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Man of the East

1972 · 115 min

A gentle, goofy western comedy where a dandy learns to brawl and shoot, with warm camaraderie and slapstick charm.

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.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • friendship
  • family
  • love
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror0
Humour7
Realism4
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, western, action
Directed by
Enzo Barboni
Written by
Enzo Barboni
Starring
Terence Hill, Gregory Walcott, Yanti Somer, Dominic Barto, Harry Carey Jr., Enzo Fiermonte, Danika La Loggia, Riccardo Pizzuti
Cinematography
Aldo Giordani
Runtime
115 min
Country
France, Italy
Languages
Italian

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