Man of the East

Original title: E poi lo chiamarono il magnifico

1972
A
2h 5m

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6.5/10

3.4K

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In the Wild West, a dead Englishman's greenhorn son joins his father's old gang and becomes a real frontier-man.

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A genteel young Englishman arrives in California, where a trio of his father's old friends must teach him the ways of the West if he is to win the love of a rancher's beautiful daughter.A genteel young Englishman arrives in California, where a trio of his father's old friends must teach him the ways of the West if he is to win the love of a rancher's beautiful daughter.A genteel young Englishman arrives in California, where a trio of his father's old friends must teach him the ways of the West if he is to win the love of a rancher's beautiful daughter.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

3.4K

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6cengelm

Reversed Crocodile Dundee

City dweller meats countryside and encounters a lot of trouble. Naturally he has to gain respect and to prove that he's worthy, too. The humor is similar to the one of the Trinity series and is never truly violent. No one will be killed or injured. The film was shot in the beautiful environment of the Plitvice lakes in Croatia and reminded me of the days I spent there.

6 / 10.

muratmihcioglu

Terence Hill as "Tenderfoot" from Lucky Luke decades before he stars as Lucky Luke himself

Watching this right now, trying to figure out if it was directly inspired by the Lucky Luke adventure about the Duke arriving in the USA from England. And I suspect it is, because all the humor structure is centered around that.

Come to think of it, back then it must have been quite normal to adapt a major comic book to cinema without properly crediting the source material. Still, this is a head scratcher and I gotta check the publication date of that Lucky Luke adventure to make sure.

Anyways...

Terence Hill is watchable even without Bud Spencer, however the supporting cast has difficulty shining when there is only one lead.

Production quality and pace are same with all those other spaghetti westerns. Facial expressions during the brawl scenes are the highlights.

Watchable after half a decade, but not the best example to the genre it belongs with.

P. S. Just checked it. The adventure is titled after the character "Tenderfoot" and was published in French in 1968. Yep, my theory holds water. Italian filmmakers saw the potential soon as (and maybe even before) translations were around.

Yonie

hilarious

The Man from the East. My husband and I along with another couple saw this movie when it was originally released at the theater in the 1970's. We have never forgotten it. We all thought it was extremely hilarious! We have been trying to find in on video for the last 10 years because we thought it was one of Terence Hill's best, and we are big fans of his. We hope it will be released soon on video.

8mooncrow-2

aka Man from the East

Pretty good Terrence Hill movie. I watched it on the Starz premium network; but there, it is titled "Man from the East"; and the dialog is all in English. I could not find that title on IMDB so I matched the DVD cover art to this movie.

Kirpianuscus

teachings for young Tom

I suppose , the young Terence Hill ( and his blue eyes ) , the good humor and smart game with western cliches , the romance, in same measure, are the good points of this pretty film , one of many spaghetti westerns , with nice start point and charming story.

A young English man , son of a dead outlaw, comes in savage West of USA for become man with help of his father buddies. A beautiful girl and his feelings for her, complicates in significant manner the things. But he is not alone and his teachers are real good ones.

So, he confronts the bad guy . And all works in just expected way.

The main gift for today viewer- I suppose nostalgia. And it is just enough.

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Trivia
The opening credits and subsequent transition shots are of the Durango Silverton narrow gauge railroad. It is very obviously B-roll from the opening and closing titles of Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971), which UA released the previous year, though cropped to 2.35:1.

Goofs
When Tom first tries shooting a gun (inside the cabin), the gun alternates from being in his right hand (in frontal shots) to being his left hand (in back shots).

Quotes
Holy Joe: [reading the Englishman's last letter] I don't know whether I'll find rich green grass or tough weeds up there. But, if there's rich grass, praise be to God! If there's nothing but weeds... praise be to God. The only thing I'll miss is your friendship. For the rest, I have no regrets.

Alternate versions
The Spanish VHS version which obtains Warner Bros Home Videos & United Artists logos, is cut about 30 min of footage and is also Pan & Scanned. Scenes cut:
A church scene about 10 minutes into the movie is cut.
About 19 minutes of the movie there's a scene where sergeant Ligget jumps down to ''water'' is cut.
A scene in about 20:30, where people in the moving coach are travelling, is cut.
After about 57 minutes of the movie, where Tom is in the bath and 3 other guys goofing around and then Morton comes to apologize about the thing that happened in saloon and Austin trying to buy the land where they are, is cut.
The scene following the previous where Tom is in the house with his 3 friends and they show the horse they got to Tom, who leaves after that, and the other 3 are in the house again, where the 2 guys from the beginning arrive, is cut.
The scene following the previous where Tom is with Mrs. Austin is cut.
The scene following the previous where Tom is found and brought back to the house is cut.
The scene following the previous where Tom get himself a horse is cut.
After about 1:42:00 of the movie, the piece of the scene after Tom has shot the 2nd bullet to the tin can, is cut.