Per il gusto di uccidere

Taste of Killing
Directed byTonino Valerii
Screenplay byTonino Valerii
Story byTonino Valerii
Produced by
  • Francesco Genesi
  • Vincenzo Genesi
  • Daniele Senatore
  • Stefano Melpignano
  • Jose Lopez Moreno
CinematographyStelvio Massi
Edited byRosa G. Salgado
Music byNico Massi
Production
companies
  • Hercules Cinematografica
  • Montana Films
Distributed byTitanus
Release date
  • 8 June 1966 (1966-06-08) (Italy)
Running time
88 minutes
Countries
  • Italy
  • Spain
Box office₤495.449 million

Per il gusto di uccidere (internationally released as Taste of Killing, Lanky Fellow and For the Taste of Killing and originally titled as Cacciatore di taglie)[1] is the 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western film debut directed by Tonino Valerii.[2] It is also the first film to use the camera system known as 2P.[3] It was filmed in Almería.[3] It is produced by Francesco Genesi, Vincenzo Genesi, Daniele Senatore, Stefano Melpignano and Jose Lopez Moreno, scored by Nico Massi and edited by Rosa G. Salgado.[4]

  1. ^ Curti 2016, p. 33.
  2. ^ Curti 2016, p. 7.
  3. ^ a b Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 978-88-04-57277-0.
  4. ^ Curti 2016, p. 194.