The Sign of the Coyote

1963 film

Mario Caiano
José Mallorquí

Produced by

Aldo U. Passalacqua
Norberto Soliño

Starring

Cinematography

Aldo Greci
Ricardo Torres

Edited byRenato CinquiniMusic by

Francesco De Masi
Manuel Parada

Production
companies

Copercines, Cooperativa Cinematográfica
Hispamer Films
Produzioni Europee Associate

Distributed byExclusivas Floralva Distribución

Release date

11 May 1963 (1963-05-11)

Running time

80 minutesCountries

Italy
Spain

LanguageItalian

The Sign of the Coyote (Italian: Il segno del coyote) is a 1963 Italian-Spanish western adventure film directed by Mario Caiano and starring Fernando Casanova, María Luz Galicia and Jesús Tordesillas.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone.

Synopsis

Following the Conquest of California, a local adventurer battles against the new American authorities and their unjust actions against the people.

Cast

Fernando Casanova as César de Echagüe / El Coyote
María Luz Galicia as Leonora Acevedo
Jesús Tordesillas as Don Cesar's Father
Fernando Sancho as Lugones Brother
José Jaspe as Lugones Brother
Fernando Hilbeck as Joaquim Gallardo
Félix Fernández as Don Goyo
Paola Barbara as Mme Teodora Acevedo
Mario Feliciani as Governor Parker
Giulia Rubini as Beatrice
Arturo Dominici as Judge Clemens
Giuseppe Fortis as Wilkes
Piero Lulli as Lenny
Andrea Scotti as Don Goyo's Son
Maruja Tamayo as Carmen de Echague
José Marco as Captain Grey
Miguel del Castillo as Julian
Santiago Rivero as Dr. Valdez
Alfonso Rojas as Sergeant Hogg
José Villasante as Ciudadano
Antonio Padilla as Lenny Henchman
Luis Rivera as Medico Capitan
Maria Carmen Encalado as Rocio
Nadia Marlowa as Lupita
Raf Baldassarre as Lenny Henchman
Joe Kamel as Hernando Lugones

References

^ Ercolani p.130

Bibliography

Eugenio Ercolani. Darkening the Italian Screen: Interviews with Genre and Exploitation Directors Who Debuted in the 1950s and 1960s. McFarland, 2019.