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Sonny and Jed

Original title: La banda J. & S. - Cronaca criminale del Far West
  • 1972
  • R
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
841
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Sonny and Jed (1972)
Spaghetti WesternActionAdventureComedyCrimeWestern

A vulgar Mexican social bandit reluctantly takes on an aspiring young outlaw as his partner in crime and love, all while the duo is pursued by a vengeful sheriff and bounty hunters.A vulgar Mexican social bandit reluctantly takes on an aspiring young outlaw as his partner in crime and love, all while the duo is pursued by a vengeful sheriff and bounty hunters.A vulgar Mexican social bandit reluctantly takes on an aspiring young outlaw as his partner in crime and love, all while the duo is pursued by a vengeful sheriff and bounty hunters.

  • Director
    • Sergio Corbucci
  • Writers
    • Sergio Corbucci
    • Sabatino Ciuffini
    • Mario Amendola
  • Stars
    • Tomas Milian
    • Susan George
    • Telly Savalas
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    841
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Sergio Corbucci
    • Writers
      • Sergio Corbucci
      • Sabatino Ciuffini
      • Mario Amendola
    • Stars
      • Tomas Milian
      • Susan George
      • Telly Savalas
    • 11User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Tomas Milian
    Tomas Milian
    • Jed Trigado
    Susan George
    Susan George
    • Sonny Lester Trigado
    Telly Savalas
    Telly Savalas
    • Sheriff Franciscus
    Rosanna Yanni
    Rosanna Yanni
    • Linda Moreno
    • (as Rossana Yanni)
    Franco Giacobini
    • Aparicito
    Eduardo Fajardo
    Eduardo Fajardo
    • Don García Moreno
    Herbert Fux
    Herbert Fux
    • Merril
    Gene Collins
    • Hotel Manager
    • (as Gene Collings)
    Werner Pochath
    Werner Pochath
    • Gunman
    • (as Wernet Pochat)
    Álvaro de Luna
    Álvaro de Luna
    • Sheriff with Bowler Hat
    • (as Alvaro De Luna)
    Pilar Climent
    Luis Aller
    Laura Betti
    Laura Betti
    • Betty
    Rafael Albaicín
    • Don García Henchman
    • (uncredited)
    Francesco Arcuri
      Miguel Armario
        Simón Arriaga
        • Don García Henchman
        • (uncredited)
        José Canalejas
        José Canalejas
        • Don García Henchman
        • (uncredited)
        • Director
          • Sergio Corbucci
        • Writers
          • Sergio Corbucci
          • Sabatino Ciuffini
          • Mario Amendola
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        User reviews11

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        4merklekranz

        If Woody Allen had dubbed a "spaghetti western" this would be it

        Woody Allen's "What's Up Tiger Lilly?" was his comic interpretation of a Japanese kung fu film. I realize that Allen had nothing to do with "Sonny and Jed", however the four letter word laced dialog is at times funnier than "Tiger Lilly". Somehow this overlooked curiosity has remained in "spaghetti" obscurity despite the presence of Thomas Milan, Susan George, and Telly Savales. Although this is definitely a parody of the Sergio Leone classics, including a fine Enio Morrocone score, it could come as quite a shock to the "Trinity" crowd, especially in the almost constant use of the "F'" word. There really is no story, just a series of episodes with Milan and George playing a western variation on "Bonnie and Clyde". - MERK
        8danielealiprandi

        Don't trust negative reviews from the time it was released, Corbucci knew what he was doing

        I've been thinking about watching this movie for almost 20 years, but always put off because of the general bad reviews I always read about it. I gotta say these reviews belong to the time the movie was originally released, 1972. They all agree that the movie is silly and that Corbucci made it with the left hand. So far from the truth. Watched today, J&S is a master spaghetti-western, totally on the average of the best Corbucci. Besides the very good Tomas Milian's performance, the witty dialogues, the fabulous cast (Susan George, Telly Savalas, Laura Betti), the charming winter-time Almeria desert locations, the fast pace of the narration and the excellent Morricone's score, J$S stands out for the memorable Jed and Sonny characters and for the love Corbucci shows, once more, for the losers, the marginals and the misfits. There's no clue Corbucci made it just to be on the track of then box-office Spaghetti-western hits like, e.g., Trinità. J&S is a genuine tale about two people trying to survive and keep their freedom in a world which didn't give them any chance. References to Bonnie & Clyde? Not so many. More simply, Corbucci and his writers face the theme of the criminal couple on the run, and do it with an original (and witty) point of view. Which here seems to be the dichotomy nature vs. society. And if you think Corbucci is chauvinist in the way he describes the relationship between Jed and Sonny (at the beginning Jed treats his woman literally like a dog), wait until the ironic end of the movie to express your judgement. Definitely, Corbucci knew what he was doing.
        6ma-cortes

        Acceptable S.W. about a strange couple professionally directed by Corbucci

        An Italian-Spanish co-production full of action , exaggerated characters, shootouts and lots of violence . The Cuban Thomas Milian, as usual, puts faces, grimaces, crying and overacting, but plays splendidly ; furthermore enjoyable appearance by Susan George , post ¨Straw dogs¨ . The picture tells the lurid criminal story of a famous delinquents couple, detailing a mythologized biography in ¨Bonny and Clyde ¨ style . In the time of the wild west, Jed (top notch Tomas Milian) recently out of jail meets Sonny (gorgeous Susan George), both become bank robbers. The antiheroes go across the American Midwest and South robbing banks , stores and people , embarking in a criminal rampage. They form a criminal gang, without accomplices only for money, for pleasure, for revenge ; they don't care why , rob , kill or how . An obstinate sheriff later blind ( Telly Savalas ) pursues the thieves , and lets nothing detain in his trail of catching them.

        This Western is inferior than previous Corbucci's entries but displays stirring adventures, shootouts, riding pursuits and is pretty amusing. It's an exciting western with breathtaking confronting between the two protagonists and the enemy Telly Savallas dressed in long fur coat and his hoodlums. In spite of some moment is boring I think it turns out to be a good Spaghetti Western . Tomas Milian is fine, he plays similarly his role in ¨Cuchillo¨, as he ravages the screen, he jumps, bounds and leaps, hit and run , but also receives violent punches and hits . Telly Savalas as a cruelly baddie role is terrific, subsequently he would play various spaghetti (Pancho Villa ,A reason to live a reason to die, Land raiders, A town hell) . Furthermore, appears usual secondaries Italian/Spanish Western in brief acting as Alvaro De Luna, Dan Van Husen , Rafael Albaicin , Victor Israel , and of course Eduardo Fajardo , Sergio Corbucci's ordinary. The film blends violence, a love story , tension, high body-count and it's fast moving and quite entertaining . There is plenty of action in the movie , guaranteeing a shootout or stunt every few minutes. There are many fine technicians and nice production design with excellent scenario of barren outdoors, dirty landscapes under a glimmer sun and a fine set on the Almeria landscape. The musician Ennio Morricone, composes a nice soundtrack and well conducted ; it's full of strange sounds in ¨My name is nobody ¨ wake . Striking cinematography by Luis Cuadrado and Alejandro Ulloa with negative well processed . Outdoor sequences filmed at Colmenar, Madrid and of course Almeria, Spain.

        Sergio Corbucci's direction is well crafted , here he's quite cynical and humorous and inclined toward violence and too much action, and contains broad comedy supported on the character played by Tomas Milian . Sergio made several Spaghetti classics: ¨ Django¨, ¨The great silence¨, ¨Hellbenders¨, ¨The specialist¨ , and Zapata Western as ¨The Mercenary¨, ¨The Compañeros¨ and ¨What am I doing in middle of the revolution¨ . In addition Sergio directed other inferior S.W. as ,¨Johnny Oro¨, ¨The white the yellow an the black¨ and ¨Minnesota Clay¨.
        8MovieMan-112

        A vulgar spaghetti western unlike any ever made

        Sergio Leone, the king of spaghetti westerns, would never have dreamed of making a western like "Sonny and Jed." It is a poignant film that was considered daring at the time of its release and is now labeled by many as a cult classic. Tomas Milian, who took the stage name "Tomas" after his prime role model: Tomas F. Dobb, plays Jed in an unforgettable role initially intended for Rodney Dangerfield. Susan George plays Sonny, Jed's one-true love and partner-in-crime. This is a "Bonnie and Clyde" of the west. It isn't a great film, but it seems to entertain most of the time. The best performance in the film, by far, is by Telly Savalas. He plays a blind sheriff who is determined to catch Sonny and Jed dead or alive by using any means necessary BY HIMSELF! Savalas steals every scene he is in and rightfully so. The final line in the film, "Sonny, I love you, you M**********r!", is right up there with the final line in "Gone with the Wind". Some believe it's more touching than the "Gone with the Wind" line. This is one of those hard to find films like "A Town Called Hell", "Blood and Guns", and "Villa Rides." Get it if you can.
        6Bunuel1976

        SONNY AND JED (Sergio Corbucci, 1972) **1/2

        This latter-day Spaghetti Western boasts a good cast (Tomas Milian, Susan George, Telly Savalas, Laura Betti, Eduardo Fajardo, Rosanna Yanni and Herbert Fux) and is enjoyable while it's on...but the misogynist traits of Milian's character in particular and the general unpleasantness of it all leaves a bad taste in the viewer's mouth. In essence, this is a vulgarization of the Bonnie and Clyde myth in Western garb with Jed (Milian) an illiterate brute with Robin Hood pretensions and Sonny (George, just off Peckinpah's STRAW DOGS [1971]) is almost always on the point of being raped by all and sundry. Among the gallery of grotesques that cross their path are blinded lawman Savalas, whorehouse madam Betti and sex-starved aristocrat Yanni. Ennio Morricone provides the typically eclectic music score but I wouldn't say it's one of his more memorable works.

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        • Trivia
          Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary discuss this movie at length in the 1/17/23 episode of their Video Archives Podcast.
        • Quotes

          Jed: [eating a bowl of pasta] Whoever thought of spaghetti was a genius. He must have made a damn fortune.

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          Featured in Let There Be Sound (2016)

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        • Release date
          • March 1974 (United States)
        • Countries of origin
          • Italy
          • West Germany
          • Spain
        • Language
          • Italian
        • Also known as
          • Bandits!
        • Filming locations
          • Desierto de Tabernas, Almería, Andalucía, Spain
        • Production companies
          • Roberto Loyola Cinematografica
          • Producciones Cinematográficas Orfeo
          • Terra-Filmkunst
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        • Runtime
          • 1h 32m(92 min)
        • Sound mix
          • Mono
        • Aspect ratio
          • 2.35 : 1

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