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Anything for a Friend

Anything for a Friend (1973)

1h 30m | PG-13

⭐ 5 / 10

Two 'friends', Jonas and Mark, who live by cheating and squandering their money in saloons meet a crazy old man who tells them that gold has been discovered in the Rocky Mountains. The whole town moves, with dreams of becoming rich, but they are bitterly disappointed when on their way home they are robbed by Mulieta and his vicious gang of outlaws. Jonathan and Mark are spurred into action and decide to fight Mulieta's gang and retrive their gold.

Director: Demofilo Fidani

Studio: Tarquinia Film

Genre: Western

Video: 720p

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Cast

Ettore Manni

Ettore Manni

as Jonas Dickinson

Angela Portaluri

Angela Portaluri

as Donna Dolores

Gordon Mitchell

Gordon Mitchell

as Miller

Simonetta Vitelli

Simonetta Vitelli

as Pearl

Carla Mancini

Carla Mancini

as Consuelo

Paolo Rosani

Paolo Rosani

as Mark Taylor / Bud Randall

Reviews

By John Chard

The Two Stooges. An outright attempt at a comedy spaghetti western by director and co-writer Demofilio Fidani, Amico mio... frega tu che frego io (Anything for a Friend) is quite simply awful. It's poorly edited, poorly written and just poorly constructed. There may be those who would argue that the intentions of the makers was met, but we are not talking a case of so bad its fun territory here. It's painful, period. A number of screwy inconsequential scenes are stitched together in the hope of entertaining somebody, with a musical score fresh out of nursery school for accompaniment. The odd scene briefly raises a modicum of interest, as our two lead protagonists screwball their way to retrieving finances they lost, but come the end, if you have managed to stay that far, you may want to set fire to your TV set. 1/10