![]() ![]() His brother had been killed by a corrupt cattle baron and Tex had taken revenge. In the first comic strips, published in 1948, Tex was an outlaw. The first drawings of the character were inspired by Gary Cooper, but with the arrival of new illustrators his aspect would change over the years many have recognized traits of other actors, such as John Wayne and (notably) Charlton Heston (1). Tex Willer was created by author Gian Luigi Bonelli and illustrator Aurelio Galleppini. Both film critics and fans of the comic books despised the movie and the TV-series never came off the ground. Instead it was introduced to audiences as the Italian answer to Spielberg’s Indiana Jones. Although set in the West, the movie wasn’t presented as a spaghetti western. Twenty years after the Ringo movies, Giuliano Gemma and Duccio Tessari were reunited for this production, co-financed by Rai Television, and set up as a pilot for a TV series, starring Gemma as Tex Willer, the ranger from the famous fumetti (comic strips). Tex and the Lord of the Deep (Tex e il Signore degli Abissi) / View Database Page | Available DVDs
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