The films english dub is the first, and one of a select few, in which bud spencer provides his own voice. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title five man army. Five man army more than any other massive attack recalls the heydays of the wild bunch with lyrics referencing the wild bunchs live stint in japan, turntables and mixer boards, house parties. But the movie also comes up with a few fresh ideas such as an elegant, unexpected finale and a protracted heist scene seasoned with touches of wry humour. First scene for title character, american josephine baker. Although spencers film found some exposure in the american market, his greatest success was found in. The gold is transported on a train by the mexican army. Peter graves, james daly, bud spencer, testuro tamba and nino castelnuovo play the quintet of the title. The film is a dramatised account of the defense of the great wall. For instance, where else can you see an enactment of a train robbery done with tacos. By lee pfeiffer bud spencer, the burly former italian athlete who became an iconic film star in his native country, has died at age 86. Starring as a group of five men enlisted to rob a train containing a shipment of gold were peter graves, james daly, bud spencer, nino castelnuovo and tetsuro tamba.
A bandit peter graves and his gang target a mexican generals trainload of gold for the revolution in 1914. Chan sanyat and hsieh hsing were the action directors. Spencer, whose real name was carlo pedersoli, chose his stage name as a tribute to budweiser beer, which he loved, and spencer tracy, his favorite film star. One of the advantages of watching old, obscure films with no expectations is that occasionally one will surprise you. That saves considerably on costly production runs for movies that appeal to a limited demographic. Euro war or macaroni combat is a subgenre of war movies produced and directed europeans, usually italian. Swiss army man is a 2016 american comedydrama adventure film written and directed by daniel kwan and daniel scheinert, starring paul dano, daniel radcliffe, and mary elizabeth winstead. One such recent title is the five man army 1969, a spaghetti western produced by italo zingarelli, coscripted by dario argento, and allegedly directed by don taylor.
The film involves a bandit who brings together a group of thieves in order to rob a train. Where this army leads, action fans especially spaghetti western fans will want to follow. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic and stylized films and tv shows about with one man army, vengeance, violence, blood splatter, chase, revenge, heroes, murder, hand to hand combat and gunfight plots mostly in action, thriller and crime genres. The film was directed by don taylor and featured a script by a young dario argento. In 1933, seven chinese soldiers fight valiantly during the sinojapanese war. Five man army more than any other massive attack recalls the heydays of the wild bunch with lyrics referencing the wild bunchs live stint in japan, turntables and mixer boards, house parties, not to mention willy wee who had been at daddy gs side throughout much of the wild bunchs lifetime. The 25 most dangerous one man armies in movie history, ranked. The 5man army 1969 spaghetti western about a group of bandits, led by peter graves, who plan on robbing a train transporting gold for the mexican army. The story, with screenplay of dario argento, is full of action and betrayals developed in a fast pace and with a great camera work. The data is only saved locally on your computer and never transferred to us.
Philip henry sheridan march 6, 1831 august 5, 1888 was a career united states army officer and a union general in the american civil war. Caught in the middle of the 1914 mexican revolution, the five men pool their individual skills. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Set during the mexican revolution, the five man army is a niftily executed tale of mercenaries who, on behalf of rebel forces, take on a mission to rob a trainload of gold. The five man army is a western film that was released in 1969. Grant, who transferred sheridan from command of an infantry division in the western theater to lead the cavalry corps of the army of the. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with generalinchief ulysses s. For the best experience please update your browser. Such was my experience with the fiveman army 1969, a picturesque spaghetti western that doubles as a clockwork heist movie.
Five man army can best be described as a markeddown magnificent seven. The result is a funny and entertaining movie, with situations resolved in the most impossible way. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. The film had its world premiere at the 2016 sundance film festival on january 22, and began a theatrical limited release on june 24, 2016, before opening wide on july 1. The collection of thieves is an interesting band of characters including a nonspeaking japanese man with a sword, and a couple of men that the. The list contains the best, new and most relevant one man army movies ordered by relevance. A person so dangerous and efficient that they are able to dispatch insane numbers of bad guys and inevitably emerge victorious. The five man army might pale in comparison to a larger budget western like the magnificent seven but it has an oddball charm which is helped immensely by ennio morricones staccato score and some unpredictable plot detours along the way. Massive attack lyrics five man army daddy g trendy wendys you know what i mean hangin around with girl whos rolling up her jeans she watches her street cred cause shes no dummy saw rockin the microphone and now shes calling me a honey. We have the boss, the muscleman, the dynamite expert, the acrobat and the samurai. At least there is no pesky secretary to disavow of yuor actions. The five man army is a 1969 italian zapata western film taking place during the mexican revolution. Tcms original promo for june, 2019 programming, song.