Sundance and the Kid

This article is about the 1969 Spaghetti Western. For the Robert Redford and Paul Newman movie, see Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Sundance and the Kid
File:Sundance and the Kid film.jpg US poster art
Directed by	Duccio Tessari
Written by	Ennio Flaiano Giorgio Salvoni Duccio Tessari
Starring	Giuliano Gemma
Music by	Gianni Ferrio
Cinematography	Cesare Allione Manuel Rojas
Distributed by	FVI (USA), Paramount de España (Spain)
Release dates	1969 (1969)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Italy Spain
Language	Italian

Sundance and the Kid is the American release title of Vivi o, preferibilmente, morti, a 1969 Spaghetti Western comedy directed by Duccio Tessari and starring Giuliano Gemma, Nino Benvenuti, and Sydne Rome. The film is also known as Alive or Preferably Dead and Sundance Cassidy and Butch the Kid.

Cast

• Giuliano Gemma as Monty Mulligan
• Nino Benvenuti as Ted Mulligan
• Sydne Rome as Rossella Scott
• Julio Peña as Dottore
• Antonio Casas as Barnds
• Cris Huerta as Jim
• George Rigaud as Mr. Scott
• Dan van Husen as Ranger
• Víctor Israel as Mayoral Candidate's Henchman

Plot

Two estranged brothers, city gambler Monty (Gemma) and Wild West farmer Ted Mulligan (Benvenuti) inherit $300,000 from their late uncle, on condition that they endure to live together for six months. The two start fighting about everything, and trouble begins as soon as Monty arrives in Ted's hometown.

Reception

Sundance and the Kid has been pointed out as a forerunner to the Trinity films (with Terence Hill and Bud Spencer) that reshaped the Spaghetti Western.

External links

• Sundance and the Kid at IMDb
• Sundance and the Kid at AllMovie