Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears

Original title: Los amigos

1973
PG
1h 31m

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Anthony Quinn, Franco Nero, Pamela Tiffin, and Ira von Fürstenberg in Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears (1973)

Period Drama Spaghetti Western Drama Western

In 1836, an agent of the now independent Republic of Texas who can't hear or speak, and his hearing companion, infiltrate a rebel pocket who oppose to the integration of Texas to the United ... Read allIn 1836, an agent of the now independent Republic of Texas who can't hear or speak, and his hearing companion, infiltrate a rebel pocket who oppose to the integration of Texas to the United States. Can they save the Republic?In 1836, an agent of the now independent Republic of Texas who can't hear or speak, and his hearing companion, infiltrate a rebel pocket who oppose to the integration of Texas to the United States. Can they save the Republic?

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Trivia
Pamela Tiffin said she was very fond of Franco Nero because he helped her keep the director from filming her bare breasts during their sex scene. They were both shirtless and he would make sure to put his arms between her breasts and the camera in each shot which really frustrated the director.

Goofs
The real Deaf Smith was neither deaf nor mute, merely hard of hearing.

Quotes
Johnny Ears: My old man used to say, "Take a pan of water, put some coffee in it, boil it, throw a horseshoe in it. If the horseshoe sinks, add more coffee.

Crazy credits
At opening:

The war with Mexico over, the new Republic of Texas is born. President Houston is actively working to have the new Republic join the United States of America. But Rebel forces, aided by foreign powers, are plotting against him. Houston, busy reorganizing the exhausted forces of Texas, sends his faithful scout Erastus Deaf Smith, and his companion, Johnny Ears to put down the plotters.

Connections
Featured in Scent of a Woman (1974)

Soundtracks
The Ballad of Deaf & Ears
Performed by Ann Collin
Written by Collin and Patucchi
Recorded by CAM

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5/10

Better luck next time, Franco

I like Franco Nero. I like his voice, his accent, his acting style, his acrobatics. Any movie starring Franco Nero already has one thing going for it in my book. Saying that Nero is the ONLY thing going for "Deaf Smith And Johnny Ears" would be somewhat inaccurate - there is also a good score, Pamela Tiffin's spunk (at one point, she puts Nero in a reverse headlock!), and some interesting directorial touches (as when Cavara films some scenes from the deaf man's point-of-view, with no sound). But if this is supposed to be a comedy, it's much too violent (beginning with the massacre of an entire family), and if it's serious, then the plot is confused and uninteresting. Anthony Quinn is a bore...and what's up with that ending? (**)