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"Graf Bobby, der Schrecken des wilden Westens" is an Austrian / Yugoslavian co-production, but the language in this 90-minute movie is German of course. It was released in 1966 and it is the third and final "Graf Bobby" film starring Peter Alexander. Western movies were really en vogue at this point and that's why Bobby also goes west. But it is really just the setting and costumes. The rest is your typical generic Peter Alexander film. There is no violence in here like in other known western films, but it's all about the comedy, romance and music. After having watched the entire trilogy, I must say that it is fairly weak from the first film over the second to this final film. The quality does not decline, but it is sub-par from the very beginning and stays that way. The core component here is the comedy, but it rarely works at all and the love story with the resilient cow girl here is also as predictable as it gets. Is there any reason to watch this film? Maybe only from a historic perspective to see what people wanted to watch in the 1960s in Europe. I guess we can be pretty happy with our films today as the 1960s and, even worse, the 1970s were extremely disappointing in terms of audiences' tastes. This shows also that Peter Alexander was a huge star back then. His films are all very similar and he mostly scores through great charisma instead of range, but I still believe he elevates the sometimes really bad script here a lot. But not enough to let me recommend the watch. I give this final chapter a thumbs.down.

This is no,"For a few dollars or paint your Wagon.Peter's definition of the west is hard to believe and makes no sense.From a time travel Bobby gets a letter from his great great grand American uncle, in 1965, that he has inherit a saloon in Arizona ,Arizona back in the 1870's,with saloon girls and a madam,played by the same actress who was in the remake of ,"House at Monte Video,I think.So he and his side kick,played by Gunther Philips, takes a time journey back to America at Arizona ,Located in Serbia, to collect their inheritance.The real problem is that the portrayal of the west is based on something that was out of date by 1966.Roy Rodgers and Gene Autrey's definition.Not even the pale face version of the west neither.No Indians,not even peaceful ones,like in the t,v show ,F.Troop.You have goofy bad guys that have a secret.you have a sheriff with a daughter who pretends to be a boy,played by Olga Schoberova,to be back then in the 60's a variation of Urusula Andres.You see Peter entertaining the cowboys ,who actually went into the saloon for drinking and gambling and expecting to be entertain by a women.This subject don't fit peter. Elizabeth Marcus ,plays his Tante,Aunt.there's one scene where Peter tries to copy high noon.Well when he finally get's the bad guys and discover oil.all of a sudden the western town changes from a 1875, 1869 biscuits, to a modern car driven 1965 western town, where Olga is now wearing a 1965 hairdo and a 1965 dress.This show was too silly to be funny.Not the best of the count Bobby series. 01/28/13

I disagree with other reviews who think this is silly. I actually did not watch this Count Bobby-movie as a child, and I was afraid it could be cheesy and silly (given the fact that it is an Austrian Western from the 1960ies), but I was extremely positively surprised. It is not the best Count Bobby movie (which would probably be the first), but it has a good/actual "Wild West" storyline, great female characters (Olga Schobernova, Hanne Wieder etc.) and, of course, the great Peter Alexander and Gunther Philipp, along with funny performances by these two. It is (refreshingly after all the gore and darkness of recent movies) harmless, yes, but I do not mind at all, it is just cute and yet suspense and fun and a bit action - to sum it up, it is less a silly parody than a cute hommage and therefore even close to the perfect Michael Bully Herbig's Manitou's Shoe. Don't overthink it, just enjoy.