Hirttämättömät

Hirttämättömät (1971)

Two outlaws, The Lonely Rider and the Indian Tonto, have caught (at least they think they have) Speedy Gonzales, a ruthless gunfighter from the town of Njietponimaistadi. They start to travel to another town for the reward, through the desert without water and fighting against Indians. And just to find out that they have made a full circle back to origin.

Date of release
1971-08-27
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (18)
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Comedy, Western
Director
Vesa-Matti Loiri, Spede Pasanen

Casting

Interesting facts

The Unhanged is a 1971 Finnish western comedy film directed by Spede Pasanen and Vesa-Matti Loiri. It is the sequel to the 1970 film Speedy Gonzales - noin 7 veljeksen poika. In addition to featuring Pasanen and Loiri, the film also stars Pasanen's other stock actors, such as Simo Salminen and Olavi Ahonen. The two main characters are parody versions of The Lone Ranger and his sidekick Tonto.

Production

The film was one of the rare instances during Spede's early career when the Finnish Film Foundation provided financing for the film in the form of a grant. However, the grant was originally meant for an unproduced film called Kauhukakara, then re-allocated when Speedy Gonzales became a hit in 1970. The movie re-uses the Western village sets of the first film (having been previously repurposed from the sketch show Kivikasvot).

Following a theme from the first movie, the film pokes fun at the conventions of Western films and figures. The Lonely Rider and Tonto are takes on The Lone Ranger and his similarly named sidekick. The film is stylistically very different from Speedy Gonzales, being considerably more tongue-in-cheek and features a smaller cast. The music was again produced by Jaakko Salo, but featuring a less guitar-heavy score.

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