My Name Is Shanghai Joe

My Name Is Shanghai Joe
DVD cover.
Directed by	Mario Caiano
Written by	Mario Caiano T.F. Karter
Starring	Klaus Kinski Chen Lee
Music by	Bruno Nicolai
Cinematography	Guglielmo Mancori
Editing by	Amedeo Giomini
Distributed by	Beacon Films Inc.
Running time	98 min
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

My Name Is Shanghai Joe is a 1972 spaghetti western about a Chinese immigrant, recently arrived in America, who fights to free Mexican slaves from their cruel master. The film was released in a number of alternate titles in the United States, including The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe, To Kill or to Die and The Dragon Strikes Back. The film was directed by Mario Caiano and starred Klaus Kinski. ^[1]

Cast

• Klaus Kinski - Scalper Jack
• Chen Lee - Shanghai Joe
• Claudio Undari - Pedro, The Cannibal (as Robert Hundar)
• Katsutoshi Mikuriya - Mikuja
• Gordon Mitchell - Sam
• Carla Romanelli - Cristina
• Carla Mancini - Conchita
• Giacomo Rossi-Stuart - Triky
• George Wang - Yang
• Federico Boido - Slim (as Rick Boyd)
• Francisco Sanz - Cristina's Father
• Piero Lulli - Spencer

DVD release

On May 26, 2009, a Region 0 DVD of the movie was released by Alpha Video.^[2]

References

1. ^ "New York Times: My Name Is Shanghai Joe". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/113965/Il-Mio-nome-e-Shanghai-Joe/overview. Retrieved 2008-10-25. 
2. ^ Euro-Western Double Feature: The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe (1972) / Any Gun Can Play (1967) DVD info, Oldies.com

External links

• My Name Is Shanghai Joe at the Internet Movie Database