Content: Lon Cordeen (Gordon Scott) returns home of the Civil War as the last of his four brothers. First thing he has to watch, is a hanging-party, arranged by his father Temple (Joseph Cotten) for a Yankee (Claudio Gora), a journalist, who had to report about the live of the former slaves in the South. For Temple Cordeen war is over, but not finished: He still reigns the community with an iron hand. On his ranch the conservative fart abides a strong discipline too, what is hard to take especially for Lon and his youngest brother Hoby (James Mitchum). As these marry Charly Garvey (Franco Nero) to her sister Bess (Emma Valloni) instead of killing Charly, what Temple wanted them to do, the family split is accomplished. Lon, Hoby and the just married couple leave town, to earn some money with wild cows. During the campaign Hoby looses his left arm and his scruples: He becomes a merciless gunfighter. No the worst thing, considering the several attacks by Temple Cordeen’s men. As the cattle is sold for good money, the four decide to return to their hometown. But there is definitely not enough place for so many Cordeens. To cap it all, Edith (Ilaria Occhini), daughter of the lynched reporter, has emerged again: She wanna make the old Temple accountable for the death of her father.
| The Gunslinger says: This second western, co-directed by Antonini, isn’t as little a real SW as the weak „Massacre at Grand Canyon", which he staged together with Sergio Corbucci. This is especially owed to the constellation of figures, which doesn’t display the typical ambivalent characters, reminding of the US-western, which inspired this flick atmospherically too. It’s a gloomy family tragedy, in which Temple’s absolute and intransigent claim to power destroys the family, after the end of war has heralded the dawning of a new era. The plot is staged solidly and played well, so we’ve got an entertaining film, slightly above average, with a convenient, conservative orchestral score, including a sweetish and melancholic title theme.
| Rating: $$$+
| Bodycount: ca. 45 Gringos
| Explicit Brutalities: - Temple Cordeen gives a ticket to the gibbet for the journalist Wickett, because of „spying“: Wickett had to report about the live of the former slaves in "Ye' Olde South".
- Lon bashs his cousin Wylie (George Lycan) quite brutally, as this is insolent to him
| Luv': Hot love between Garvey and Bess … but unfortunately „off records“. The lovestory of Edith Wickett and Lon Cordeen starts just before the final showdown: 0/10
| Gore: 2/10
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| OT:
Gli Uomini dal Passo pesante
AT:
Les Forcenés (F)
Year: I/F 1965
D: Alfredo Antonini (“Albert Band”), Mario Sequi
S: A.A, Ugo Liberatore
C: Alvaro Mancori
M: Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
with: Gordon Scott, Joseph Cotten, James Mitchum, Franco “Frank” Nero
 | Franco Balducci und George Lycan bring troube...
|  | ... but not upon Gordon Scott: Uno, ...
|  | ... dos, ...
|  | ... tres, ...
|  | ... y cuatro: The rest of George Lycan
|  | | Jim Mitchum: Still going fast |
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Edited by SlimNaughton