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Gents D-K

SlimNaughton — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:28:27 CDT

Gents D-K

Damon, Mark
Dawson, Anthony		Death rides a Horse
Dell'Acqua, Alberto "Cole Kitosch" "Robert Widmark"		Seven Guns for the MacGregors
Djrassimovic, Ivan "Ivan Rassimov" "Sean Todd"		Don't wait Django ... shoot!
Dominici, Arturo "Arthur Kent"
D'Orsi, Umberto
Eastwood, Clint		A Fistful of Dollars
Fajardo, Eduardo		A Coffin for the Sheriff A Gun for one hundred Graves Companeros Dead Men ride Django
Fantasía, Franco "Frank Farrell"		Adios Sabata Canadian Wilderness Sartana's here ... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin
Fargas, Frank		The last Killer
Faria, Celso		Don't wait Django ... shoot!
Felleghy, Tom		The big Gundown California El Cisco Two Faces of the Dollar
Fiermonte, Enzo
Gaddi, Carlos "Charles Gate"		Beyond the Law Death rides along Django, the Bastard Sartana's here ... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin
Garcia, Tito
Gargiullo, Giorgio		Days of Wrath Death rides along
Garko, Gianni "John Garko" "Gary Hudson"		10,000 Dollars Bloodmoney Bullet for a Stranger Charge! If you meet Sartana, pray for your Death
Garrone, Riccardo
Girolami, Ennio "Thomas Moore"
Gemma, Giuliano "Montgomery Wood"		Adios Gringo California Days of Wrath
Giornelli, Franco
Girotti, Mario "Terence Hill"		All the Way, Trinity
Gonzales, Gaspar "Indio Gonzales"		Dig your Grave, Friend ... Sabata's coming
Gora, Claudio "Emil Jordan"
Gozlino, Paolo		A Fistful of Lead Django, the Bastard
Guglielmi, Marco		You Die... But I Live
Herter, Gerard		Adios Sabata The big Gundown Two Faces of the Dollar
Hill, Craig		Taste for killing
Hill, Jorge "George Hilton"		A Fistful of Lead Sartana's here ... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin
Huerta, Chris		Cemetery without Crosses You Die... But I Live
Hungerford, Orton Whipple "Ty Hardin"
Ireland, John		A Gun for one hundred Graves Blood River
Jaspe, José
Kinski, Klaus		A Barrel full of Dollars And God said to Cain Ballad of Django Black Killer If you meet Sartana, pray for your Death

Gents A-C

SlimNaughton — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:27:17 CDT

Gents A-C

Gents D-K

Gents L-R

Gents S-Z

Ladies

Addobbati, Giuseppe "John McDouglas"		Death rides along The last Killer
Adinolfi, Ugo		A Fistful of Lead Bullet for a Stranger
Altamura, Tulio "Tor Altmayer"
Andronico, Enzo
Anthony, Tony
Ardia, Pinuccio "Joel Hardy"		Bullet for a Stranger El Cisco
Ardisson, Giorgio "George Ardisson"		May God forgive you ... but I won’t
Arena, Fortunato
Aureli, Andrea "Andrew Ray"		Chuck Moll Sabata
Balbo, Ennio		Days of Wrath
Balducci, Franco		Death rides a Horse
Barberito, Aldo		A Fistful of Lead Bullet for a Stranger Sartana's here ... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin
Barnes, Walte		The big Gundown
Bartha, John		A Fistful of Lead Sartana's here ... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin
Barto, Dominic
Battaglia, Rik
Battista, Lloyd
Berger, William		Bullet for a Stranger California El Cisco Django strikes again If you meet Sartana, pray for your Death Sabata
Betts, Jack "Hunt Powers"		A Barrel full of Dollars Ballad of Django
Biava, Claudio
Bloch, Lars
Bodalo, José		Companeros Django
Boido, Frederico "Rick Boyd" "Ryck Boyd"		A Fistful of Lead Anything for a Friend Sartana's here ... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin
Bojanic, Dragomir "Anthony Ghidra"		The last Killer May God forgive you ... but I won’t
Bos, Roel "Glenn Saxson"
Bosic, Andrea		A Fistful of Lead Days of Wrath Death rides along Two Faces of the Dollar
Borgese, Sal		Adios Sabata
Brana, Francisco "Frank Brana"		A Coffin for the Sheriff A Gun for one hundred Graves Adios Gringo
Bravo, Carlos "Charlie Bravo"		Cemetery without Crosses
Brega, Mario "Richard Stuyvesant		A Fistful of Dollars Death rides a Horse
Calvo, Armando		A Coffin for the Sheriff Sartana's here ... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin
Calvo, José		A Fistful of Dollars Days of Wrath Dead Men ride
Camardiel, Robert		A Fistful of Lead Adios Gringo The big Gundown
Candelli, Stelio
Carey Jr., Harry
Casas, Antonio
Castel, Lou
Casale, Antoni
Ceccarelli, Lanfranco		The big Gundown
Cecconi, Aldo "Hal Chessman"		10,000 Dollars Bloodmoney
Cerulli, Fernando
Chaplin, Sydney		If you meet Sartana, pray for your Death
Chiantoni, Renato "Gary Gallwey"
Cianfriglia, Giovanni "Ken Wood"		Chuck Moll No Drums, no Trumpets
Cleri, Dante
Cobos, German
Conte, Richard		Death Sentence
Conversi, Spartaco "Sean Convery" "Spean Covery" "Spean Convery"
Cressoy, Pierre "Peter Cross"		Adios Gringo

The Spaghetti-Western

SlimNaughton — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:54:46 CDT

to our Spaghetti Western Wiki!. You're all invited to join and share your love and knowledge of this movie genre with us. So, let's go!

It was in the middle of the Swinging Sixties, when the Wild West had migrated to Italy: It began in 1964 with Leone's "A fistful of dollars", which rapidly breathed new life into a genre already considered dead and buried on Boot Hill. At the same time, this renaissance meant the cynical end of some basic American myths, such as the traditionally positive motivations of the American Western: exploration, settlement, the building of towns and railroads. These were replaced by new motivations: above all, the thirst for money and revenge. Once positive aspects of the genre, like the railway, suddenly became negative forces which eroded and destroyed human values. The West was no longer a place for idealism...

The Spaghetti (or Macaroni, or Italowestern) genre produced only a handful of really great films until the middle of the 70's. Most of the movies of the genre, usually produced in the former Yugoslavia or in Spain, were of average-to-low quality, and many -- to be honest -- were really crap. But, hey, who doesn't enjoy a good romp in the mud? So let's go, Companeros! This site offers reviews, pictures, and history of the good, bad, and ugly films of the Spaghetti Western -- plus, our own incompetent and highly subjective criticism! Enjoy!

Latest Reviews ( 7/7/08)

Django shoots first (Django, spara per Primo) T
Dead Men don't count! (¿Quién grita venganza?) T
The long Day of the Massacre (Il lungo Giorno del Massacro)
Twice a Judas (Due Volte Giuda )
The Return of Ringo (Il Ritorno di Ringo) T

German Site (including Thriller- and Horror-Reviews)

A - F

SlimNaughton — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:54:00 CDT

A-F
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S-Z
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10,000 Dollars Bloodmoney (10 000 Dollari per un Massacro)
30 Winchester for El Diablo (30 Winchester per El Diablo) T
A Barrel full of Dollars (Per un barra piena di Dolari) T
A Coffin for the Sheriff (Una Bara per lo Sceriffo) T
A Fistful of Dollars (Per un Pugno di Dollari) T
A Fistful of Lead (Testa t'ammazzo, Croce... sei morto... Mi chiamano Alleluja)
A Gun for one hundred Graves (Una Pistola per cento Bare)
A Man called Blade (Mannaja) T
A Stranger in Paso Bravo (Uno Straniero a Paso Bravo)
Adios Gringo (Adios Gringo) T
Adios Sabata (Indio Black sai che ti dico: Sei un gran Figlio di ...) T
All the Way, Trinity (...continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità ) T
And God said to Cain (E Dio disse a Caino ...) T
Anything for a Friend (Amico, mio, frega tu ... che frego io!)
Ballad of Django (Giù la testa ... Hombre) T
Beyond the Law (Al di là della Legge)
The big Gundown (La Resa dei Conti) T
Black Jack
Black Killer (Black Killer)
Blood River (Dieci bianchi Uccisi da un piccolo Indiano)
Bulldozer is back, Amigo (Si può fare … Amigo) T
Bullet for a Stranger (Gli fumavano le Colt ... lo chiamavano Camposanto) T
California (California)
Canadian Wilderness (I Tre del Colorado)
Cemetery without Crosses (Une corde, un colt) T
Charge! (Campa Carogna ... la Taglia cresce) T
Chuck Moll (Ciakmull, l'Uomo della Vendetta)
El Cisco (El Cisco)
Companeros (Vamos a matar, Companeros) T
Cut-Throats Nine (Condenados a vivir) T
Days of Wrath (I Giorni dell’Ira)
Deaf Smith and Johnny Ears (Los Amigos)
Dead Men don't count! (¿Quién grita venganza?) T
Dead Men ride (Anda Muchacho, spara!)
Death rides a Horse (Da Uomo a Uomo) T
Death rides along (Con lui cavalca la Morte)
Death Sentence (La Sentenza di Morte)
Dig your Grave, Friend ... Sabata's coming (Abre tu Fosa, Amigo, llega Sabata ...)
Django (Django) T
Django shoots first (Django, spara per Primo) T
Django strikes again (Django 2: il grande Ritorno)
Django, the Bastard (Django il Bastardo)
Don't wait Django ... shoot! (Non aspettare Django ... spara!)
Drop them or I'll shoot (Gli Specialisti)
Drummer of Vengeance (Il Giorno del Giudizio)
Even Django has his Price (Anche per Django le Carogne hanno un Prezzo)
Fast Hand is still my Name (Mi chiamavano ‚Requiescat’ … ma avevano sbagliato) T
Find a Place to die (Joe ... cercati un Posto per morire)
The 5 Man Army (Un Esercito di cinque Uomini) T
For one thousand Dollars per Day (Per mille Dollari al Giorno)
For 100.000 Dollars for a Killing (Per 100.000 Dollari ti ammazzo)

Django shoots first

SlimNaughton — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:52:33 CDT

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As Glen Garvin (Roel Bos), called “Django”, remarks, that the corpse on the saddle of bountyhunter Ringo is his father, he‘s not very amused: He kills Ringo (José Manuel Martin), but brings his dead father to the little town of Silver Creek to cash the bounty of 5.000 dollars for him. The village is controlled by bank director Cluster (Nando Gazzolo), who owns the whole local economy. But Gordon (Fernando Sancho), a real dawdler, who offers Django his services, tells him, that Cluster and his father were business partners, and that the half of all is entitled to him, Django. This is music to the ears of the enterprising son, who of course wants to accept his inheritance. Cluster, who has posted the bounty on the head of his former partner, isn’t still not yet in the mood to part. So he tries to dispose of the unwanted successor: firstly by offering a compensation, secondly with the help of his gunman Ward (Guido Lollobrigida) and finally by framing Django a bank robbery and a murder. Turbulent times for Django, Gordon and the somewhat morose Doc (Alberto Lupo), who has personal reasons to join the two confederates.

The Gunslinger says:

Above average SW by Alberto de Martino, despite it sadly doesn’t keep the nice cynical note of its opening sequence. Whatta nice idea to pocket the bounty of the wrinkly and meet demands for the burial with the money. But even without cynicism the story around the unexpected heritage is really entertaining. The cast is skilled, and even the dandified and wooden Roel Bos makes the grade this time. Striking are the good camera work and the score by Nicolai, which combines horns, guitars and percussion to a delicious Bolero soup, flavoured with church bells and early electro sounds. So forget about, that the film towards it’s end tries to play down the fact, that there’s nothing more to tell with a big brawl and an unimportant side-step. Finally it gets its act together for a nice finale, in which Luca Montefiori (“George Eastman”) gives a short appearance.

Rating: $$$+

Bodycount:

ca. 30 Gringos, 1 woman

Explicit Brutalities:

Nada

Luv':

Lucy (Erica Blanc), manager of the local tavern, scents and uses the opportunity to win Glen. 1/10

Gore:

0/10

Trailer:

by SpoonMHD

OT:
Django, spara per Primo

AT:
He, who shoots first (USA)

Year: I 1966
D, S: Alberto de Martino
S: Tito Carpi, Sandro Continenza, Vincenzo Flamini, Giovanni Simonelli
C: Riccardo Pallottini
M: Bruno Nicolai
with: Roel Bos (“Glenn Saxson”), Erica Blanc, Fernando Sancho, Nando Gazzolo

Roel Bos has to deal with ...

... Riccardo Pizzuti and Guido Lollobrigida

Alberto Lupo has to pick a bone ...

... with Ida Galli

Luca Montefiori gives a nice short appearance

Gents L - R

SlimNaughton — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:42:13 CDT

Gents A-C

Gents D-K

Gents L-R

Gents S-Z

Ladies

Lantieri, Franco "Frank Liston" "Frank Lantier"		10,000 Dollars Bloodmoney
Lollobrigida, Guido "Lee Burton"		And God said to Cain Cemetery without Crosses Charge!
Lorentzon, Livio
Piero Lulli "Peter Carter" "Peter Lull"		A Gun for one hundred Graves Taste for killing
Macchi, Valentino
Madison, Guy		No Drums, no Trumpets
Maggio, Dante "Dan May"
Manni, Ettore "Red Carter"		Anything for a Friend
Marano, Ezio "Alan Abott"
Marquand, Serge		Cemetery without Crosses
Martellanza, Pietro "Peter Martell"		Chuck Moll May God forgive you ... but I won’t
Martin, José Manuel		No Drums, no Trumpets Taste for killing
Martinez Celeiro, Francisco "George Martin"		Canadian Wilderness Taste for killing
Mateos, Julian
Miali, Roberto "Jerry Wilson"
Milian, Tomas		The big Gundown Companeros Death Sentence
Mitchell, Gordon		A Barrel full of Dollars Anything for a Friend Ballad of Django Beyond the Law
Möhner, Carl
Montefiori, Luigi "George Eastman"		Chuck Moll The last Killer
Mulock, Al
Nero, Franco		Companeros Deaf Smith and Johnny Ears Django Django strikes again
Nieto, José	(?)	Dead Men ride
O'Brien, Donal "Donald O'Brian"
Pacifico, Benito "Dennis Colt"		A Barrel full of Dollars Anything for a Friend Ballad of Django
Palacios, Ricardo
Palmara, Mimmo "Dick Palmer"
Pazzafini, Nello "Ted Carter" "Peter Surtess"		Adios Gringo The big Gundown Bullet for a Stranger
Pedersoli, Carlo "Bud Spencer"		All the Way, Trinity Beyond the Law
Pesce, Franco		A Fistful of Lead A Gun for one hundred Graves Don't wait Django ... shoot! If you meet Sartana, pray for your Death May God forgive you ... but I won’t Taste for killing
Pevarello, Osiride
Pinciroli, Renato (?)
Pistilli, Luigi
Pizzuti, Riccardo
Poggi, Ferdinando "Ferd Poger"		No Drums, no Trumpets
Puppo, Romano "Roman Barrett"		Beyond the Law The big Gundown Chuck Moll Deaf Smith and Johnny Ears Dead Men ride
Preston, Wayde
Quesada, Milo (?)
Raffaelli, Giuliano "Julian Rafferty"		And God said to Cain
Ressel, Franco "Frank Ressel"		All the Way, Trinity Bullet for a Stranger California Sabata Taste for killing
Richardson, John
Righi, Massimo "Max Dean"		Adios Gringo Seven Guns for the MacGregors
Rojo, Gustavo
Rojo, Antonio Molino
Roland, Gilbert
Rossi, Luciano "Lu Karmante" "Edward Ross"		Chuck Moll Death Sentence Django, the Bastard Sartana's here ... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin
Rossi-Stuart, Giacomo
Ruffini, Claudio		A Fistful of Lead
Runachagua, Aysanoa

Go for Broke

SlimNaughton — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:20:22 CDT

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Content:

The gunslingers Johnny West (Mark of Damon) and Goofo (John Ireland) save two Mexican horse thieves from the strand. To the thanks the two take part Johnny in the hunt for four gold crates, which the Mexican gang of Carranza (Fernado Sancho) robbed and hid. The small troop is joined by the indian Copperface, his greedy wife Maria and Goofo. The search becomes success, but Carranza is extremely successful too getting back the gold. Very amazingly, because Carranza is as fat as stooooopid. Anyhow all treasure hunters up to Goofo lose their gold again to the Mexicans and most in addition still their life. Together Johnny and Goofo try to steal he gold crates again from Carranza, but both pursue different goals.

The Gunslinger says:

Good and humorous Spaghetti-Western made by Umberto Lenzi in 1967. History remains exciting, also owing to the two leading actors, who betray themselves with the gold search again and again. Good music score by Marcello Giombini.

Rating: $$$+

Bodycount:

3 Gringos, 11 Mexicans, 1 Woman, 1 Indian

Explicit Brutalities:

The two Mexicans, Maria and Johnny West hit the Indian Copperface, who knows about the hiding place of the gold crates.
Johnny is tortured for fun by the Carranza-Gang. As they get bored by the treatment, they throw him short hand into a deep pit.
Carranza gives one of his men a few blows with the whip, because he does not know, where is the missing gold crate.

Luv':

Total nil return, since the only occurring woman, Maria, as all participants (except Goofo) is exclusively interested in the gold: 0/10

Gore:

1/10

Trailer:

by Mart85

OT:
Tutto per Tutto

AT:
La Hora del Coraje (SP)

Year: I/SP 1967
D: Umberto Lenzi
S: Nino Stresa, Eduardo Brochero
C: Julio Ortas
M: Marcello Giombini
with: Mark Damon, John Ireland, Fernando Sancho, Aurora Julia Sarasa ("Monica Randall")

John Ireland serves a special dish

Fernando Sancho: once again stoooopid, but tricky

"Monica Randall" is greedy for gold

G - K

SlimNaughton — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:13:06 CDT

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Get mean (Get mean)
Get the Coffin ready (Preparati la Bara!) T
Go for Broke (Tutto per tutto) T
God forgives ... us not (Dio perdona ... Io no!)
God’s Gun (Diamante Lobo) T
God was his Colt (La Colt era il suo Dio)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cattivo)
Gunman of one hundred Crosses (Una Pistola per cento Croci)
Hands of a Gunman (Il Destino di un Pistolero)
Hate thy Neigbour (Odia il Prossimo tuo)
Have a nice Funeral (Buon Funerale, Amigos ... paga Sartana)
Heads You Die... Tails I Kill You (Testa t'ammazzo, Croce... sei morto... Mi chiamano Alleluja)
Holywater Joe (Acquasanta Joe)
If one is born a Swine (Voltati ... ti uccido)
If one is born a Swine ... kill him (Carogne si nasce)
If you meet Sartana, pray for your Death (Se incontri Sartana prega per la tua Morte)
I want him dead (Lo voglio morto)
Kill him (Mátalo!)
Killer Kid
Killer's Canyon (Jim il Primo)
Kitosch, the Man who came from the North (Kitosch, l'Uomo che veniva dal Norte)

Dead Men don’t count!

SlimNaughton — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:28:15 CDT

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The lead spreading thugs Fred (Antonio de Teffè) and Johnny (Mark Damon) act as efficient bountyhunters in the West. Allthough they don’t take the law sooo serious for themselves, if it’s i.e. necessary to pull a fast one on a corrupt sheriff (Piero Lulli). But their trick to earn some money fails, and Fred and Johnny land behind swedish bars. Thanks to the surprising engagement of rich Rogers (Luis Induni), a great land owner, they get free again. Rogers augments his property continuously with the little help of some hired bandits, killling the real owners. The little rascal doesn’t’ want to be disturbed in his business by Fred and Johnny, so he hopes that the two sharks gonna leave town after their liberation. But these won’t, because they scent some money to earn by this situation. So they stay in town, roughing up some rabble to cash the bounty and spoiling Roger’s plans. The citizens are quite amused and nominate Fred sheriff. Now Rogers is fed up to the back teeth and starts his final counterstrike.

The Casketnail says:

Despite of the good preconditions Marchent once again isn’t able to serve a good pasta-dish. Cast and camerawork are good, as well as the score by Ortolani, but the staging is poor. Well, shoot-outs, stunts and the typical humour are “state of the art”, but the realization is more than goody two-shoes. The story contains a completely redundant subplot – Roger’s wife thinks, that Johnny is their repudiated son – which is solved really ridiculous. At least we see a guffawing and cheerful de Teffè, what is quite rare, folx. Best actor to me in this flick is Mark Damon, who was great already in “Ringo and his golden Pistol”. Altogether: good ingredients in a quite dull dish.

Rating: $$$-

Explicit Brutalities:

There’s nothing dainty about Roger’s men, who rob the land without leaving any witness

Luv':

1/10 (Johnny has a short love affair with a farmer’s daughter, a really short love-affair ended by death, if you know, what I mean)

Trailer:

by JavierWestern

OT:
¿Quién grita venganza?

AT:
Cry for Revenge (USA)
I Morti non si contano

Year: I/SP 1968
D: Rafael Romero Marchent
S: Marco Leto
C: Franco Delli Colli
M: Riz Ortolani
with: Antonio de Teffè ("Anthony Steffen"), Mark Damon,
Luis Induni, Piero Lulli, Raf Baldassare, Maria Martini

There are places left in the jail (l.t.r.): Piero Lulli, Mark Damon, Antonio de Teffè

Laughing beauty: Antonio de Teffè

Whatta nice choreography

A first class seat on the gibbet for the family massacre