Thursday, April 16, 2020

Rosalba Neri and her spaghetti westerns

Now this could be even more interesting. Women had only occassionally a big part in spaghs, mostly they played just a second fiddle. Still there are some actressesconnected tightly with the genre and Rosalba Neri was one of them. She actually starred in many SWs, but mostly she just appeared somewhere in one scene or so. Let's see her resume.
Arizona Colt (1966)
She didn't appear in the western genre till 1966 but that year she made three of them. In this one she has just a small part of a prostitute that gets killed. Bad luck. Even for us, because the unsympathetic Corinne Marchand lives till the end of the movie.
Johnny Yuma (1966)
Now that's a good part - the villain of the movie! I don't remember much but her stripping sequence, that is too hot even for the parrot.
Dynamite Jim (1966)
A comedy, that I haven't seen. Just the awful title sequence.
Wanted Johnny Texas (1967)
Rosalba gets murdered in the first 30 minutes. That's all I know. Oh, and Fernando Sancho is blonde in this one.
Days of Violence (1967)
And again, dead at the beginning. I still have to watch that one.
This Man Can't Die (1968)
A really crappy movie with Rosalba in a tiny part with an ugly red curly wig.
Killer Adios (1968)
And she has the wig again! I don't know much about the size of her part here.
A Long Ride from Hell (1968)
Another of her typical small prostitute parts. The star of this one is Steve Reeves in his only western.
Sonora (1968)
George Martin, Jack Elam and Gilbert Roland are the stars and Rosalba probably plays again the same part.

El Puro (1969)
Another I haven't seen. Rosalba gets beaten to death in a long sequence, as far as I know.
Arizona Colt Returns (1970)
Rosalba plays a slightly bigger part in the sequel with Anthony Steffen, but most of the time she pretends being kidnapped and doesn't really have a lot to do.
The Day of the Judgment (1971)
She is even in the flashback only! As a long dead wife!
Watch out, Gringo! Sabata Will Return (1972)
She is now a hostage from a coach robbery. Not a big part, but more interesting one than the previous movies. At the same time she was starring mostly in horror pictures and in medieval erotic comedies...
The Great Treasure Hunt (1972)
And finally a movie where she plays a really big and good part. She really shines in this one and overshadows everyone in the cast. You really want more Rosalba as you watch it, and you get a lot. She's not nude in this, but that really doesn't matter. If you want her nude, watch Slaughter Hotel. Or rather Amuck instead.
In the West There Was a Man Named Invincible (1973)
A really lousy idea, letting one of the prettiest actresses play a widow with a moustache! A silly western comedy, too silly for me to try to watch it.
Charity and the Strange Smell of Money (1973)
I have even never heard of this comedy, so i don't have anything to write.
Blood River (1974)
And the last one... I still have to see this. It stars Fabio Testi and John Ireland, yet it can be really bad.

So altogether it's 17 westerns. I've seen 6. I believe the only bigger part of Rosalba's in a western is in Dynamite Jim and Blood River, otherwise she wouldn't be the reason to watch the movie. She did probably better in gialli, maybe worse in horrors - she had big parts, but the movies are all crappy.

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