Tex and the Lord of the Deep

Tex and the Lord of the Deep (1985)

Tex e il signore degli abissi

Based on the adventures of the hero Tex from the comic strip by Bonelli. An interesting spaghetti-western/fantasy movie that blends magic and mythology with six-guns and stagecoaches.

Date of release
1985-09-06
TMDB
4.9 / 10 (21)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Adventure, Fantasy, Western
Director
Duccio Tessari

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Tabernas Desert

Tex and the Lord of the Deep is a 1985 Western film co-written and directed by Duccio Tessari and starring Giuliano Gemma and William Berger. The film is an adaptation of the Tex comic series that were popular in Italy. Previously attempted to be made into a production in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the film was eventually made by Tessari who adapted the film from the comics originally to be a pilot for a television series.

Production

Tex Willer was created in 1948 in Italy and became one of the country's most popular and long-lived comic book characters. Attempts to adapt the Tex comic series to film appeared as early as the late 1960s. These included Sergio Bonelli working on an adaptation with Charlton Heston (as Tex) and Jack Palance (as Kit) being considered for the roles. Bonelli approached Tonino Valerii and Enzo G. Castellari to approach the character.

In the early 1980s, Duccio Tessari took on the project that was initially conceived as a pilot for a television series produced by RAI, Italy's national public broadcasting company. Giuliano Gemma was cast as Tex who had worked with Tessari on several films in the past, including A Pistol for Ringo, My Son, the Hero, Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang and The Cats.

Filming took place between May and June 1985 in Italy and Spain.

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