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Adios Gringo:
(1966) Widescreen print of this early spag from Giorgio Segani. Guilano Gemma
plays Bret Landers a simple joe (though a bad-ass with fists and guns) who gets
hornswaggled and framed for murder and cattle rustlin'. While following his
trail he rescues a woman in the desert who was the bastard's latest victim
during a train robbery. Now he needs to get revenge without getting himself
caught. In English with Dutch subs from an old PAL master so it's a tad grainy.
[B]
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Adios Sabata: (1971) A.k.a. Bounty Hunters,
Indio Sabata, Sabata 2. Excellent, unofficial film in the Sabata
series with Yul Brenner playing Sabata this time out. Much more an Italian style
western than the Lee Van Cleef movies complete with cool whistling on the score,
musical watches, stolen gold, trick guns, sadistic villains and all the rest of
the classic elements. This time Sabata decides to help the Mexican revolution by
stealing a whole mess of gold from the Austrian army! Lots of great action
sequences and double crosses. [B]
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Black Killer: (1971) Obscure spaghetti western about
a town ruled by a bandito gang and corrupt politicians. Klaus Kinski plays a
lawyer who wants to use the corruption to his own end and if that means taking
people out with his law-books (that hide six-shooters), then so be it. When the
time comes for a new sheriff to take on the killers with an Indian girl at his
side, Kinski makes sure that it is to his benefit. Widescreen in English with
Dutch subtitles. [B]
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Blindman: (1971) Exclusive new letterboxed, uncut composite print of
this super rare, top-shelf spaghetti
western, making this the longest, most complete version to be found anywhere! Essentially an Italian reworking of Shintaro Katsu's Zato Ichi
blind swordsman films starring Tony Anthony and Ringo Starr. A blind
gunman escorting 50 women to their husbands in another state is double crossed by his
partner and has to go forth on his own to hunt down the banditos who are planning on
selling the women to the Mexican army and double crossing them in the process. Very well made with both Anthony (the blindman)
and Starr (the violent, love-stricken brother of the main heavy) turning in
excellent performances. Lots of great dialogue, bloody gunfights, gratuitous nudity
and good production values add to the entertainment value. Highly
recommended and a true cult favorite. Includes two trailers and a short
interview with director Ferdinando Baldi (in Italian with Japanese subtitles).
Inserted scenes are in English with Greek subtitles and are in
lower quality, otherwise excellent quality in English with no subs. [B]
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A Bounty Killer for Trinity:
(1972) The town of Trinity, that is! When the small town of Trinity is
overrun by a ruthless gang of Mexican banditos, the town decides to hire the
best bounty killer in the area. Jeff Conrad stars as that very same bounty
hunter, determined to kill every last bandito in the land with the help of his
dynamite loaded crossbow. Slightly grainy picture due to a rather cheaply
produced master. In English with Greek subtitles. [B]
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Cemetery
Without Crosses: (1968) A.k.a. The Rope and the Colt. Finally, after
years of searching we have found a master for this super-rare spag! Robert
Hussein stars and directs this moody, grim spag that was co-written by Dario
Argento. A family of land-barons and cold-blooded killers murder a landowner and
force his wife (Michele Mercier) to watch. Fueled by hate, she hires a morose
gunman (Hussein) to first extort and then kill the evil family. This
Italian-French co-production is very much a hybrid of both styles of cinema,
lots of gritty Italian western feel with plenty of disenchantment and impending
doom of French films. Widescreen. [B]
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China 9 Liberty 37: (1978) Uncut print of Monte Hellman's
spaghetti western starring Fabio Testi, Warren Oats, the perpetually nude Jenny
Agutter, and with a cameo by Sam Peckinpah. Testi plays an expert gunman saved
from the noose if he can kill a farmer who's land is coveted by the railroad.
Course nothing's ever as simple as it sounds. Released in the US minus about 6
minutes of footage as Gunfire. In fair quality.
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Chuck Mool:
(1970) A.k.a. The Unholy Four, Chuck Mool - The Last Vendetta. E.B.
Clutcher's minor masterpiece of a western starring Leonard Mann, George Eastman
and Woody Strode. When some bank robbers set fire to the local nut-house to
create a diversion, four inmates manage to escape and take in on the run. One is
an amnesiac (Mann) who is searching for his identity and in the process the four
find themselves on the trail of the bank robbers. It may not sound like much but
this top-notch spag is excellently made with great camerawork, a well written
script, exciting, intricately choreographed action, hell, even the costumes and
sets are well done. From barroom brawls to cat n' mouse gunfights in dark
cemeteries this one is a winner from the first frame. Riz Ortolani provides the
score. In English with Greek subtitles. [B]
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The Crazy Bunch: (1974) Bizarre and occasionally
surreal spaghetti western comedy starring George Hilton as a “pedigreed Western
hero” named Tricky Dicky, who settles his showdowns with children’s hand games
like odds & evens in his search for some stolen loot. Paired with his rotund Bud
Spencer-esque companion, the duo run across all sorts of strange characters: a
fearsome gunslinger called Twinkle Toes (“I’m Twinkle Toes and that spells
death!”), a stuttering criminal mastermind named Fruity Tootie and his
Scottish pirate lackey, a one-man circus and a nut named Slim Proportions (aka
Frank the Fairy). They find themselves in some stranger situations: an
archaic asylum populated by a neurotic psychiatrist and his ineffectual
assistants, an attempt at a duel in a closet in a room with a Klan meeting
in progress and more. This import is definitely an oddity. Widescreen in
English with Greek subtitles. [B]
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Cutthroats Nine: (1971)
Widescreen print of this gory western classic! Without a doubt the most violent
western ever made. Nine cons are chained together (with gold links, no less), on
the run and out for revenge. Amazingly gory with more guttings, burnings,
slashed throats, dismemberments, faces shot off, etc. than the last dozen flicks
you've rented from the corner video store, combined. [B, 18+]
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Django Against Sartana:
(1970) After Django's brother, Steve (?!), is framed for a bank robbery with the
notorious outlaw Sartana (Tony Kendall), he is lynched by the local townsfolk.
Naturally Django ain't too pleased about this and sets out to find Sartana.
Together they set out to find the bastards and make 'em pay. In English with
Greek subtitles. [B]
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Django
the Bastard: (1969) Widescreen print of Sergio Garrone's unofficial sequel to
Django that was heavily borrowed from three years later by High Plains
Drifter. Thirteen years after a civil war regiment is sold out by the officers
and the regiment is slaughtered wholesale, a mysterious stranger starts planting
crosses announcing the dates of the officers deaths. Even though they are still
alive. One by one they find out that one soldier managed to survive the
massacre. Django (Anthony Steffan). Or is he a ghost from hell, sent for
vengeance? [B]
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A Dollar Between the Teeth:
(1966) Cool spaghetti western starring Tony Anthony that borrows a lot from
Leone's A Fistful of Dollars, but is damned entertaining in it's own right. Anthony plays
an ex-soldier turned gunslinger who helps a notorious Mexican bandito (a pre-peroxided
Frank Wolff) and his band of cutthroats take the US Army for over $100,000.
After being double crossed by the Mexicans, he sets out for revenge. Lots of
action and fun in spite of the low-budget and unusually simple plot. In English
with Greek subtitles. [B]
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Face
to Face:
(1967) Widescreen print of this excellent Sergio Sollima spaghetti western about
a professor from the East coast (Gian Maria Volonte) who has tuberculosis and
goes out west to retire. On the way he gets hijacked by a notorious gunman
(Thomas Milan) after trying to help him out. After becoming friends the prof
starts turning into a ruthless killer and starts masterminding bank jobs. Not
exactly an exciting description, but this is one of the best Euro-westerns I've
seen in a long time (even though Milan looks an awful lot like Christopher Guest
with that long hair). Highly recommended. [B]
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Fast-Hand is Still My Name: (1972) Violent bit of Spag action from Mario
Bianchi. At the end of the Civil War a band of Southerners lead by the sadistic
Machado (William Berger) and looking for revenge attack a Northern fort killing
everyone in it. Everyone except the much hated Captain (Sergio Ciani – aka Alan
Steel) who is shot through the right hand and left to die in the sun. Years
later after pulling a massive bank robbery using a coffin to hide the loot, the
gold is stolen by a man in black looking for vengeance. In English with Greek
subtitles. [B]
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The
Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe:
(1973) A.k.a. My Name is Shanghai Joe, To
Kill or to Die. Uncut, letterboxed print of this cool, violent spaghetti western / kung
fu epic! Tough Chinese immigrant and kung-fu master Shanghai Joe (Chen Lee)
heads out to the US west to become a cowboy and along the way has to dish out
some gory justice to a variety of bigoted bastards. Catching bullets, ripping
out eyes, punching through chests and the like are all in a days work for Joe.
As if that weren’t enough, the always cool Klaus Kinsky makes an appearance as a
bounty killer (typecasting you say?) obsessed with scalping his
victims. [B]
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The Five Man Army: (1969) Fun US/Italian co-produced
spaghetti western co-scripted by Dario Argento and scored by Ennio Morricone.
Four specialized mercenaries are hired by The Dutchman (Peter Graves) to perform
an impossible mission: to rob the most highly guarded train in Mexico. A gold
cache that will be swiped and used for the revolution is on board along with
dozens of soldiers, machine guns and even an artillery cannon. A rare and well
regarded blend of American and Italian styles. Also stars Bud Spencer (undubbed!),
Tetsuro Tamba and Nino Castelnuovo. In English with Greek subtitles. [B]
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Full House for the Devil: (1969) A.k.a. One More in
Hell. Damn good spag starring a very young and clean shaven George Hilton as
a goofy womanizer named Johnny who suddenly learns how serious the world can be
when some land barons murder his father, the local preacher, for his land. After
hooking up with some bank robbers, he sets his eyes on vengeance, to put every
member of the land baron’s family in hell. Some interesting plot complications
including his outlaw buddies being hired by the barons to kill a guy, who turns
out to be Johnny. In English with Greek subtitles. [B]
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Gone
with the West: (1969) Uncut, original version of this weird, surreal and
brutal western "comedy" starring James Caan, Aldo Ray, Stephanie
Powers and Sammy Davis Jr. Marketed as a wacky comedy to cash in on the success
of Support Your Local Sheriff, this
twisted subversive flick is as pessimistic and mean as they come. The west is
portrayed as an anarchic maelstrom of rapists, murderers, and lunatics. Men are
whipped to death in prison, a woman and child are gunned down outside their
burning home, a woman is gang-raped in the middle of a cockfight, and that's all
before the opening credits! Yet at the same time, the hero (Caan), who is a
bloodthirsty avenger, saves the day and gets the girl. This is the original
version before it was hacked up and used as flashback footage with a new
narrative! In English with Greek subtitles. [B]
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Heads I Kill You, Tails You're Dead! They Call Me Hallelujah: (1972)
Letterboxed print of this great spag! George
Hilton stars as the wise-ass gun-for-hire Allelujah in this the first of a
series of western comedies. After being hired by a Mexican revolutionary to
snatch a cache of jewels, it turns out that most of the civilized world wants
them too! The Russian Czar has troops out west fighting the Mexicans, a woman
posing as a nun is after them as well as a Russian merc who pretends to be in
cahoots with the Russian Army, but isn't. Wisecracks, bullets and fists fly fast
n' furious. [B]
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I am Sartana, Your Angel of Death:
(1969) Excellent Sartana sequel (the second, if you are counting) starring John
(Gianni) Garko, Klaus Kinski, Frank Wolff and Gordon Mitchell! Sartana (Garko
again, in great performance) is framed for robbing the most fortified bank in
the west. While trying to discover who impersonated him, Sartana has a whole
mess of bounty killers after his hide including one who is an obsessive gambler
(Kinski turning in another weird performance). Shot with loads of style and
sporting great script punctuated with sly humor and explosive action, this is
definitely a must for spag fans! In English with Greek subtitles. [B]
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I Came, I Saw, I Shot: (1968) A.k.a. I Go, I Shoot, I
Return. Excellent Enzo G. Castellari western-comedy starring John Saxon,
Frank Wolff and Antonio Sabato. This is another one of those westerns that is
really hard to get the plot down in one or two sentences, but here goes… When
a bank robbery goes awry, three grudging partners decide to try and get the loot
from the people that they hid it with. Nothing is that simple as a gang of
Mexican banditos and the US army get involved in the act too all of whom are
after $400,000 of stolen cash. Great acting all around (Saxon's dexterous
card-sharp/dandy is particularly entertaining and Frank Wolff is perfect as a
bank robber that likes to disguise himself as a priest) and a fast-paced, witty
script that only occasionally stoops to slapstick for laughs. Fast, funny and
very stylishly shot, this is a must for Spag fans and, hell even a few heathens
might be converted by this one. Widescreen in English with Dutch subtitles. [B]
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If You Meet Sartana, Pray for Your Death: (1968) A.k.a. Sartana.
Cool Gianfranco Parolini spag starring John Garko as the immortal Sartana.
Obviously an inspiration for Sabata, this underrated, yet trend-setting,
flick is damn fun with William Berger and Klaus Kinski rounding out a great
cast. When a bunch of banditos kill everyone on a stagecoach to get at a strong
box full of gold, they are executed in turn by a group of gringos led by Berger.
When he finds out the box is filled with rubble, he also finds out Sartana is
looming over the slaughter like a grim specter. Lots of plotting and double
crosses, with Garko out-cooling everyone. Great stuff and the first of many
sequels.
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Kill and Pray: (1967) A.k.a. Requiescant, Let Them
Rest. Widescreen print of this cool minor-classic spaghetti western starring
Lou Castel as the sole survivor of a massacre organized by a bigoted Southern
land-owner. After growing up with a preacher for a father, and his foster sister
is forced to live as a whore by the same man, he sets out for violent revenge. A
great little film with plenty of subtext about freedom and slavery, not to
mention the appearance of Pier Palo Passolini as Don Jaun. [B]
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Machismo - 40 Graves for 40 Guns: (1970) Extremely bloody
Mexican-US co-produced Western, obviously influenced by The Wild Bunch.
When a gang of American cutthroats steal a gold cross from a small church in
Mexico and kill women and children in the process, an official offers a
notorious bunch of banditos a reward and a pardon for the return of the cross
and the fingers of the gringos who stole it. Featuring Royal Dano and Stanley
Adams, this low-budget outing sports plenty of amazingly graphic shootings and
nudity to balance out some of the bad acting. In English with Dutch subtitles.
[B]
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El Macho: (1976) A stagecoach loaded down with gold is
robbed by a notorious band of outlaws (headed up by George Hilton). Afterwards
the sheriff finds the corpse of one of the outlaws who is the spitting image of
a drifting gambler and all around tough-guy called El Macho. The banker decides
to hire El Macho to infiltrate the gang posing as the deceased and grab the
gold. Not as easy as it sounds. Widescreen in English with Greek Subtitles. [B]
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Man of Pride and Vengeance: (1967) A very young Franco Nero
stars in this spaghetti western adaptation of the famous Spanish story Carmen.
After meeting a beautiful gypsy girl named Carmen (Tina Aumont), a Spanish
officer, Josè (Nero) finds his life
spinning wildly out of control as things go from bad to worse because of his
love for Carmen. Finally, he becomes an outlaw and plans the theft of a large
sum of gold with Carmen and her smuggler amigos… one of whom happens to be her
husband (Klaus Kinski). A little western action, but mostly a "tragic love
story" (it is based on Carmen after all). In English with Greek
subs. [B]
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Massacre Time: (1966) A.k.a. The Brute and the Beast, Django the Runner. Lucio
Fulci takes another shot at the western genre, with spag vets Franco Nero and
George Hilton this time out. When Nero's
brother is killed by a rich asshole who's idea of fun is organizing a fox hunt
with human prey, it's time for revenge. Lots of style, nice camera work,
photography, charisma, and a rousing score. Letterboxed, includes two trailers. [B]
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Navajo Joe: (1966) Burt Reynolds stars in this cool Sergio
Corbucci spaghetti western about a lone Navajo (played by ol’ Burt in his
prime) who helps a bigoted town of white folk defend their trainload of gold
against a hoard of banditos that done him wrong in the past. A slicker than
usual production (for better or for worse) with plenty of action and yep,
there’s ol’ Burt as an Injun.
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One Gun, a Hundred Graves: (197?) Tony Kendall plays a faux Sartana in this
clichéd by entertaining spag. Sartana is on a vengeance trail, looking for the
man who sold out his Civil War regiment to the North, resulting in a bloody
massacre of whom Sartana was the only survivor. During his search, he stumbles
across a woman who's family has been killed by the same man - who is in the
service of a whip-wielding Mexican femme fatal. In English with Greek subtitles.
[B]
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A Pistol for Ringo:
(1965) Classic bit of spaghetti here with a very young Giuliano Gemma as
Angelface aka Ringo. When a gang of Mexican banditos (headed up by the ever
reliable Fernando Sancho) rob the bank in a town where Ringo is passing through,
the sheriff bribes Ringo to join up with the gang who are holed up in a
farmhouse with some hostages. Once he infiltrates, he decides the best way to
win in this situation is to play both sides. In English with Greek subtitles.
[B]
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The Price of
Death: (1971) A.k.a. The Last Gunfight. Cool little spaghetti western
that is really a Edgar Wallace style giallo thriller in a western setting.
Gianni Garko stars as a slight variation of his Sartana character, here named
Silver, a gunman for hire. When the local saloon is held up and two people
killed in the process, the town decides to use it as an excuse to falsely accuse
and string up the local black sheep (played by Klaus Kinski, of course). While
Silver tries to piece together the clues, the bodies start piling up and a race
is on to find the killer before the scapegoat is hung. Very unusual, but very
cool. In English with Greek subtitles. [B]
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The Return of Sabata: (1971) The Man with Gunsight Eyes
is Back! Super-rare sequel to the super rare original. Sabata wanders into a
town corrupt from the top down and it suits him just fine. After running into a
former army pal, Sabata finds out that the corrupt mayor is worth a fortune in
gold and is swindling the locals out of their hard earned wages, and decides he
needs a cut of that. Fun, slightly more comedic follow-up is a rare find. In
English with Dutch subtitles. [B]
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Ringo and His Golden Pistol: (1966) A.k.a. Johnny Oro.
Fun Sergio Corbucci spag about a bounty hunter named Johnny Ringo who lives for
gold and totes a pistol and spurs made from the stuff. After killing an entire
gang of Mexican cutthroats the remaining family member gets together with a
group of injuns to lay siege to the town where Ringo is incarcerated. Minorly
letterboxed (about 1.40:1) and somewhat dark PAL transfer.
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Sabata: (1969) The Man With Gunsight Eyes has Come to
Kill! Super-rare, letterboxed English language print of this great Lee Van Cleef
spaghetti western, that after all these years has still never been released on
video here in the States and many other countries. Van Cleef, as cool as ever,
plays Sabata a master gunslinger and thief. After rescuing a chest of stolen
cash from corrupt US soldiers, Sabata works out a plan to swindle thousands of
dollars out of a fat-cat, conniving banker who keeps on trying to have him
killed to get out of paying the reward. Great fun, with lots of style and slick
production values. A must! [B]
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Scalps: (1986) Bruno Mattei’s
spaghetti-western/Indian revenge film about a bunch of civil war rebels who are
determined to make the South rise again by killing Indians and stealing their
women (there’s redneck logic for ya). After escaping from the rowdy rebs, a
chiefs daughter (the only survivor of a massacre) escapes and teams up with a
tough farmer who, with her help, takes on the solders. Very bloody and violent
with a nasty scene in which our love-stricken farmer is dragged around by ropes
attached to hooks embedded in his pectorals (ouch!). In English with Dutch
subtitles.
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Seven Pistols for the MacGregors: (1965) Good American-style Italian/Spanish
western about a roughneck family of Scottish ranchers called the McGregors
(though the title says they are MacGregors for some reason). When the
boys take their current herd of horses out to a town known for horse tradin',
they find out that it's as crooked as a southern preacher. The sheriff and horse
buyer are in cahoots with a notorious Mexican outlaw (who's main henchman is the
ever reliable Fernando Sancho) who's looking to steal, swindle or kill for the
horses that come to town. Lots of brawls, shoot-outs and jokes about the
Scottish being cheap bastards. Fernando di Leo was one of four writers on the
film. In English with Greek subtitles. [B]
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Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead: (1970) Rare and
obscure spaghetti western in which Klaus Kinski plays a cutthroat killer who has just
robbed a bank of a butt-load of gold and needs to get across the border to
Mexico without getting caught. When he comes across a drifter in a cheap dive
who claims to lead him and his gang to the border for a price, little does he
know the man is looking for revenge for the slaughter of his family. In English with
Greek subtitles. [B]
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Silver Saddle: (1977) Great Lucio Fulci spaghetti western
about a gunman named Roy Blood (Giuliano
Gemma) who rides a horse with a silver saddle that he took from the man
who killed his father. When he gets mixed up in a plot to kidnap the nephew of
one of his old enemies, the bullets start to fly and the banditos start dropping
like flies. Geoffrey Lewis and Donald O' Brian co-star in this, one of Fulci's
best westerns. Widescreen in English with Dutch subtitles. [B]
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The Stranger and the Gunfighter: (1974) A.k.a. Blood
Money. Fun Spanish-Italian-Hong Kong co-production directed by Antonio
Margheriti. This is one of several kung-fu spaghetti westerns of the era, this
with the distinction of being co-produced by Run Run Shaw himself. Lee Van Cleef
and Lo Lieh star as a professional safecracker and a fresh-off-the-Shaou
Lin-boat kung-fu master (respectively) who team-up in the California town of
Monterey to try and find Uncle Wang’s fortune. Unfortunately for them, The
Decon, a crazy, black-clad, gun-totin’ preacher, is also after the treasure
and many a gunfight and kung-fu brawl ensue. [B]
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There's
a Noose Waiting for You… Trinity!: (1972) A.k.a. The Return of Clint
the Stranger. Ok spag that has nothing to do with E.B. Clucher's Trinity
films (of course) and was dubbed and retitled to tie in to the popular series.
George Martin stars and co-directs this yarn about a gunslinger who takes it on
the lam after killing his brother, who was having an affair with his wife. Five
years later he returns only to find his wife and kids are fending off a gang of
cutthroats who want to take possession of her land because of the gold that was
found on it. Klaus Kinski also stars as a long-haired, cigar puffin' bounty
killer who's lookin' to bag Trinity. In English with Greek subtitles. [B]
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They Came to Kill Sartana: (1969) Cheesy, unofficial entry in the Sartana
series starring Jeff Cameron in a blond wig and white outfit (??) as Sartana. A
villainous black robed figure known as The Mormon has been organizing the
kidnapping of various individuals (by talking to his henchmen from behind a
portrait with the eyes cut out) and getting huge ransoms. During his last
effort, Sartana interferes and now the Mormon must put together a band of stone
cold killers to take him out before the next big job. In English with Greek
subtitles. [B]
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Three Bullets for a Long Gun: (196?) Low rent Spaghetti western
about a gringo who has some of the info leading to a cache of hidden gold. All
he needs to do is rescue a Mexican named Lucky from the firing squad and battle
a band of cutthroats hell bent for blood to get it. Redefines the term
"shoestring budget". In English with Greek subtitles. [B]
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The
Three Musketeers of the West:
(1972) Obscure Bruno Corbucci take on the classic action heroics of The Three
Musketeers, turning it into this silly, slapstick western comedy in which
the Musketeers are freeloading, brawling government men. When a gorgeous blonde
needs some escorts to help her get a wagon of "medical supplies" to
the rebels in Mexico, the trio plus one valiantly take up the cause… as they
suspect it's not really medicine but gold. Stars George Eastman and Chen Lee,
star of The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe. In English with Greek
subtitles. [B]
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Today It's Me... Tomorrow It's You: (1968) Great
re-mastered, widescreen print of this classic spag! Montgomery Ford (a young
Brett Halsey) stars as a grim-faced man in black who was framed for murder
and robbery by a one-time friend and left to rot in jail. On the day of his release he
puts together a band of cutthroats (one of whom is Bud Spencer) to set out for revenge. A
well made yarn with some good dialogue and action sequences, co-scripted by Dario Argento
and directed by Tonino Cervi. Includes trailer. [B]
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Too
Much Gold for One Gringo:
(196?) Widescreen print of this rare, obscure Anthony Steffen spaghetti western.
When an old miner is due to be released from jail after 20 years for pilfering a
fortune in gold, the vultures and hyena's gather 'round to try and get him to
spill the beans. Done with some tongue-in-cheek style Steffen actually shows
some good, subtle comic timing. Sadly there are quite a few picture drop-outs in
first 30 minutes of the film. In English with Greek subtitles. [B]
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El
Topo: (1967)
Notorious, surreal, bloody western from Alexandro Jodorowsky. Hard to describe
film about a gunslinger who must seek out and kill all of the great Zen
gunmasters to achieve enlightenment and on the way to each one he meets the
strangest of people. Has lots of Eastern philosophy woven into the tapestry of
blood, dirt and symbolism. Available in a pristine dubbed version with optical
censoring of below the waist nudity or a subtitled, uncensored version from PAL.
Please specify version. [B, 18+]
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A
Town Called Bastard:
(1971) A.k.a. A Town Called Hell. Uncut, widescreen print of this great,
brutal spaghetti western that was edited of much of the violence and an
important scene in the beginning of the film. During the Mexican revolution in
1905, a rich widow (Stella Stevens) and gun-toting "friend" arrive at
a violent, little town in the middle of nowhere ruled by a tyrannical cutthroat
(Telly Savalas). She offers $25,000 for the head of the man who killed her
revolutionary husband, now buried in the town, but before the town is torn apart
by the mini-dictatorship, the militia (led by Martin Landau) arrives to claim
the killer and mass executions follow. Lots of plot-twists and a great cast
headed up by Robert Shaw as a reformed revolutionary, now the town's priest. Due
to the cheaply produced Greek master, the image is a bit contrasty and grainy,
but this is as good as it gets in it's uncut form. In English with Greek
subtitles. [B]
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Trinity and Sartana - Those Dirty
Sons of Bitches!: (1972) A.k.a. Trinity
and Sartana, Trinity and Sartana are
Coming. Goofy attempt to cash in on the popularity of the Trinity
films. Robert Widmark and Harry Baird play Sartana and Trinity (a black man
who is called Trinity because he is from Trinidad) respectively. They set out on
a grudging relationship hell bent for gold and comic brawls. Fans of slap-stick
spaghetti westerns need only apply. Widescreen
in English with Dutch subtitles. [B]
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Turn...
I'll Kill You:
(1968) A.k.a. Winchester Bill. Rather obscure spag starring Richard Wyler
as a gunman who helps a mine owner and his daughter fend off a corrupt rival
mine owner. The rival owner, who's living high on the hog, has both the law and
the local banditos (headed up by the ever reliable Fernando Sancho) in his
pocket. There's a couple of nice twists at the end, but I won't ruin 'em for ya.
Somewhat grainy master, in English with Greek subs (half the time anyway). [B]
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Twice a Judas: (1969) Stylish little Italo/Spanish western about a man
(Antonio Sabato) who wakes up next to a corpse in the desert, left for dead by
someone… but who? After realizing he has amnesia and stumbling back to town,
he finds he has been hired to kill his own brother (Klaus Kinski in another
tailor made role) who is involved in a war with the local bank over the
farmland. Lots of atmosphere and an interesting plot that slowly unravels as
Sabato regains his memory. [B]
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Viva
Sabata: (1970) A.k.a. Arriva Sabata!,
Sabata the Killer. Good, unofficial
sequel to the great Lee Van Cleef films. Anthony Steffan plays Sabata this time
around and with Mexican partner in tow he gets mixed up with a kid who's got
gold on his mind. Once the robbery takes place everyone is out to swindle the
other with killers and posses after 'em all. Lots of good action scenes and
plenty of double crosses and betrayals. Written and directed by Tulio Demicheli.
Widescreen in English with Dutch subtitles. [B]
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Wanted: (1967) Another Fernando di Leo penned
western, this one starring Giuliano Gemma and several character actors of the
genre including the ever present and usually drunk Fernando Sancho. When a small
town strikes it rich, the new sheriff (Gemma) arrives to muttered grumblings of
crooked dealings by the mayor and his cronies. Framed for murder with a group of
the mayors henchmen tracking him down, the new sheriff finds himself an outlaw.
Transfer looks good, but the original film-print used is very faded and washed
out. In English with Greek subtitles. [B]
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West is Tough Amigo… Allelujah's Here:
(1972) George Hilton returns as the wisecracking Alleluja in this sequel, as do
everyone who wasn't killed in the first film - though the characters have
changed a bit. This time the Mexican revolutionary wants Allelujah to snatch a
priceless Indian idol from the ever persistent Ruskies, while a Scotsman and
woman are looking to grab it too. Lots more comedy this time out including a
scene in which Allelujah whips out a typewriter while under fire to draw up a
legally binding document for job in which the Mexican General will most likely
not pay him for. Silly, but fun. In English with Greek subtitles. [B]
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You
are Carrion and I Will Kill You: (1972) A.k.a. You are a Traitor and I
Will Kill You. Pierre Brice and Fernando Sancho star in this Italian/Spanish
spaghetti western. A land baron is buying up all of the land in a small city.
When the land owners won't sell, him and his band of cutthroats gun them down.
Now a federal agent is recruited to head out to the town and right some wrongs.
Fernando Sancho is entertaining as always, as a whiskey guzzling gold miner
who's whiskey guzzling mule is like a brother to him. Widescreen in English with
Greek subtitles. [B]
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