Cute Bandit (Sevimli Haydut) (translated)

Sevimli Haydut (Cute Bandit) is a black-and-white Turkish western from 1971. Its title means roughly “the lovable outlaw”, and it is one of the “local westerns” in which Yeşilçam recast American western conventions with a Turkish cast. It was shot on 35 mm and produced by Özleyiş Film; Mehmet Aslan wrote the script, and Aslan and Üveyis Molu share the directing credit.

In the cast, Cihangir Ghaffari plays Tom, Aykut Bora Jack, Türkan Erdem Merry, Nubar Terziyan Devid and Yavuz Selekman the Sheriff. Necati Er plays Taylor and Hüseyin Zan one of Taylor's men. Gülgün Erdem (as a sweetheart), Haydar Karaer (Sam), Yusuf Sezer (the Guard) and Arap Celal (the Barman) are among the others. Mehmet Aslan also appears on screen.

The producers were Nami Dilbaz and Üveyis Molu, and the cinematographer was Özdemir Öğüt. Dubbing was done at Süperfon Studio, with Abdurrahman Palay voicing Cihangir Ghaffari, Toron Karacaoğlu voicing Aykut Bora, Yıldırım Önal voicing Nubar Terziyan, Ayton Sert voicing Yavuz Selekman and Timuçin Caymaz voicing Necati Er.