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After
the muscleman craze of the early '60s, the Italians shed their mini-togas
for cowboy hats, boots, and big guns! Have a heapin' helping of
these pasta potboilers, pardner!
WHITE
COMMANCHE (1967) With William
Shatner, Joseph Cotten, Perla Cristal. Capt. Kirk's only Spaghetti
Western! Bill delights us with his wonderful dual role as half-breed
brothers mixed up in a love triangle. Warp speed! #SW21
GUNFIGHT
AT RED SANDS
(aka Gringo, 1963)
With Richard Harrison, Sara Lezana, Giacomo Rossi Stuart. A landmark
Western in the history of Italian cinema. Even before Sergio Leone's
Clint Eastwood trilogy, this film successfully introduced the notion
of an avenging stranger to the genre. Harrison plays the brooding
hero; after learning his family has been attacked by bandits, he
sets out for revenge. #SW01
ADIOS
GRINGO (1967)
With Montgomery Wood (Giuliano Gemma), Evelyn Stewart. A young rancher
is swindled in a cattle deal and forced to kill in self defense.
He encounters danger and excitement as he tries to clear himself.
#SW03
APACHES
LAST BATTLE (aka
Old Shatterhand, 1964) Lex
Barker, Guy Madison, Pierre Brice. One of the many exciting Euro
Westerns made by Barker in the mid-'60s. A boundary scout discovers
the ward of an Apache chief has been framed for murder by a shifty
army officer who wants to start an Indian war. #SW02
THE
TREASURE OF SILVER LAKE
(1970)
With Lex Barker, Herbert Lom, Karin Dor, Pierre Brice. Shatterhand
(Barker) and his Indian brother (Brice) pursue bandits in possession
of half a treasure map. #6391
A PLACE CALLED GLORY (1966)
With Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Marianne Koch. Glory City is a town
that treats gunfights like public events. Barker helps battle a
gang of ruthless outlaws. #SW05
BEYOND
THE LAW
(1967)
With Lee Van Cleef, Lionel Stander, Gordon Mitchell, Antonio Sabato.
Lee starts out as a thief, but eventually becomes sheriff and battles
former outlaw buddy Mitchell. #SW06
COMPANEROS
(1970) With
Jack Palance, Fernando Rey, Franco Nero, Tomas Milian. A terrific
"political" Western. A mercenary helps a revolutionary rescue a
pacifist professor. Palance is great as a wooden-handed killer!
#SW15
THE
GRAND DUEL (1973)
With Lee Van Cleef, Peter O'Brien, Jess Hahn, Horst Frank. Lee plays
a mysterious gunman who acts as a protector to a young ruffian who's
falsely accused of murder. #SW20
BETWEEN
GOD, THE DEVIL AND A WINCHESTER
(aka God Was in the West, Too, At One Time, 1968)
With Gilbert Roland, Richard Harrison, Ennio Girolami. A priest
disguised as a gunslinger and a ruthless desperado race to find
a treasure stolen from an old church. #SW19
GUNMEN
OF THE RIO GRANDE (1964)
With Guy Madison, Madeleine LeBeau. When trouble breaks out in a
mining town, Wyatt Earp (Guy Madison) is summoned.
#SW09
MASSACRE
AT MARBLE CITY
(1964)
With Mario Adorf, Brad Harris, Horst Frank. A rancher is murdered
by bandits disguised as Indians. The victim's son gets the local
sheriff and the Indians to track down the killer. #SW08
THE
HELLBENDERS (1967)
With Joseph Cotten, Norma Bengell, Julian Mateas. Obsessed with
resurrecting the Confederate Army, a man (Joseph Cotten) and his
sons steal money from a Union caravan. Gunfights, hangings, bandits,
IndiansÑtypical Spaghetti Western fun! #6387
BLACK
EAGLE OF SANTA FE
(1966) With
Brad Harris, Horst Frank, John Hansen, Tony Kendall. Indians are
on the rampage; a frontiersman (Brad Harris) discovers that they're
avenging deaths caused by a band of phony soldiers. #6383
THE LAST TOMAHAWK
(1965) With
Anthony Steffen, Karin Dor, Dan Martin, Joachim Fuchsberger. An
Indian brave and his white brother hunt down a rival tribe responsible
for a massacre. #SW04
DAY OF ANGER
(1967) With
Lee Van Cleef, Giuliano Gemma, Walter Rilla, Christa Linder. A gunfighter
(Van Cleef) rides into town to settle some old scores. (Letterboxed
print) #6384
THE
UGLY ONES
(1969) With
Richard Wyler, Tomas Milian, Ellas Karin. A woman is town between
the two men she loves: a bounty hunter and the fugitive outlaw he
is hunting. #SW14
THE
WILD AND THE DIRTY (1969)
With Chip Corman, Gilbert Roland, Horst Frank, Gabriella Grimandi.
After his father is murdered and his mother marries his uncle (Frank),
a war vet (Corman) teams up with a gunslinger (Roland) to straighten
out family affairs. #5300
THE
FURY OF THE APACHES
(1965)
With Frank Latimore, Liza Moreno, George Gordon, Gerald Spencer.
More of a Soap Opera than a Horse Opera, this film details the plight
of a group of stagecoach passengers #6385
THE
IMPLACABLE THREE
(1966)
With Paul Piaget, Geoffrey Horne, Rosa Del Rio, Robert Hundar. A
man (Piaget) goes after the seven men outlaws responsible for murdering
his wife. #6388
30
WINCHESTERS FOR EL DIABLO
(1966)
With Karl Mohner, Topsy Collins, John Heston, Anthony Garof. A quiet
gunman seeks to stop the criminal reign of El Diablo, a notorious
desperado. #6390
ONE
DAMNED DAY AT DAWN, DJANGO MEETS SARTANA (1971)
With Hunt Powers, Fabio Testi, Dean Stratford. Sartana teams up
with Django to wipe out a gun-trafficking racket that's terrorizing
Black City. One of the better Django films. #SW20
IT
CAN BE DONE AMIGO
(1971) With
Bud Spencer, Jack Palance, Renato Cestie, Dany Saval. A Western
Casanova seduces the sister of a tough gunfighter. The gunfighter
gets wind of it and comes after himÑlook out! #SW11
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