Lucky Luke: The Ballad of The Daltons (French: known as La Ballade des Dalton) is a 1978 French animated film written and directed by René Goscinny, Morris, Henri Gruel and Pierre Watrin starring the comic book character Lucky Luke. Two different adaptations of the film in book form were both published in French in 1978. The first, adapted by Guy Vidal, was in text form rather than comic strip, and was accompanied by images from the film. The second was a comic strip adaptation by an uncredited Pascal Dabère and formed part of the book, La Ballade des Dalton et autres histoires (The Ballad of the Daltons and Other Stories).
Cast[]
| Character | Original | English |
|---|---|---|
| Min Li Foo, the chinese laundress | R. Carel | John Graham |
| Lucky Luke | D. Ceccaldi | Douglas Lambert |
| William Dalton | J. Balutin | Dick Vosburgh |
| Rin Tin Can, the dumbest and friendliest dog in the west | B. Haller | Tony Sibbald |
| Jack Dalton | G. Hernandez | Blain Fairman |
| Joe Dalton, the leader of the gang | P. Trabaud | David Healy |
| Miss Worthlesspenny | R. Varte | Beth Porter |
| Averell Dalton | P. Tornade | Thick Wilson |
| The ballad singer | E. Kristy |
Additional Voices[]
- G. Atlas (A cowboy not happy, A prison guard)
- R. Carel (Mathias Bones, the merry undertaker, The Newsboy, Juan the Mexican)
- X. Depraz (The cowboy who avoids the train)
- J. Deschamps (Bud Bugman, the locomotive driver, A gold digger, The Sheriff of Tumbleweed Springs)
- G. Grimm
- M. Elias (Serpent feather, the Indian sorcerer)
- J. Fabbri (Thadeus Collins, the prison warden)
- B. Haller (Tobias Wills)
- G. Hernandez (Pepe the Mexican)
- H. Labussière (The printer, The first bartender)
- R. Lumont (Pancho, Walt)
- J. Legras (Augustus Betting, the notary)
- J. Morel (Sam Game, the reformed preacher and cheater)
- A. Lonati (Carmen)
- H. Poirier (Groovy, the judge, The warden of the Dalton prison)
- L. Riesner (The apprentice farrier, The Doctor of Tumbleweed Springs, The second bartender, A rodeo cowboy)
- J.M. Thibault (Doctor Aldous Smith, the charlatan)
- H. Virlojeux (Tom O'Connor, the gold prospector)
Uncredited[]
- René Goscinny (Jolly Jumper, Lucky Luke's horse)
- Pierre Tchernia (The Cowboy Who Was Killed Offscreen)