Il bianco il giallo il nero

"A Shoot-Pot Full of Fun to Bust Your Saddle!"

Jan 17 1975 R 1h 52m
Adventure, Comedy, Western

The White, the Yellow, and the Black (Italian: Il bianco, il giallo, il nero, also known as Shoot First… Ask Questions Later) is a 1975 Spaghetti Western comedy film. It is the last spaghetti western directed by Sergio Corbucci. Differently from his previous western films, this is openly parodic.

Plot

In the 19th century, a Japanese delegation arrives in the USA to present the American president with a gift pony from the Japanese Emperor.The Japanese consider the pony to be divine and it is guarded by Japanese Samurai.A tribe of renegade Indians attack the train and steal the pony with the intention of ransoming it.In order to retrieve the pony, the Japanese delegation offers one million dollars in ransom money, to be delivered to the Indians by the local Sheriff Gideon assisted by the inept Japanese servant Sakura, who believes he is a true Samurai.On the way, the duo runs into the drifter Blanc De Blanc, who is Swiss and has plans of his own concerning the ransom money.

Written by

Antonio Troiso, Marcello Coscia, Sergio Spina

Directed by

Sergio Corbucci

Production Countries

Italy

Production Companies

Tritone Cinematografica, Mundial Film

Languages

Italiano

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
806
Average Rating
5.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA