Amico, stammi lontano almeno un palmo

Ben and Charlie (Giuliano Gemma and George Eastman) are two bottom-feeding criminals and ex-partners, who no matter how much they hate and try to avoid one another, keep crossing paths. Before long they re-team and end up embarking on a crime spree, that despite their ineptitude, turns them into notorious outlaws and puts them in the path of many colorful and dangerous characters.

Very much a product of it's time (the early 70's), with it's rambling, character-driven narrative, it's a bit loose and episodic during it's first half. Once it gets going though, this free-spirited action-adventure is consistently amusing and a lot of fun, with Gemma and Eastman very appealing.

Production values are pretty good, as is the photography by Aristide Massacesi, better known as Joe D'Amato, director of several infamous sex and gore films, often starring Eastman.

Italiano westerns rock, even with jazzy piano /country western theme music (I like it!!)

I think E. May saw this film to borrow structural elements for Ishtar - - lol.

Viva Italia.

This movie is a comedy that is balanced with enough serious action to make it a solid Euro-western.

Giuliano Gemma is excellent as usual in this film. So is George Eastman and the rest of the cast. The movie is very well-made, and the story is very good. The first half of the film is mainly a comedy about a couple of small-time bandits that have a love-hate friendship. The comedy hits the mark for the most part, thanks to the excellent acting and the overall quality of the movie. During the second half, the action really heats up, and the story becomes more interesting.

The music score is also excellent.

For those like me who enjoy seeing weird characters in westerns, there is a sheriff who for no logical reason constantly talks about people picking their noses. It's idiotically bizarre, which is a good thing in a spaghetti western. I laughed harder at that than any other part of the movie.

This Euro-western is definitely one to see.

This entertaining engaging movie is crammed with fist-fights, kicks , punches , overwhelming stunt work and lots of humor . Gemma and Eastman or luigi Montefiore are pretty good as two army men robbing and taking on a bunch of bandits and both of whom make their own stunts , as usual .It deals with Ben : Gemma who is freed from prison after spending some years. His colleague Charlie: George Eastman or Luigi Montefiori is waiting out of jail. Then they undertake several adventures, heists , stagecoach assaults and dangers. While they are fighting and hating each other. The duo being relentlessly pursued by a nasty sheriff : Aldo Sambrell and a detective of the famous Pinkerton Agency : Giacomo Rossi Stuart or Jack Stuart. Along the way Ben falls in love for a beautiful woman : Marisa Mell. At the ending takes place , at the downtown, a thrilling duel in Spaghetti style and under splendid musical score background .

This Ravioli has noisy action , shootouts, fights and saloon brawls in Terence Hill/Bud Spencer style. It is an entertaining and funny Pasta Western with the attractive actors Gemma and Eastman forming an odd as well as fun couple. Lightingly paced and with a really disconcerting storyline that results to be absurd at times, but frenetic fights and gunplay sequences make up for it . This release has some cool and hilarious moments ; however, the Terence Hill and Bud Spencer movies are much better. The picture displays lots of laughters , tongue in cheek, jokes , slapstick and cold killings , too . In the picture appears ordinary genre support actors as Spanish players : Aldo Sambrell, Roberto Camardiel, Jesus Guzman, Jorge Rigaud ,Antonio Casas, Francisco Sanz , Cris Huerta , Luis Induni ; as Italian people such as : Nello Pazzafini, Ken Wood or Giovanni Cianfriglia , Tom Felleghy and Franco Fantasia ; most of them playing brief appearances.

Nice cinematography filmed on location El Lacio, Gelato and Spain : Poblado Tabernas, Almeria, Andalucia, Spain. Very good musical score by Gianni Ferrio in Ennio Morricone style and full of catching sounds and haunting songs . The motion picture originally written by Sergio Donati and George Eastman himself was decently made by Michele Lupo who directed various Bud Spencer vehicles as Bulldozer, El Supersheriff, Dos granujas en el oeste, Supersheriff and the little extraterrestrial. Lupo directed to Gemma , his fetish actor , in various movies as Master Touch with Kirk Douglas, Stay Away with Amidou, Arizona Colt with Fernando Sancho and the best: California with William Berger, Romano Puppo, and Miguel Bose .The motion picture will appeal to Spaghetti western aficionados and Giuliano Gemma fans

Generally speaking the comedy spaghetti westerns of the 70's are not usually very good at all. So, this one was a bit of a surprise. Giuliano Gemma and George Eastman have great chemistry as a couple of small time crooks who are a disaster together but wind up as a constant hapless duo. The mix of comedy with typical spaghetti western action was balanced just right, and I did find myself actually chuckling a few times. Look out too for a cameo appearance from the delectable Marisa Mell as a woman from Gemma's past.