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Man of the East

Man of the East

19726.51h 55m

Overview

By his dying father's last wish Joe is sent to the Wild West to become a real guy. The dreamy young man despises guns and fights likes poems and prefers bicycles to horses. Now his three teachers footpads all of them shall teach him otherwise. This doesn't work until Joe has to defend himself against gunman Morton who's jealous of Joe's love to rancher Ohlsen's beautiful daughter.

Directed by Enzo Barboni
Written by Enzo Barboni
Produced by Alberto Grimaldi
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Top Cast

Terence Hill

Terence Hill

Sir Thomas Fitzpatrick Phillip Moore

Gregory Walcott

Gregory Walcott

Bull Schmidt

Yanti Somer

Yanti Somer

Candida Olsen

Dominic Barto

Dominic Barto

Monkey Smith

Harry Carey, Jr.

Harry Carey, Jr.

Holy Joe

Enzo Fiermonte

Enzo Fiermonte

Frank Olsen

Danika La Loggia

Danika La Loggia

Iris

Riccardo Pizzuti

Riccardo Pizzuti

Morton Clayton

Jean Louis

Jean Louis

Prison Warden

Alessandro Sperli

Alessandro Sperli

Tim

Themes & Keywords

spaghetti western

About Man of the East

Man of the East is a comedy, western, action film released in 1972 exploring themes of spaghetti western. Directed by Enzo Barboni, it stars Terence Hill, Gregory Walcott, Yanti Somer. By his dying father's last wish Joe is sent to the Wild West to become a real guy. The dreamy young man despises guns and fights likes poems and prefers bicycles to horses. Now his three teachers footpads all of them shall teach him otherwise. This doesn't work until Joe has to defend himself against gunman Morton who's jealous of Joe's love to rancher Ohlsen's beautiful daughter.

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