Bullet in the Flesh

{{short description|1964 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Bullet and the Flesh | image = Il-piombo-e-la-carne-italian-movie-poster-md.jpg | alt = | caption = | native_name =  | director = [[Marino Girolami]] | producer = | screenplay = Gino De Santis | story = Gino De Santis | based_on =  | starring = {{plainlist|* [[Rod Cameron (actor)|Rod Cameron]] * [[Patricia Viterbo]] * [[Enio Girolami]]}} | music = [[Carlo Savina]]<ref name="archiv" /> | cinematography = Mario Fioretti<ref name="archiv" /> | editing = [[Enzo G. Castellari|Enzo Girolami]]<ref name="archiv" /> | production_companies = {{plainlist|* Marco Film * Cinéurop, Neuilly-sur-Seine *Hesperia Films<ref name="archiv" />}} | distributor = Panta Cinematografica | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1964||||}} | runtime = 93 minute | country = {{plainlist|*Italy *Spain *France{{sfn|Grant|2011|p=435}}}} | language = | budget = | gross = }}

'''''Bullet in the Flesh''''' ({{langx|it|Il piombo e la carne}}) is a 1964 [[Spaghetti Western]] [[film]] directed by [[Marino Girolami]].

==Plot== Problems develop when a lumber baron Nathaniel Master's daughter Mabel falls in love with the Indian chief of the Cherokees whose land he wants to steal.

==Cast== *[[Rod Cameron (actor)|Rod Cameron]] as Nathaniel Masters *[[Patricia Viterbo]] as Mabel Masters *[[Ennio Girolami]] as Sam Masters *[[Bruno Piergentili]] as Chata *[[Manuel Zarzo]] as Nelson Masters *[[Consalvo Dell'Arti]] as judge *[[Dante Maggio]] as Bob Raskin *[[Enzo Maggio]] as client *[[Carla Calò]] as Peggy *[[Alfredo Mayo]] as Mortimer Lasky *[[Piero Lulli]] as Jonathan *[[Tota Alba]] as Minnie

==Production== ''Bullet in the Flesh'''s screenplay and story were created by Gino De Santis<ref name="archiv">{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG1501|publisher=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Il piombo e la carne (1964)|access-date=February 16, 2020|language=Italian}}</ref> De Santis' story differed from other European Western's released between 1964 and 1966 which usually depicted cavalry heroes and Indian villains with author Kevin Grant stated that they "showed little interest in Native Americans as people."{{sfn|Grant|2011|p=41}} Grant stated that De Santis's story was a rare exception from the period where it was sympathetic towards the Cherokee tribe whose woodland idyll is under threat from a bigoted white logging family.{{sfn|Grant|2011|p=41}}

==Release== ''Bullet in the Flesh'' was first distributed in 1964.{{sfn|Grant|2011|p=435}}{{sfn|Grant|2011|p=434}} It was distributed by Panta Cinematografica in Italy.<ref name="archiv" />

==References== {{reflist}}

===Sources=== {{refbegin}} * {{cite book|last=Grant|first=Kevin|title=Any Gun Can Play|year=2011|publisher=[[Fab Press]]|isbn=9781903254615}} {{refend}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|59701}}

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