Ex Convict more
Awards:1 nomination more
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Runtime:94 min
Country:Italy
Language:English
Color:Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:Iceland:16 | Norway:16 | Finland:K-16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | USA:GP
Filming Locations:Las Vegas, Nevada, USA more
Company:Euro International Film (EIA) more
Also Known As (AKA)
Machine Gun McCain (USA) American Roulette West Germany
Die Unschlagbaren West Germany
Dokunulmazlar Turkey (Turkish title)
For a Price International (informal title) (English title)
Jakten pa Machine Gun McCain Sweden
Konepistooli-McCain Finland
Las Vegas, 1.970 Spain
Les intouchables France
Machine Gun McCain USA
Oi asylliptoi Greece
Produced by
Bino Cicogna .... producer
Marco Vicario .... producer
Original Music by Ennio Morricone
·Cast：
John Cassavetes .... Hank McCain
Britt Ekland .... Irene Tucker
Peter Falk .... Charlie Adamo
Gabriele Ferzetti .... Don Francesco DeMarco
Luigi Pistilli .... Duke Mazzanga
Margherita Guzzinati .... Margaret DeMarco
Claudio Biava .... Barclay
Steffen Zacharias .... Abe Stilberman
James Morrison .... Joby Cuda
Florinda Bolkan .... Joni Adamo
Tony Kendall .... Pete Zacari
Salvo Randone .... Don Salvatore
Gena Rowlands .... Rosemary Scott
Awards: 1 nomination
002- About the director (Giuliano Montaldo)
Giuliano Montaldo (born February 22, 1930 in Genoa) is an Italian film director.
While he was still a young student, Montaldo was recruited by the director Carlo Lizzani for the role of leading actor in the film Achtung! Banditi! (1951). Following this experience he began an apprenticeship as an assistant director of Lizzani and Gillo Pontecorvo.
In 1960 he made his debut as a director with Tiro al piccione, a film about the partisan resistance, which entered for a competition in Venice Film Festival in 1961. In 1965 he wrote and directed Una bella grinta, a cynical representation of the economic boom of Italy, winning the Special Prize of the Jury at Berlin Film Festival. He then directed the production Grand Slam (1967) which starred an international cast including Edward G. Robinson, Klaus Kinski, and Janet Leigh. His cinema career continued with Gott mit uns (1969), and Sacco and Vanzetti (1971), a film about the abuses of the military, judicial and religious power.
In 1982 he directed the colossal television miniseries Marco Polo, which won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries.(See here)
001- John Cassavetes,Peter Falk, and Britt Ekland star in this fantastic film, 2 men plan a robbery from a Las Vegas Casino to steal the 2 million dollars kept there but there are twists and turns along the way as men wait ready to ambush to stop the raid. (Here)
New York kingpin Don Francesco (Gabriele Ferzetti) reprimands west coast boss Charlie Adamo (Peter Falk) in director Giuliano Montaldo's Machine Gun McCain, 1970 (here)
Hank McCain (John Cassavetes) is the imprisoned gangster who gets out of jail with the help of the mob. The syndicate wants him to take part in a heist of a Las Vegas casino. The plan is discussed and soon abandoned by the mob, but Hank decides to go ahead with the robbery. Disguised as a fireman, he pulls off the daring crime with the help of his current flame Irene (Britt Ekland). The angry mobsters want him dead and they soon close in on his old girlfriend Rosemary (Gena Rowlands) for information that could lead to Hank. She would rather commit suicide than give them information about her ex-boyfriend as she obviously still carries a torch for her old flame. Even without her help, the dragnet closes in on Hank as the mobsters systematically figure out his whereabouts. This feature was the Italian entry at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival, a choice that caused controversy and questions. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide 01, 02, 03, 04, 05
Cassavetes is pitch-perfect as McCain, a lone wolf ex-con who helps his son rip off former mob comrades Peter Falk and Gabriele Ferzetti. Things go wrong, and the gangsters hunt him down. On the run, McCain brings along his girl (Britt Ekland) and enlists the help of his devoted ex-wife (Gena Rowlands), two choices that contribute to his downfall in this violently riveting Italian/American co-production. Ennio Morricone did the simple but very memorable score. With a supporting cast of familiar Italian greats, including Luigi Pistilli, Florinda Bolkan and Tony Kendall. Not On DVD (here)
004 - A selection of the stills
In a skyscraper of New York, the consortium of a syndicate of six Gang chiefs are meeting
Charlie Adamo, the newly elected boss of west coast operations, ambitious to add to his personal fortune. He disregards orders from the top and moves swiftly to stake his claim in the forbidden territory - Las Vegas. He send out a threaten to the manager Abe Stilberman of Royal hotel in Las Vegas
Hank McCain (John Cassavetes) is the imprisoned gangster who gets out of jail with the help of the mob.The syndicate wants him to take part in a heist of a Las Vegas casino
Hank McCain with his new lover go to Las Vegas for carry out a rob plan drafted by Charlie Adamo
The gang chiefs Don Francesco came to Las Vegas from New York, he reprimands and commands to Charlie Adamo leave Las Vegas and don't takes a share of anyone here again
Charlie Adamo has to stop his rob plan. He needs to find McCain and command him to stop action, but he finds not McCain, so he puts McCain's son Jack McCain under house arrest for find him
The gang chiefs Don Francesco asks Charlie Adamo compromise with the manager Abe Stilberman of Royal hotel in Las Vegas
Hank McCain ignores Charlie Adamo's order, he decides to do the plan according his way by himself for get huge dollars. He got a lot of time bomb and put them in the casino, service station, vent-pipe .....
Hank McCain kills two persons who was send to kill him the gangsters,Don Francesco and Charlie Adamo all looked the newspaper, they are startled at it
Irene helped McCain put on the firemen clothes, he also got a fire command car for rob the proof box in the casino when chaos in explode
A continuous explode happened, the royal hotel ignite a fire, people running for their lives in different directions.McCainin blast away the proof box and stole 1.8 million dollars.The Sheriff and gang chiefs Don Francesco all arrived on the scene,Francesco tell Sheriff that his insurance company Will pay them generously, but he ask the Sheriff not let the press overdo an episode of limited importance and can't harm the prestige of the royal hotel and casino
The gang chiefs vent their anger on Charlie Adamo, they send persons to kill Charlie Adamo
The Police launched a nationwide raid, McCain and Irene run for dear life. McCain find his old lover Rosemary for help. Rasemary find a personal cabin cruiser for their escape
Rosemary back her home, a few gangs are waiting her. They threaten her and ask her say where McCain is. Rosamary is determined to protect her old lover using her life. She pulls out her pistol in her handbag and commit suicide by a bullet
Irene was arrested first. She was killed when she runs at McCain MaCain's emotion is sudden uncontrollable. He holds a Machine Gun and rush to gangs, finally he was shot to death in the road
In the end, a theme " La Ballata DI Hank McCain "sound. Its lyric is so short and penetrating, it say what the director Giuliano Montaldo want to say:
No one knew better than McCain
that a man who thinks he's free
knocks his head against the wall
No man knew better than McCain
just how bitter it would be
to be beaten after all
No one knew better than McCain
they're the ones who fix the game
they're the ones with loaded dice
No one knew better than McCain
but they got him all the same
and they made him pay the price
Below is the song " La Ballata DI Hank McCain " (Composed by Audrey Nohra and Ennio Morricone)
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