Texas, Adios

1966 film

August 1966 (1966-08)

Running time

93 minutesCountriesItaly
SpainLanguageItalian

Texas, Adios (Italian: Texas, addio) is a 1966 Italian/Spanish international co-production Spaghetti Western film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and starring Franco Nero. It is often referenced in connection with Django, also starring Nero, and although was referred to as Django 2 in some countries, it is not considered a sequel. The film is mostly remembered as a lesser known Spaghetti Western.

Plot

Although technically a Spaghetti Western, the plot of Texas, Adios plays more like a traditional American western film. Franco Nero plays two-fisted, taciturn Texas sheriff Burt Sullivan, a man committed to duty and justice but possessed by a desire for revenge. Sullivan, along with his younger brother, crosses the border to bring wealthy and sadistic Mexican crime boss Cisco Delgado (José Suárez) to justice for the murder of their father. Eventually joining forces with a group of Mexican revolutionaries, Sullivan and his brother soon find themselves at the centre of a bloodbath.

Cast

Franco Nero as Sheriff Burt Sullivan
Alberto Dell'Acqua (as Cole Kitosch) as Jim Sullivan
José Suárez (as José Suarez) as Cisco Delgado
Elisa Montés (as Elisa Montes) as Dancing Mulatta
José Guardiola as McLeod
Livio Lorenzon as Alcalde Miguel, the Mayor
Hugo Blanco as Pedro
Luigi Pistilli as Hernandez, the Lawyer
Antonella Murgia as Burt's Mother in Flashback
Gino Pernice as Bank Employee
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia (as Ivan Scratuglia) as Dick, Burt's Deputy
Silvana Bacci as Paquita, the Barmaid
Remo De Angelis as Juan, Delgado Henchman
Mario Novelli as Bounty Hunter
Enrico Chiappafreddo as Outlaw (uncredited)
Lucio De Santis as McLeod Henchman (uncredited)

Production

Texas, Adios, like many Spaghetti Westerns, was shot in the Spanish province Almería. Franco Nero, in his comments on the Anchor Bay DVD, mentions that the Texas, Adios shoot took place not far from where Sergio Leone was filming The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly at the same time. Nero and Clint Eastwood spent time between shots socializing. There are two actors who appeared in both films, who are Livio Lorenzon, and Luigi Pistilli.