List of Spaghetti Western films
Encyclopedia
This is a list of spaghetti western
films which includes western films primarily produced and directed by Italian and other European production companies between 1960 and 1978. In the 1960s the Spaghetti Western
genre grew in popularity. Films, particularly those of the influential Dollars trilogy
spawned numerous films of the same ilk and often with similar titles, particularly from the mid to late 1960s and early 1970s.
Subsequent post-1978 films include Comin' at Ya! (1981), Django 2: il grande ritorno (1987), Lucky Luke (1991), Troublemakers
(1995), Sons of Trinity (1995), and Gunslinger's Revenge
(1998). The comedy film 800 Balas
(2002) is set among former actors and stuntmen in Almería, Spain where the majority of spaghetti westerns were filmed.
Spaghetti Western
Spaghetti Western, also known as Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western films that emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's unique and much copied film-making style and international box-office success, so named by American critics because most were produced and...
films which includes western films primarily produced and directed by Italian and other European production companies between 1960 and 1978. In the 1960s the Spaghetti Western
Spaghetti Western
Spaghetti Western, also known as Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western films that emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's unique and much copied film-making style and international box-office success, so named by American critics because most were produced and...
genre grew in popularity. Films, particularly those of the influential Dollars trilogy
Dollars Trilogy
The "Dollars Trilogy" , also known as the "Man with No Name Trilogy", refers to the three Spaghetti Westerns starring Clint Eastwood and directed by Sergio Leone: A Fistful of Dollars , For a Few Dollars More , and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly .A Fistful of Dollars is an unofficial remake of...
spawned numerous films of the same ilk and often with similar titles, particularly from the mid to late 1960s and early 1970s.
Subsequent post-1978 films include Comin' at Ya! (1981), Django 2: il grande ritorno (1987), Lucky Luke (1991), Troublemakers
Troublemakers (film)
Troublemakers is a 1994 spaghetti western comedy film. It is the last pairing to date of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer.-Story:...
(1995), Sons of Trinity (1995), and Gunslinger's Revenge
Gunslinger's Revenge
Gunslinger's Revenge is a 1998 Italian film directed by Giovanni Veronesi and starring Leonardo Pieraccioni, Harvey Keitel and David Bowie. The screenplay was written by Veronesi and Pieraccioni, based on the novel by Vincenzo Pardini....
(1998). The comedy film 800 Balas
800 Balas
800 Bullets is a 2002 Spanish film directed by Álex de la Iglesia. The film is about the Westerns made in Almería, Spain and the Spaghetti Western in general. The characters are old stuntmen.-Plot:...
(2002) is set among former actors and stuntmen in Almería, Spain where the majority of spaghetti westerns were filmed.
| Title and director | Summary | Released | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Il terrore dell'Oklahoma Mario Amendola Mario Amendola Mario Amendola was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 153 films between 1941 and 1987. He also directed 37 films between 1949 and 1975... |
A black-and-white film. This is the earliest spaghetti western. The movie intended to be a parody of the American western as even the title shows, being a hybrid between the original title of the movie The Oklahoma Kid The Oklahoma Kid The Oklahoma Kid is a 1939 western film starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart. The movie was directed for Warner Bros. by Lloyd Bacon. Cagney plays an adventurous gunslinger in a broad-brimmed cowboy hat while Bogart portrays his black-clad and viciously villainous nemesis... and its rendering for the Italian audience, "Il terrore dell'Ovest". |
30 October 1959 | |
| Savage Guns Savage Guns (1961 film) The Savage Guns is a 1961 Eurowestern film, a joint production by the United Kingdom and Spain. Based on a specially commissioned screenplay, The San Siado Killings, written by Peter R... Michael Carreras Michael Carreras Michael Carreras was a British film producer and director. He was best known for his association with Hammer Studios, being the son of founder James Carreras, and taking an executive role in the company during its most successful years.As producer, he worked on The Curse of Frankenstein , Dracula ... |
In director Michael Carreras's first film since breaking away from Hammer Studios, the film tells the story of ex-Confederate officer Mike Summers (Don Taylor Don Taylor (actor) Don Taylor was an American movie actor and director best known for his performances in 1950s classics like Stalag 17 and Father of the Bride and the 1948 film noir The Naked City... ) who has become a pacifist in the years following the American Civil War American Civil War The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25... . While living on his farm in the surrounding valley of Sonora, he is forced to come to the aid of the townspeople when a gang of Mexican bandits attack the town. |
November 1961 | |
| Treasure of Silver Lake Harald Reinl Harald Reinl Harald Reinl was an Austrian film director. He is especially known for the movies he made based on Edgar Wallace and Karl May books .He started his career as an extra in the mountain-films of Arnold Fanck... |
Based on the novel by Karl May Karl May Karl Friedrich May was a popular German writer, noted mainly for adventure novels set in the American Old West, and similar books set in the Orient and Middle East . In addition, he wrote stories set in his native Germany, in China and in South America... , the film was one of several film adaptations of author Karl May Karl May Karl Friedrich May was a popular German writer, noted mainly for adventure novels set in the American Old West, and similar books set in the Orient and Middle East . In addition, he wrote stories set in his native Germany, in China and in South America... 's Winnetou Winnetou Winnetou is a fictional Native American hero of several novels written by Karl May in German, including the sequels Winnetou I through Winnetou IV.... series. The film was one of the most successful during that year and inspired several sequels between 1963 and 1965. |
14 December 1962 | Awards: Goldene Leinwand Goldene Leinwand The Goldene Leinwand is an award created in 1964 by the HDF and the journal Filmecho/Filmwoche.... |
| Apache Gold Harald Reinl |
A collaborative production by German, French and Yugoslavian studios, Winnetou (Pierre Brice Pierre Brice Pierre Brice is a French actor, mainly known for his role as fictional Apache-chief Winnetou in German Karl May films.- Life and films :... ) and his blood brother Blood brother Blood brother can refer to one of two things: two males related by birth, or two or more men not related by birth who have sworn loyalty to each other. This is usually done in a ceremony, known as a blood oath, where the blood of each man is mingled together... Old Shatterhand (Lex Barker Lex Barker Lex Barker was an American actor best known for playing Tarzan of the Apes and leading characters from Karl May's novels.-Early life:... ) defend the Apache lands from gold hunters. Released on a limited basis in the United States by Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies... , the film was aired on television in several cities. |
11 December 1963 | Awards: Goldene Leinwand Goldene Leinwand The Goldene Leinwand is an award created in 1964 by the HDF and the journal Filmecho/Filmwoche.... |
| Gunfight at Red Sands Ricardo Blasco |
Based on a short story by James Donald Prindle, a man (Richard Harrison Richard Harrison (actor) Richard Harrison is an American B-movie actor and occasionally a writer/director/producer.Harrison was very prolific and worked with most of the better-known names in European B-movies during the 1960s and 1970s, branching out to exploitation films shot all over the world in the early 1970s... ) hunts down the gang of bandits who killed his family. |
19 September 1963 | |
| Gunfighters of Casa Grande Gunfighters of Casa Grande Gunfighters of Casa Grande is a 1964 Eurowestern film, co-produced by the United States and Spain. Based on a story by Borden and Patricia Chase, it was later developed into a screenplay with the assistance of screenwriter Clark Reynolds and directed by Roy Rowland, one of the last films he... Roy Rowland Roy Rowland (film director) Roy Rowland was a film director. The New York-born director helmed a number of films in the 1950s and 60s including Our Vines Have Tender Grapes, Meet Me in Las Vegas, Rogue Cop, The 5000 Fingers of Doctor T and The Girl Hunters. Rowland married Ruth Cummings, the niece of Louis B... |
On the run from the law, outlaw Joe Daylight (Alex Nicol Alex Nicol For the Distinguished Service Cross recipient, see Alexander Nicol.Alex Nicol was an American actor and director. Nicol appeared in many Westerns including The Man from Laramie... ) and his gang flee to Mexico. Purchasing a ranch, Daybreak plan to rustle cattle from other ranchers and sell them across the border. However, his plans are threatened by a rival bandit, Rojo (Aldo Sambrell Aldo Sambrell Alfredo Sanchez Brell , known as Aldo Sambrell, was a Spanish film actor, director and producer who made over 150 appearances in film between 1961 and 1996.... ), as well as the ever increasing tension between him and his men. |
April 1, 1964 | |
| A Fistful of Dollars A Fistful of Dollars A Fistful of Dollars is a 1964 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood alongside Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp, José Calvo, Antonio Prieto, and Joseph Egger. Released in Italy in 1964 then in the United States in... Sergio Leone Sergio Leone Sergio Leone was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter most associated with the "Spaghetti Western" genre.Leone's film-making style includes juxtaposing extreme close-up shots with lengthy long shots... |
A mysterious drifter known as The Man With No Name arrives in a small town controlled by two warring factions fighting over control. Going to work for both sides, he plays one against the other for his own purposes. | 16 September 1964 | Awards: 1 Silver Ribbon for Best Score (Migliore Musica) by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists in 1968 |
| Ride and Kill José Luis Borau Mario Caiano |
An early spaghetti western comedy starring Alex Nicol as Brandy, a town drunk Town drunk The town drunk is a stock character, almost always male, who is drunk more often than sober.The town drunk typically dwells in a small enough town that he is the only conspicuous alcoholic... who is hired by corrupt officials to replace the local sheriff after he is killed by their hired gunman (Claudio Undari). |
28 September 1964 | Awards: Winner of the "Antonio Barbero" Revelation Award at the 1965 Cinema Writers Circle Awards for Best Director (José Luis Borau) |
| Minnesota Clay Minnesota Clay Minnesota Clay is a 1965 spaghetti western directed by Sergio Corbucci.-Plot:1883. Clay, a gunfighter going blind, escapes from Drunner Labor Camp determined to prove his innocence - he has been framed by Fox, now his successor as sheriff of Mesa Encantada... Sergio Corbucci Sergio Corbucci Sergio Corbucci was an Italian film director. He is best known for his very violent yet intelligent spaghetti westerns... |
Minnesota Clay (Cameron Mitchell Cameron Mitchell (actor) Cameron Mitchell was an American film, television and Broadway actor with close ties to one of Canada's most successful families, and considered, by Lee Strasberg, to be one of the founding members of The Actor's Studio in New York City.-Early life and career:Born Cameron MacDowell Mitzel in... ), an ex-gunfighter slowly losing his eyesight, is released after serving a long prison sentence for a crime he didn't commit. Returning to his hometown, he intends to gain revenge on the local sheriff (George Riviere) who withheld information which could have proved him innocent at his trial years earlier. |
22 February 1965 | |
| A Pistol for Ringo A Pistol for Ringo A Pistol for Ringo is a 1965 Spaghetti Western, a joint Italian and Spanish production. Originally written and directed by Duccio Tessari, the film's success led to a sequel, The Return of Ringo, later that year.... Duccio Tessari |
When a Mexican bandit (Fernando Sancho Fernando Sancho Fernando Sancho was a Spanish actor. Sancho was born in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain, and died in Madrid after surgery.... ) takes a local rancher and his family hostage as a result of a failed bank robbery, a gunfighter (Montgomery Wood) is released from prison to infiltrate the gang in exchange for his freedom. |
12 May 1965 | |
| Viva Maria! Viva Maria! Viva Maria! is a 1965 comedy-adventure film starring Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau as two women named Maria who meet and become revolutionaries in the early 20th century. It also starred George Hamilton as Florès, a revolutionary leader. It was co-written and directed by Louis Malle, and... Louis Malle Louis Malle Louis Malle was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. He worked in both French cinema and Hollywood. His films include Ascenseur pour l'échafaud , Atlantic City , and Au revoir, les enfants .- Early years in France :Malle was born into a wealthy industrialist family in Thumeries,... |
Long lost sisters Maria I (Brigitte Bardot Brigitte Bardot Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot is a French former fashion model, actress, singer and animal rights activist. She was one of the best-known sex-symbols of the 1960s.In her early life, Bardot was an aspiring ballet dancer... ) and Maria II (Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Moreau is a French actress, singer, screenwriter and director.She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française... ) reunite during the Mexican Revolution Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle that started in 1910, with an uprising led by Francisco I. Madero against longtime autocrat Porfirio Díaz. The Revolution was characterized by several socialist, liberal, anarchist, populist, and agrarianist movements. Over time the Revolution... and become involved in gathering intelligence for revolutionaries under the guise of circus and vaudevillian performers. |
22 November 1965 | |
| For a Few Dollars More For a Few Dollars More For a Few Dollars More is a 1965 Italian spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Gian Maria Volonté. German actor Klaus Kinski also plays a supporting role as a secondary villain... Sergio Leone |
The Man With No Name Man with No Name The man with no name is a stock character in Western films, but the term usually applies specifically to the character played by Clint Eastwood in Sergio Leone's "Dollars Trilogy."... and an older bounty hunter (Lee Van Cleef Lee Van Cleef Lee Van Cleef was an American film actor who appeared mostly in Western and action pictures. His sharp features and piercing eyes led to his being cast as a villain in scores of films such as High Noon, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Good The Bad and the Ugly.-Early life:Van Cleef was... ) reluctantly join forces against the Mexican bandit Indio (Gian Maria Volonté Gian Maria Volontè Gian Maria Volonté was an Italian actor. He is perhaps most famous outside of Italy for his roles as the main villain in Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More.-Early life:Volonté was born in Milan, and graduated in Rome in 1957... ) and his gang. |
18 December 1965 | |
| The Tramplers Albert Band Albert Band Albert Band born Alfredo Antonini , was an American film director and film producer. He was the son of artist Max Band, father of filmmaker Charles Band and of film composer Richard Band. He is the grandfather of Alex Band and Taryn Band.-Biography:Band escaped from Paris to the United States with... |
Lon Cordeen (Gordon Scott Gordon Scott Gordon Scott was an American film and television actor known for his portrayal of the fictional character Tarzan in five films of the Tarzan film series from 1955 to 1960.-Early life, education and military service:He was born Gordon Merrill Werschkul in Portland,... ), a former Confederate Confederate States of America The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S... soldier, returns home after the American Civil War American Civil War The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25... and tries to help his family, particularly his father Temple Cordeen (Joseph Cotten Joseph Cotten Joseph Cheshire Cotten was an American actor of stage and film. Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original productions of The Philadelphia Story and Sabrina Fair... ) and his younger brother Hoby (James Mitchum James Mitchum James Mitchum is the oldest son of actor Robert Mitchum and bears a striking resemblance to his famous father. He inherited his father's sleepy eyes and taciturn good looks. The comparison both helped and hurt his career. He had a child with actress Wende Wagner to whom he was formerly married. Ms... ), as they try to rebuild their lives after the defeat of the Confederacy. |
31 December 1965 | |
| Navajo Joe Navajo Joe Navajo Joe is a 1966 Italian/Spanish Spaghetti Western, directed by Sergio Corbucci. It was filmed in Spain.Navajo Joe stars Burt Reynolds in his second leading role in a feature film, as the titular character, a Navajo Indian opposing a group of bandits responsible for killing his tribe.The film's... Sergio Corbucci |
After his tribe is massacred, a lone surviving Navajo (Burt Reynolds Burt Reynolds Burton Leon "Burt" Reynolds, Jr. is an American actor. Some of his memorable roles include Bo 'Bandit' Darville in Smokey and the Bandit, Lewis Medlock in Deliverance, Bobby "Gator" McCluskey in White Lightning and sequel Gator, Paul Crewe and Coach Nate Scarborough in The Longest Yard and its... ) pursues the outlaw gang responsible. |
1966 | |
| Texas, Adios Texas, Adios Texas, Adios is a 1967 film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and starring Franco Nero. It is often referenced in connection with Django, also starring Nero, and although was referred to as "Django 2" in some countries, it is not considered a sequel... Ferdinando Baldi Ferdinando Baldi Ferdinando Baldi was an Italian film director, film producer and screenwriter. He was born on 19 May 1927 in Cava dei Tirreni, in the Province of Salerno.-Career:... |
Sheriff Burt Sullivan (Franco Nero Franco Nero Franco Nero is an Italian actor.-Early life:Nero was born Francesco Sparanero in San Prospero Parmense , the son of a sergeant in the... ) and his brother Jim (Alberto Dell'Acqua) decide to avenge the death of their father by following Cisco Delgado (José Suárez José Suárez -Career:José Suárez made his debut in a short role in Altar Mayor , a very conventional film, whose director, Gonzalo Delgrás, had paid attention to him in his work as a train conductor in Asturias... ) into Mexico and bringing him to justice. |
1966 | |
| The Ugly Ones Eugenio Martín |
Jose Gomez (Tomas Milian Tomas Milian Tomás Milián is a Cuban-American actor best known for having worked extensively in Italian films from the late 1950s to the 1980s.-Career in Italy:... ), a recently escaped outlaw, is followed to his hometown by bounty hunter Luke Chilson (Richard Wyler). Unaware that he is a hardened criminal, the townspeople attempt to hide him from his pursuer. |
1966 | Awards: 2nd place at the National Syndicate of Spectacle in 1966 |
| Johnny Oro Sergio Corbucci |
Based on a story by Adriano Bolzoni and Franco Rossetti, gunfighter Johnny Oro (Mark Damon Mark Damon Mark Damon is an American film actor and producer. He started his career in his native country, appearing in such films as Young and Dangerous and Roger Corman's House of Usher... ) reluctantly helps a local sheriff (Ettore Manni Ettore Manni Ettore Manni was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 107 films between 1952 and 1979. He was born and died in Rome, Italy after accidentally shooting himself.-Selected filmography:* Two Nights with Cleopatra... ) defend his town against a group of bandits. |
1966 | |
| Django Django (film) Django is a 1966 Italian spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Franco Nero in the eponymous role. The film earned a reputation as being one of the most violent films ever made up to that point and was subsequently refused a certificate in Britain until 1993, when it was... Sergio Corbucci |
A wandering gunfighter (Franco Nero Franco Nero Franco Nero is an Italian actor.-Early life:Nero was born Francesco Sparanero in San Prospero Parmense , the son of a sergeant in the... ), who drags a coffin behind him, becomes involved in a feud between a white supremacist organization and a Mexican bandit gang batting each other over control of a border town. |
6 April 1966 | |
| Tempo di massacro Lucio Fulci Lucio Fulci Lucio Fulci was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is perhaps best known for his directorial work on gore films, including Zombie and The Beyond , although he made films in genres as diverse as giallo, western, and comedy... |
Tom Corbett (Franco Nero) and his brother Jeff (George Hilton) faces off with the outlaw gang which has taken over their hometown. AKA Massacre Time. | 10 August 1966 | |
| Johnny Yuma Romolo Guerrieri Romolo Guerrieri Romolo Guerrieri is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1961 and 1992.He was born in Rome, Italy.-Selected filmography:* Detective Belli... |
When a wealthy rancher dies under mysterious circumstances, his widow Samantha Felton (Rosalba Neri Rosalba Neri Rosalba Neri , sometimes credited as Sara Bey or Sara Bay, is a retired Italian actress.-Biography:When she was very young, she won a beauty pageant and attended il Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia... ) plots the death of his nephew and heir to his fortune, gunfighter Johnny Yuma (Mark Damon). |
11 August 1966 | |
| The Big Gundown The Big Gundown The Big Gundown is a 1966 spaghetti western directed by Sergio Sollima and starring Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian... Sergio Sollima Sergio Sollima Sergio Sollima is an Italian former film director and script writer.Like many Italian cult directors, Sollima started his career by directing mostly sword and sandal movies that were very popular in the early 1960s. After the genre's popularity quickly died out, Sollima was among the first ones to... |
Jonathan Corbett (Lee Van Cleef), a lawman and bounty hunter, chases the Mexican bandit Cuchillo Sanchez (Tomas Milian) across the frontier. | 29 November 1966 | |
| A Bullet for the General A Bullet for the General A Bullet for the General , is a 1966 film which stars Gian Maria Volonté, Klaus Kinski, Lou Castel and Martine Beswick. Originally entitled El Chucho, quién sabe?, it is the story of El Chucho, the bandit, and Bill Tate who is a counter-revolutionary in Mexico... Damiano Damiani |
A mercenary is hired to infiltrate a group of Mexican revolutionaries and befriends one of the rebels, El Chucho (Gian Maria Volonte). | 7 December 1966 | |
| The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach in the title roles. The screenplay was written by Age & Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni and Leone, based on a story by Vincenzoni and Leone... Sergio Leone |
In the final installment of the Dollars trilogy Dollars Trilogy The "Dollars Trilogy" , also known as the "Man with No Name Trilogy", refers to the three Spaghetti Westerns starring Clint Eastwood and directed by Sergio Leone: A Fistful of Dollars , For a Few Dollars More , and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly .A Fistful of Dollars is an unofficial remake of... , the Man With No Name Man with No Name The man with no name is a stock character in Western films, but the term usually applies specifically to the character played by Clint Eastwood in Sergio Leone's "Dollars Trilogy."... becomes involved with bandit Tuco (Eli Wallach Eli Wallach Eli Herschel Wallach is an American film, television and stage actor, who gained fame in the late 1950s. For his performance in Baby Doll he won a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer and a Golden Globe nomination. One of his most famous roles is that of Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly... ) and Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleef Lee Van Cleef Lee Van Cleef was an American film actor who appeared mostly in Western and action pictures. His sharp features and piercing eyes led to his being cast as a villain in scores of films such as High Noon, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Good The Bad and the Ugly.-Early life:Van Cleef was... ) in a search for a stolen US Army gold shipment. |
23 December 1966 | Awards: 2nd place for Best Action Performance (Clint Eastwood) at the 1968 Laurel Awards. |
| Any Gun Can Play Any Gun Can Play Any Gun Can Play is a 1967 spaghetti western starring Gilbert Roland, Edd Byrnes and George Hilton. The film is directed by Enzo G. Castellari and features a score by Francesco De Masi and Alessandro Alessandroni. It follows a familiar pattern of protagonists searching for gold, double-crossing... Enzo Castellari |
Clayton (Eddie Byrnes), a bank employee, is forced to seek the help of an aging Mexican bandit (Gilbert Roland Gilbert Roland Gilbert Roland was a Mexican-born American film actor.He was born Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico and originally intended to become a bullfighter like his father. When the family moved to the United States, however, he became interested in acting when he was... ) and a bounty hunter (George Hilton) to help recover a gold shipment stolen during a train robbery. |
1967 | |
| The Hellbenders The Hellbenders The Hellbenders is a Spaghetti Western directed by Sergio Corbucci in 1966.-Plot:... Sergio Corbucci |
An ex-Confederate officer (Joseph Cotten Joseph Cotten Joseph Cheshire Cotten was an American actor of stage and film. Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original productions of The Philadelphia Story and Sabrina Fair... ) and his sons plot to rob a train in order to revive the Confederacy. |
1967 | |
| The Hills Run Red The Hills Run Red The Hills Run Red is one of the earliest spaghetti westerns made after the Eastwood/Leone Italian western boom, in 1967 and directed by Carlo Lizzani... Sergio Corbucci |
Returning home following the Civil War, Jerry Brewster (Thomas Hunter Thomas Hunter Thomas Hunter may refer to:* Sir Tom Hunter, Scottish entrepreneur and philanthropist* Thomas Hunter , Sinn Féin politician in the First Dáil and Second Dáil* Thomas Hunter , founder of Hunter College in New York... ) and Mendez (Henry Silva) are caught with stolen money by Union troops. While Mendez escapes, Brewster is caught and spends the next five years in prison. Upon his release, Brewster finds Mendez has used the money to make himself a powerful crime boss and goes after him for revenge. |
1967 | |
| Death Rides a Horse Death Rides a Horse Death Rides a Horse is a 1967 spaghetti western directed by Giulio Petroni, written by Luciano Vincenzoni, and starring Lee Van Cleef and John Phillip Law. Bill Meceita, a boy whose family was murdered in front of him by a gang, sets out 15 years later to exact revenge... Gulio Petroni |
Bill Meceita (John Phillip Law John Phillip Law John Phillip Law was an American film actor with over one hundred movie roles to his credit. He was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Phyllis Sallee and the brother of actor Thomas Augustus Law .He was best known for his roles as the blind angel Pygar in the science fiction cult... ) teams up with an ex-outlaw (Lee Van Cleef Lee Van Cleef Lee Van Cleef was an American film actor who appeared mostly in Western and action pictures. His sharp features and piercing eyes led to his being cast as a villain in scores of films such as High Noon, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Good The Bad and the Ugly.-Early life:Van Cleef was... ) to go after the outlaws who murdered his family as a child. |
1967 | |
| Django, Kill... If You Live, Shoot! Giulio Questi Giulio Questi Giulio Questi is an Italian film director and screenwriter.Questi wrote short stories and filmed several documentaries before he started as assistant director and script writer in the movie business.... |
The Stranger (Tomas Milian) battles a priest and a group of bandits over a stolen gold shipment. | 1967 | |
| A Stranger in Town Luigi Vanzi |
A gunfighter, known only as "The Stranger" (Tony Anthony Tony Anthony (actor) Tony Anthony , is a former film actor, producer, director, and screenwriter, best known for his starring roles in spaghetti westerns.-Early career:... ), seeks revenge against the local crime boss after he double crosses him in a deal. |
13 January 1967 | |
| Payment in Blood Enzo Castellari |
A bounty hunter (Edd Byrnes) goes joins a bandit gang to discover the location of a Union Army cashbox stolen during the Civil War. | 14 April 1967 | |
| The Stranger Returns Luigi Vanzi |
The mysterious gunfighter (Tony Anthony) and a local preacher (Marco Guglielmi) track down an outlaw gang which has robbed a stagecoach made of solid gold. | 17 August 1967 | |
| God Forgives... I Don't! God Forgives... I Don't! God Forgives... I Don't! is 1967 spaghetti Western by Giuseppe Colizzi. The film is the first in a trilogy continued with Ace High and ended with Boot Hill.-Plot:... Giuseppe Colizzi Giuseppe Colizzi Giuseppe Colizzi was an Italian film director, writer and producer. He is best known for his spaghetti westerns starring Bud Spencer and Terence Hill.- Selected filmography :... |
A robber hijacks a payroll train, kills everyone, then stashes the loot. A gunslinger learns about it and decides he wants to steal the money for himself and hatches a plan to get it. | ||
| Face to Face Faccia a faccia Faccia a faccia is a 1967 Italian spaghetti western film written and directed by Sergio Sollima... Sergio Sollima |
Brad Fletcher (Gian Maria Volontè), a history professor, unexpectedly falls in with a bandit gang led by Soloman Bennett (Tomas Milian) outlaw gang. | 23 November 1967 | |
| Day of Anger Day of Anger Day of Anger , also known by its UK video title Gunlaw, is a 1967 spaghetti western film directed by Tonino Valerii. The film stars Lee Van Cleef and Giuliano Gemma, and features a musical score by Riz Ortolani... Tonino Valerii Tonino Valerii Tonino Valerii is an Italian film director, most known for his Spaghetti Westerns. Valerii started his film career as an assistant director on Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars, before moving on to direct by himself... |
Frank Talby (Lee Van Cleef) takes a younger gunfighter (Montgomery Wood) under his wing. | 19 December 1967 | |
| Requiescant Requiescant Requiescant is a 1967 spaghetti western directed by Carlo Lizzani.-Synopsis:After surviving his family being massacred, a young boy is taken in and raised by a preacher... Carlo Lizzani |
After surviving his family being massacred, a young boy is taken in and raised by a preacher. Years later he comes face to face with the man that killed his family and he is tempted into back into violence. | 1967 | |
| Tepepa Tepepa Tepepa is is an Italian Zapata-themed spaghetti western film. It is probably the most known film directed by Giulio Petroni. The film was co-produced with Spain, where the film was released with the title Tepepa..... Giulio Petroni |
Mexican guerilla leader Tepapa (Tomas Milian) matches wits with the local chief of police Colonel Cascorro (Orson Welles Orson Welles George Orson Welles , best known as Orson Welles, was an American film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio... ). |
1968 | |
| Run, Man, Run! Run, Man, Run! Run, Man, Run! is is an Italian Zapata-themed spaghetti western movie. It is the second movie of Sergio Sollima centered on the character of Cuchillo, again played by Tomas Milian, after the two-years earlier successful western The Big Gundown. It is also the final chapter of the... Sergio Sollima |
A sequel to The Big Gundown The Big Gundown The Big Gundown is a 1966 spaghetti western directed by Sergio Sollima and starring Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian... , Tomas Milian reprises his role as the Mexican bandit Cuchillo Sanchez who competes with various gunfighters, mercenaries, bounty hunters and outlaws to find a fortune in gold once belonging to Mexican revolutionaries. |
1968 | |
| Guns for San Sebastian La Bataille de San Sebastian La Bataille de San Sebastian is a 1968 spaghetti western directed by Frenchman Henri Verneuil... Henri Verneuil Henri Verneuil Henri Verneuil was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who enjoyed a successful career in France.-Biography:... |
An outlaw (Anthony Quinn Anthony Quinn Antonio Rodolfo Quinn-Oaxaca , more commonly known as Anthony Quinn, was a Mexican American actor, as well as a painter and writer... ) seeking sanctuary is brought by a priest to the small village San Sebastian. When the priest is killed, the townspeople mistakenly believe that the outlaw is the priest. |
20 March 1968 | |
| Beyond the Law Beyond the Law (1968 film) Beyond the Law is the American release title of Al di là della legge, a 1968 Spaghetti Western feature film directed by Giorgio Stegani and starring Lee Van Cleef, Antonio Sabàto Sr., andGordon Mitchell... Giorgio Stegani Giorgio Stegani Giorgio Stegani is an Italian film and television writer, film director and second unit director.Stegani is best known for his western films of the 1960s. He wrote the script for westerns such as Un Dollaro bucato , directed and wrote Adiós gringo in 1965 and co-wrote Mille dollari sul nero .-... |
In a race against his former partner, Billy Joe Cudlip (Lee Van Cleef) poses as the sheriff in order to steal a silver shipment. | 10 April 1968 | |
| The Ruthless Four The Ruthless Four The Ruthless Four is a 1968 Italian Western film directed by Giorgio Capitani and starring Van Heflin.-Cast:* Van Heflin - Sam Cooper* Gilbert Roland - Mason* Klaus Kinski - Brent the Blonde* George Hilton - Manolo Sanchez* Sarah Ross - Anna... Giorgio Capitani Giorgio Capitani Giorgio Capitani is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 40 films since 1954. He has also wrote for 12 films since 1949.He was born in Paris, France.-Selected filmography:* Pane, burro e marmellata... |
Sam Cooper (Van Heflin Van Heflin Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin, Jr. was an American film and theatre actor. He played mostly character parts over the course of his film career, but during the 1940s had a string of roles as a leading man... ), a down and out prospector, unexpectedly discovers a gold mine. When his partner is killed in an attempt on his life, Cooper seeks out an old mining partner Manolo Sanchez (George Hilton) to join him. They are later joined by outlaw Brent the Blonde (Klaus Kinski Klaus Kinski Klaus Kinski, born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski , was a German actor. He appeared in more than 130 films, and is perhaps best-remembered as a leading role actor in Werner Herzog films: Aguirre, the Wrath of God , Nosferatu the Vampyre , Woyzeck , Fitzcarraldo and Cobra Verde .-Early... ) and hired gun Mason (Gilbert Roland Gilbert Roland Gilbert Roland was a Mexican-born American film actor.He was born Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico and originally intended to become a bullfighter like his father. When the family moved to the United States, however, he became interested in acting when he was... ), the latter hired for Cooper's protection. |
6 August 1968 | |
| If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death , also known as Sartana, is a 1968 spaghetti western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini... Gianfranco Parolini Gianfranco Parolini Gianfranco Parolini is an Italian film director. He is often credited as Frank Kramer. Among his films are The Sabata Trilogy, several sword and sandal films, most of the Kommissar X films and a number of Spaghetti Westerns.He claimed to have written over 100 thriller novels before becoming an... |
Hired to investigate a series of robberies against a stagecoach line, Sartana (Gianni Garko Gianni Garko Gianni Garko is an Italian actor who found much fame as a leading man in Spaghetti Westerns... ) encounters a vicious outlaw leader (William Berger). |
14 August 1968 | |
| The Mercenary The Mercenary (film) The Mercenary , also known as A Professional Gun, is a 1968 spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Corbucci. The film stars Franco Nero, Jack Palance, Tony Musante and Giovanna Ralli, and features a musical score by Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai... Sergio Corbucci |
A Polish mercenary and a Mexican bandit, Sergei Kowalski (Franco Nero) and Paco Roman (Tony Musante), join forces and together raise an army during the Mexican Revolution Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle that started in 1910, with an uprising led by Francisco I. Madero against longtime autocrat Porfirio Díaz. The Revolution was characterized by several socialist, liberal, anarchist, populist, and agrarianist movements. Over time the Revolution... . |
29 August 1968 | |
| Find a Place to Die Find a Place to Die Find a Place to Die is a spaghetti western starring Jeffrey Hunter and Pascale Petit. It was directed by Giuliano Carnimeo as Anthony Ascott.-Story:... Giuliano Carnimeo |
An ex-Confederate soldier, Joe Collins (Jeffrey Hunter), finds redemption when he defends a woman (Pascale Petit Pascale Petit Pascale Petit is a poet. She grew up in France and Wales. She trained as a sculptor at the Royal College of Art and was a visual artist for the first part of her life... ) and her gold mine from a gang of outlaws. |
21 September 1968 | |
| Ace High Giuseppe Colizzi Giuseppe Colizzi Giuseppe Colizzi was an Italian film director, writer and producer. He is best known for his spaghetti westerns starring Bud Spencer and Terence Hill.- Selected filmography :... |
When Cacopoulos (Eli Wallach) is saved from being hanged, he robs local outlaws Cat Stevens (Terrence Hill) and Hutch Bessy (Bud Spencer) and uses the money for revenge against his old partners who betrayed him. | 31 October 1968 | |
| The Great Silence The Great Silence The Great Silence , or The Big Silence, is an Italian spaghetti western. It is widely considered by critics as the masterpiece of director Sergio Corbucci and is one of his better known movies, along with Django... Sergio Corbucci |
A mute gunfighter (Jean-Louis Trintignant Jean-Louis Trintignant Jean-Louis Trintignant is a French actor who has enjoyed an international acclaim. He won the Best Actor Award at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.-Career:... ) faces a group of outlaws while stranded in the Great Blizzard of 1899 Great Blizzard of 1899 The Great Blizzard of 1899 was an unprecedented winter weather event that affected the southern United States. What made it historic was both the severity of winter weather and the extent of the U.S. it affected, especially in the South. The first reports indicated record-high barometric pressure... . |
19 November 1968 | |
| Once Upon a Time in the West Once Upon a Time in the West Once Upon a Time in the West is a 1968 Italian epic spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone for Paramount Pictures. It stars Henry Fonda cast against type as the villain, Charles Bronson as his nemesis, Jason Robards as a bandit, and Claudia Cardinale as a newly widowed homesteader with a... Sergio Leone |
A drifter (Charles Bronson Charles Bronson Charles Bronson , born Charles Dennis Buchinsky was an American actor, best-known for such films as Once Upon a Time in the West, The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape, Rider on the Rain, The Mechanic, and the popular Death Wish series... ) and an outlaw (Jason Robards Jason Robards Jason Nelson Robards, Jr. was an American actor on stage, and in film and television, and a winner of the Tony Award , two Academy Awards and the Emmy Award... ) join forces against a vicious gunman (Henry Fonda Henry Fonda Henry Jaynes Fonda was an American film and stage actor.Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor. He also appeared in 1938 in plays performed in White Plains, New York, with Joan Tompkins... ) hired by the railroad to run a woman off her home. |
21 December 1968 | |
| Go Kill Everybody and Come Back Alone Go Kill Everybody and Come Back Alone Kill Them All and Come Back Alone is a 1968 Italian motion picture directed by Enzo G. Castellari. The movie is a western and was written by Castellari and Tito Carpi. It stars U.S... Enzo Castellari |
A mercenary (Chuck Connors Chuck Connors Chuck Connors was an American actor, writer, and professional basketball and baseball player. His best known role from his forty-year film career was Lucas McCain in the 1960s ABC hit Western series The Rifleman.... ) and a Confederate officer (Frank Wolff Frank Wolff Frank Wolff may refer to:*Frank Wolff , American actor who appeared in five Roger Corman productions and nearly fifty European-made films-Fictional characters:... ) gather a small hand-picked group to raid a Union fort which holds a large stockpile of cash. |
December 31, 1968 | |
| No Room to Die Sergio Garrone |
One of the lesser known "unofficial" Django/Sartana sequels, the two gunfighters become involved in illegal smuggling Human trafficking Human trafficking is the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, or a modern-day form of slavery... across the U.S.-Mexican border. |
1969 | |
| The Five Man Army The Five Man Army The Five Man Army is an Italian zapata spaghetti western film taking place during the Mexican Revolution.The film was directed by Don Taylor and featured a script by a young Dario Argento. Starring as a group of five men enlisted to rob a train containing a shipment of gold were Peter Graves,... Don Taylor Don Taylor (actor) Don Taylor was an American movie actor and director best known for his performances in 1950s classics like Stalag 17 and Father of the Bride and the 1948 film noir The Naked City... |
Co-written by Dario Argento Dario Argento Dario Argento is an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his work in the horror film genre, particularly in the subgenre known as giallo, and for his influence on modern horror and slasher movies.... and Marc Richards, a mercenary (Peter Graves Peter Graves (actor) Peter Aurness , known professionally as Peter Graves, was an American film and television actor. He was best known for his starring role in the CBS television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973... ) gathers together a small group of bandits to rob a train carrying a large gold shipment being guarded by the Mexican Army. |
16 October 1969 | |
| The Specialist Sergio Corbucci |
Bret Dixon (Johnny Hallyday Johnny Hallyday Johnny Hallyday is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he was considered by some to have been the French Elvis Presley. He was married for 15 years to one of the most popular French female singers: Sylvie Vartan... ) returns to his hometown when his brother is killed by a lynch mob. |
26 November 1969 | |
| The Price of Power The Price of Power The Price of Power is an Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Tonino Valerii.-Political references:The film has many political overtures, most notably drawing similarities between the assassinations of two American presidents James Garfield and John F. Kennedy... Tonino Valerii |
In a story closely resembling the JFK assassination, Pinkerton detective Bill Willer (Montgomery Wood) attempts to prevent the planned assassination of President James Garfield James Garfield James Abram Garfield served as the 20th President of the United States, after completing nine consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Garfield's accomplishments as President included a controversial resurgence of Presidential authority above Senatorial courtesy in executive... upon his visit to Dallas. |
18 December 1969 | |
| Sabata Sabata (film) Sabata , is a 1969 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Gianfranco Parolini. It is the first film in The Sabata Trilogy by Parolini, and stars Lee Van Cleef as the title character... Gianfranco Parolini |
Sabata (Lee Van Cleef), a mercenary and gun-for-hire, pursues seven men who have stolen $100,000 from a US Army safe. | 1969 | |
| A Man Called Sledge A Man Called Sledge A Man Called Sledge is a 1970 spaghetti western starring James Garner in an extremely offbeat role as a grimly evil thief, and featuring Dennis Weaver, Claude Akins, and Wayde Preston... Vic Morrow Vic Morrow Victor "Vic" Morrow was an American actor whose credits include a starring role in the 1960s TV series Combat!, prominent roles in a handful of other television and cinema dramas, and numerous guest roles on television... |
Outlaw Luther Sledge (James Garner James Garner James Garner is an American film and television actor, one of the first Hollywood actors to excel in both media. He has starred in several television series spanning a career of more than five decades... ) is enlisted to steal a gold shipment held in a prison. |
1970 | |
| I'll Forgive You, Before I Kill You Juan Bosch Juan Bosch Juan Emilio Bosch Gaviño was a politician, historian, short story writer, essayist, educator, and the first cleanly elected president of the Dominican Republic for a brief time in 1963. Previously, he had been the leader of the Dominican opposition in exile to the dictatorial regime of Rafael... |
Based on a novel by Lou Carrigan Lou Carrigan Lou Carrigan was the pen name adopted by Antonio Vera Ramírez , a Spanish author who wrote about factual scientific subjects, but in various fictional styles, such as mystery, crime and romance.... , a young man (Richard Harrison) decides to avenge the death of his father at the hands of a local land baron. Enlisting the aid of a notorious, yet good-natured, bandit (Fernando Sancho), they are faced with the land baron's hired gun, Sabata. |
6 August 1970 | |
| Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End Demofilo Fidani Demofilo Fidani Demofilo Fidani was a prolific Italian film director who specialized in spaghetti westerns and used many different pseudonyms.... Diego Spataro |
Bounty hunters Django and Sartana take on a gang of bandits who, after holding a young woman hostage, attempt to escape into Mexico. | 14 November 1970 | |
| Compañeros Compañeros Compañeros is an Italian Zapata-themed spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Corbucci in 1970. The film stars Franco Nero, Tomas Milian, Jack Palance and Fernando Rey... Sergio Corbucci |
An arms dealer, Yolaf Peterson (Franco Nero Franco Nero Franco Nero is an Italian actor.-Early life:Nero was born Francesco Sparanero in San Prospero Parmense , the son of a sergeant in the... ) agrees to help a Mexican revolutionary (Tomas Milian Tomas Milian Tomás Milián is a Cuban-American actor best known for having worked extensively in Italian films from the late 1950s to the 1980s.-Career in Italy:... ) free a professor to help them rob a bank. However, they are hunted by Peterson's former business partner (Jack Palance Jack Palance Jack Palance , was an American actor. During half a century of film and television appearances, Palance was nominated for three Academy Awards, all as Best Actor in a Supporting Role, winning in 1991 for his role in City Slickers.-Early life:Palance, one of five children, was born Volodymyr... ). |
18 December 1970 | |
| They Call Me Trinity They Call Me Trinity They Call Me Trinity also known as My Name is Trinity, is a 1970 Italian spaghetti western film starring Terence Hill and Bud Spencer.-Plot summary:... Enzo Barboni Enzo Barboni Enzo Barboni , sometimes credited by his pseudonym E.B. Clucher, was an Italian film director, cinematographer and screenwriter... |
A wandering drifter, Trinity (Terence Hill Terence Hill Terence Hill is an Italian actor. He is best known for starring in multiple action and western films together with his longtime filmpartner Bud Spencer.-Biography:... ) discovers his outlaw brother Bambino (Bud Spencer Bud Spencer Bud Spencer is an Italian actor, filmmaker and former swimmer . He is known for past roles in spaghetti westerns together with his long time filmpartner Terence Hill... ) masquerading as the sheriff of a mining town. Followed by Trinity Is Still My Name Trinity Is Still My Name Trinity Is Still My Name also known as All the Way Trinity is a 1971 Italian spaghetti western film directed by Enzo Barboni. It is a sequel to They Call Me Trinity, also starring Terence Hill and Bud Spencer.-Plot:... , the film not only provided the breakout roles of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer but also influenced the comedy-westerns during the next decade. |
22 December 1970 | |
| Savage Guns Savage Guns Savage Guns is a low-quality spaghetti western from 1971, directed by Demofilo Fidani and starring Robert Woods and Gordon Mitchell.... Demofilo Fidani |
After his brother is killed after witnessing the murder of a tavern owner, Sam Wallach (Robert Woods Robert Woods Robert Woods may refer to:* Robert Woods American actor in European films* Robert S. Woods , American actor* Sir Robert Henry Woods , Irish surgeon, UK MP 1918–1922... ) goes after the bandit leader responsible. |
1971 | |
| A Pistol for Django Luigi Batzella Luigi Batzella Luigi Batzella was an Italian Z-movie director, writer and former actor who used numerous pseudonyms. Some of them were Paolo Solvay, Ivan Kathansky, A.M... |
When his fiancee is abducted during a bank robbery, Django (Jeff Cameron Jeff Cameron Jeff Cameron is an American singer-songwriter.Cameron was raised in the suburban Los Angeles areas of Sherman Oaks and Studio City. Cameron was an only child who gravitated to music as a youngster in the early 1970s... ) goes after the Cortez Brothers who are hiding in a fortified cavern. He is aided by a fellow gunfighter (Gengher Gatti) and a bank employee (John Desmont) to help rescue his girl and recover the money. |
8 May 1971 | |
| Adiós, Sabata Adiós, Sabata Adiós Sabata is a 1971 Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. It is the second film in The Sabata Trilogy by Parolini... Gianfranco Parolini |
Sabata (Yul Brynner Yul Brynner Yul Brynner was a Russian-born actor of stage and film. He was best known for his portrayal of Mongkut, king of Siam, in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor for the film version; he also played the role more than 4,500 times on... ) helps Mexican revolutionaries steal a wagonload of gold. |
24 May 1971 | |
| Return of Sabata Return of Sabata Return of Sabata is a 1971 Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. The third film in The Sabata Trilogy, it features the return of Lee Van Cleef as the title character, which he had played in the first film, Sabata, but was replaced by Yul Brynner in the second film, Adiós, Sabata,... Gianfranco Parolini |
Soon after arriving in Hobsonville, Sabata (Lee van Cleef) encounters and battles a robber baron. | 3 September 1971 | |
| Captain Apache Alexander Singer Alexander Singer Alexander Singer is an American director. He began his career behind the camera in 1951 as a cinematographer on the short documentary Day of the Fight, directed by his high school friend, Stanley Kubrick... |
US Army officer Captain Apache (Lee Van Cleef) investigates the murder of commissioner. | 10 September 1971 | |
| Red Sun Red Sun Red Sun is a Western film, one of few with an international cast. It stars U.S.-born actor Charles Bronson, Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune, French actor Alain Delon and Swiss actress Ursula Andress. It was filmed in Spain by the British director Terence Young. It was released in Europe in 1971 and... Terence Young |
Bounty hunter Link Stuart (Charles Bronson) and samurai Kuroda Jubie (Toshiro Mifume) pursue Gauche (Alain Delon) who has stolen an ancient sword being intended as a gift to U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America... . |
15 September 1971 | |
| Price of Death Lorenzo Gicca Palli |
A gunfighter (Gianni Garko) is hired to prove the innocence of outlaw Chester Conway (Klaus Kinski). | 17 September 1971 | |
| A Man Called Apocalypse Joe Leopoldo Savona Leopoldo Savona Leopoldo Savona is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 18 films between 1954 and 1976.-Selected filmography:* Days of Love * The Medium -External links:... |
Joe Clifford (Anthony Steffen), a traveling actor and part time hired gunman, inherits a gold mine from his uncle. | 20 September 1971 | |
| Viva! Django Edoardo Mulargia |
With the help of a horse thief (Stelio Candelli), Django (Anthony Steffen) tracks down the renegade outlaws who murdered his wife. | 29 September 1971 | |
| Trinity Is Still My Name Trinity Is Still My Name Trinity Is Still My Name also known as All the Way Trinity is a 1971 Italian spaghetti western film directed by Enzo Barboni. It is a sequel to They Call Me Trinity, also starring Terence Hill and Bud Spencer.-Plot:... Enzo Barboni |
Terence Hill and Bud Spencer reprise their roles as brothers Trinity and Bambino who make a promise to their dying father to become successful outlaws. However, not long after, they are mistaken as federal agents and unintentionally come to the aid of a local family they had previously tried to hold up. | 21 October 1971 | Awards: Goldene Leinwand Goldene Leinwand The Goldene Leinwand is an award created in 1964 by the HDF and the journal Filmecho/Filmwoche.... in 1973 |
| A Fistful of Dynamite A Fistful of Dynamite Duck, You Sucker! , also known as A Fistful of Dynamite and Once Upon a Time… the Revolution, is a 1971 Zapata Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Rod Steiger and James Coburn.... Sergio Leone |
After crossing paths, ex-IRA man Sean Mallory (James Coburn James Coburn James Harrison Coburn III was an American film and television actor. Coburn appeared in nearly 70 films and made over 100 television appearances during his 45-year career, and played a wide range of roles and won an Academy Award for his supporting role as Glen Whitehouse in Affliction.A capable,... ) and a Mexican bandit (Rod Steiger Rod Steiger Rodney Stephen "Rod" Steiger was an Academy Award-winning American actor known for his performances in such films as On the Waterfront, The Big Knife, Oklahoma!, The Harder They Fall, Across the Bridge, The Pawnbroker, Doctor Zhivago, In the Heat of the Night, and Waterloo as well as the... ) are caught in the middle of the Mexican Revolution Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle that started in 1910, with an uprising led by Francisco I. Madero against longtime autocrat Porfirio Díaz. The Revolution was characterized by several socialist, liberal, anarchist, populist, and agrarianist movements. Over time the Revolution... . |
29 October 1971 | Awards: 1 David di Donatello Award for Best Director (1973) |
| Blindman Ferdinando Baldi |
A gunfighter known as the Blindman (Tony Anthony Tony Anthony Darrell W. "Tony" Anthony is a semi-retired American professional wrestler best known as Dirty White Boy, who wrestled primarily for independent promotions in the Southeastern United States... ) and others are hired to escort fifty mail order brides to a mining camp. His partners instead sell the women to a Mexican bandit, and the Blindman goes into Mexico after them. |
11 November 1971 | |
| The Legend of Frenchie King The Legend of Frenchie King The Legend of Frenchie King is a 1971 French western comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Brigitte Bardot and Claudia Cardinale.-Cast:* Brigitte Bardot as Louise a.k.a. Frenchie King* Claudia Cardinale as Marie Sarrazin* Michael J... Christian-Jaque Christian-Jaque Christian-Jaque was a French filmmaker. He was married to actress Martine Carol from 1954 to 1959.Christian-Jaque was born at Paris.... Guy Casaril (uncredited) |
Two women, Louise (Brigitte Bardot) and Marie Sarrazin (Claudia Cardinale) fight over the deed to an oil ranch. | 16 December 1971 | |
| Requiem for a Bounty Hunter Angelo Pannacciò |
Rancher Nick Barton (Michael Forrest Michael Forest Gerald Michael Charlebois, better known as Michael Forest is an American actor who provides the voices for many animated titles. At the age of 71, he provided the voice of Prince Olympius in Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue... ) enlists the help of Whistler (Ray O'Conner), a silent bounty hunter, to go after the outlaw gang who murdered his family. |
2 January 1972 | |
| Ben and Charlie Ben and Charlie Ben and Charlie is a 1972 spaghetti western comedy movie starring George Eastman and Giuliano Gemma.-Releases:... Michele Lupo Michele Lupo Michele Lupo , was an Italian film director. He directed 23 films between 1962 and 1982.He was born in Corleone, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.-Selected filmography:* Sette contro tutti... |
Ben Bellew (Giuliano Gemma) and Charlie Logan (George Eastman), a pair small time thieves, match wits with a Pinkerton detective (Giacomo Rossi-Stuart Giacomo Rossi-Stuart Giacomo Rossi-Stuart was an Italian film actor often credited as Jack Stuart. He appeared in over 80 films between 1953 and 1989.He was born in Todi, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.... ). |
4 February 1972 | |
| It Can Be Done Amigo It Can Be Done Amigo It Can Be Done Amigo is a 1972 Spanish / Italian / French film directed by Maurizio Lucidi.The film is also known as Saddle Tramps - Cast :*Bud Spencer as Hiram Coburn... Maurizio Lucidi |
Hiram Coburn (Bud Spencer) helps a child (Renato Cestiè Renato Cestiè Renato Cestiè is a former Italian film actor.He was Italy's top child star of the 1970s. His best known work was in tear-jerkers such as The Last Snows of Spring, where he would play a neglected child who, most often, would die of disease by the end of the film. Despite their grim themes, these... ) reclaim his rightful inheritance to an oil well. |
31 March 1972 | |
| Django ... Adios! Roberto Mauri |
The last of Roberto Mauri's series of Spaghetti westerns, Django (Brad Harris Brad Harris Bradford Harris is an American actor, stuntman, and executive producer. He appeared in a variety of roles in over 50 films, mostly in European productions. He is a member of the Stuntman's Hall of Fame.- Life and career :... ) is helped by a Mexican revolutionary (José Torres José Torres José Torres , was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur boxer, he won a silver medal in the junior middleweight at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. In 1965, he defeated Willie Pastrano to win the WBC and WBA light heavyweight championships... ) to prove his innocence from a bank robbery. |
2 April 1972 | |
| Gunmen and the Holy Ghost Roberto Mauri |
7 May 1972 | ||
| Cut-Throats Nine Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent |
US Cavalrymen are killed while escorting group of convicts to prison. The survivors, Sergeant Brown (Robert Hundar) and his daughter (Emma Cohen Emma Cohen Emma Cohen is a Spanish actress, director, producer and writer. She has appeared in many Spanish language films.-Selected filmography:* Tuset Street... ), are forced to escort the prisoners across the Rocky Mountains Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico, in the southwestern United States... by foot. |
1972 | |
| J & S: Criminal Story of an Outlaw Couple Sergio Corbucci |
Sheriff Franciscus (Telly Savalas Telly Savalas Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas was an American film and television actor and singer, whose career spanned four decades. Best known for playing the title role in the 1970s crime drama Kojak, Savalas was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Birdman of Alcatraz... ) pursues an outlaw (Tomas Milian) and his girlfriend (Susan George Susan George (actress) Susan Melody George is an English film and television actress, and film producer.-Career:She trained at the Stage School, Corona Theatre School and has acted since the age of four, appearing on both television and film... ). |
11 August 1972 | |
| Too Much Gold for One Gringo Juan Bosch |
A group of outlaws and bandits await the release of an elderly prospector who is believed to have hidden 28 sacks of gold 20 years earlier. Trash (Anthony Steffen) and Josè (Daniel Martín), two local desperadoes, gain the confidence of the old man and follow him on his quest to recover the gold. However, they are closely followed by Firmin Rojas (Fernando Sancho) and his gang, among other villains, wishing to take the gold for themselves. | 19 August 1972 | |
| The West Is Tough, Amigo... Alleluja's Here Giuliano Carnimeo |
30 August 1972 | ||
| Man of the East Man of the East Man of the East is a 1971 Italian spaghetti western film directed by Enzo Barboni starring Terence Hill.The film is set in the Wild West during the time of the railway construction... Enzo Barboni |
Written and directed by Enzo Barboni, this western-comedy tells the story of English gentleman Sir Thomas Fitzpatrick Phillip Moore (Terence Hill) who travels to the American frontier according to the last wishes of his late father. Befriended by drifters Bull Schmidt (Gregory Walcott Gregory Walcott Gregory Walcott is an American television and film actor. He is perhaps best known for having appeared in the 1959 Ed Wood film, the cult classic Plan 9 from Outer Space.-Early life and career:... ), Holy Joe (Harry Carry, Jr.) and Monkey Smith (Dominic Barto), they attempt to teach Moore to become a "real man". The free spirited young man is soon forced to defend himself against local gunman Morton Clayton (Riccardo Pizzuti) who becomes jealous over the developing romance with a local rancher's daughter, Candida Austin (Yanti Somer). |
28 September 1972 | |
| Pancho Villa Pancho Villa (film) Pancho Villa is an American, British and Spanish spaghetti western film directed by Eugenio Martín. The film features Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, Chuck Connors and Anne Francis.-Plot:... Eugenio Martín |
After being double-crossed in an arms deal, Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa (Telly Savalas Telly Savalas Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas was an American film and television actor and singer, whose career spanned four decades. Best known for playing the title role in the 1970s crime drama Kojak, Savalas was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Birdman of Alcatraz... ) and an arms dealer (Clint Walker Clint Walker Norman Eugene Walker, known as Clint Walker , is an American actor best known for his cowboy role as "Cheyenne Bodie" in the TV Western series, Cheyenne.-Life and career:... ) raid a US Army weapons depot in retaliation. |
31 October 1972 | |
| Trinity and Sartana Are Coming Mario Siciliano |
Trinity (Harry Baird Harry Baird Harry Baird was a Northern Irish footballer who played for, among others, Linfield, Manchester United, Huddersfield Town and Ipswich Town. He was born in Belfast, at the time part of the country of Ireland... ) and Sartana (Robert Widmark) are two "Robin Hood Robin Hood Robin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes.... " style outlaws, no relation to the fictional characters of the same name, who face a local crime boss (Stelio Candelli). |
1972 | |
| Go Away! Trinity Has Arrived in Eldorado Diego Spataro Joe D'Amato |
The first film directed by former light operator Joe D'Amato, the film stars Stan Cooper as a con man who teams with a dancer (Daniela Giordano) against a group of bandits, the Pistoleros. The film also featured a soundtrack composed by Giancarlo Chiaramello. | 12 November 1972 | |
| The Return of Clint the Stranger The Return of Clint the Stranger The Return of Clint the Stranger is a 1972 Italian-Spanish Western film directed by Alfonso Balcázar and starring Klaus Kinski.-Cast:* George Martin - Clint Murrayson* Marina Malfatti - Norma Murrayson... Alfonso Balcázar Alfonso Balcázar Alfonso Balcázar was a Spanish screenwriter, film director and producer. He wrote for 46 films between 1958 and 1983... |
Set five years after the 1967 film Clint the Stranger Clint the Stranger Clint the Stranger, also known as Clint the Nevada's Loner, Nevada Clint and Clint, the Lonely Nevadan , is a 1967 Italian spaghetti western starring George Martin... , Clint Murrayson (George Martin) returns to his hometown to find it overrun with bandits terrorizing local farmers. Klaus Kinski also appears as a bounty hunter seeking to collect the reward for Murrayson's capture. |
14 December 1972 | |
| Now They Call Him Sacramento Alfonso Balcázar |
Three outlaws (Michael Forest, Fred Harrison, Paolo Gozlino) inadvertently help a local banker planning to evict farmers by robbing a train carrying their mortgage payments to the bank. | 23 December 1972 | |
| A Bounty Killer for Trinity Oscar Santaniello |
The townspeople of Trinity hire a bounty hunter (Jeff Cameron Jeff Cameron Jeff Cameron is an American singer-songwriter.Cameron was raised in the suburban Los Angeles areas of Sherman Oaks and Studio City. Cameron was an only child who gravitated to music as a youngster in the early 1970s... ) to protect them from local bandits. |
23 December 1972 | |
| A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die is a 1972 spaghetti western movie starring James Coburn.Many exterior scenes were filmed at the Fort Bowie set built in the Province of Almería, Spain, where the desert landscape and climate that characterizes part of the province have made it a much utilized... Tonino Valerii |
A dishonored Union Army Union Army The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army... officer (James Coburn) leads a group of convicts to retake Fort Holman from the Confederate Army. |
27 December 1972 | |
| Alleluja & Sartana Are Sons...Sons of God Mario Siciliano |
In this slapstick comedy, Alleluja (Ron Ely) and Sartana (Robert Widmark) are conmen who attempt to swindle a young widow (Uschi Glas Uschi Glas Uschi Glas is a German film and television actress.Born in Landau, Bavaria, Glas started appearing in films in 1965... ). |
29 December 1972 | |
| Storm Rider Storm Rider Storm Rider , aka The Grand Duel is an Italian/German French Monacan international co-production Spaghetti Western directed by Giancarlo Santi, who had previously worked as Sergio Leone's assistant director on The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West... Giancarlo Santi |
Also known as The Grand Duel. Framed for the murder of land baron David Saxon (Horst Frank Horst Frank Horst Frank was a German film actor. He appeared in over 100 films between 1955 and 1999. He was born in Lübeck, Germany and died in Heidelberg, Germany.-Selected filmography:* Der Stern von Afrika... ), Philipp Wermeer (Peter O'Brien) is pursued by the relentless Hole the Bounty Hunter (Antonio Casale Antonio Casale Antonio Casale was an Italian film actor of the 1960s and 1970s who appeared in mostly Spaghetti Western Italian films between 1965 and 1976.Although his later roles were more prominent, Casale is probably most known worldwide for his brief appearance as the dying Bill Carson in Sergio Leone's... ) hired by Saxon's three sons. He is later joined by a former sheriff (Lee Van Cleef Lee Van Cleef Lee Van Cleef was an American film actor who appeared mostly in Western and action pictures. His sharp features and piercing eyes led to his being cast as a villain in scores of films such as High Noon, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Good The Bad and the Ugly.-Early life:Van Cleef was... ), who eventually return to confront the Saxon brothers. |
29 December 1972 | |
| Life's Tough, Eh Providence? Giulio Petroni |
Tomas Milian Tomas Milian Tomás Milián is a Cuban-American actor best known for having worked extensively in Italian films from the late 1950s to the 1980s.-Career in Italy:... stars in this comedy-western as Provvidenza, an eccentric bounty hunter traveling the American Southwest around the turn of the century. |
29 December 1972 | |
| My Name Is Shanghai Joe My Name Is Shanghai Joe My Name Is Shanghai Joe is a 1972 spaghetti western about a Chinese immigrant, recently arrived in America, who fights to free Mexican slaves from their cruel master. The film was released in a number of alternate titles in the United States, including The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe, To Kill or... Mario Caiano Mario Caiano Mario Caiano is an Italian film director, screenwriter and second unit director.Born in Rome, he has directed for nearly 50 films since 1961 and 27 films and TV scripts since 1954.... |
During his travels the American West, recently arrived Chinese immigrant Shanghai Joe (Chen Lee) encounters Texan rancher Stanley Spencer (Piero Lulli Piero Lulli Piero Lulli was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 111 films between 1942 and 1977. He was the brother of actor Folco Lulli.-Selected filmography:* Love Story * Vertigine d'amore... ) who has been enslaving Mexican peasants from across the border. After setting free a group of them, a price is put on his head and is forced to face a group of outlaws led by bounty hunter Scalper Jack (Klaus Kinski Klaus Kinski Klaus Kinski, born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski , was a German actor. He appeared in more than 130 films, and is perhaps best-remembered as a leading role actor in Werner Herzog films: Aguirre, the Wrath of God , Nosferatu the Vampyre , Woyzeck , Fitzcarraldo and Cobra Verde .-Early... ). |
1972 | |
| In the West There Was a Man Named Invincible Giuliano Carnimeo |
1973 | ||
| My Name Is Nobody My Name Is Nobody My Name is Nobody is a 1973 Spaghetti Western comedy film. The film was directed by Tonino Valerii and, in some scenes, by Sergio Leone. It was written by Leone, Fulvio Morsella and Ernesto Gastaldi. Leone was also the uncredited executive producer... Tonino Valarii Sergio Leone |
Aging gunfighter Jack Beauregard (Henry Fonda Henry Fonda Henry Jaynes Fonda was an American film and stage actor.Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor. He also appeared in 1938 in plays performed in White Plains, New York, with Joan Tompkins... ), is followed by a happy-go-lucky drifter (Terence Hill) whose desire to have his boyhood hero go out "in a blaze of glory" has him arrange Beauregard to face a 150-man outlaw gang known as The Wild Bunch. |
13 December 1973 | Awards: Goldene Leinwand Goldene Leinwand The Goldene Leinwand is an award created in 1964 by the HDF and the journal Filmecho/Filmwoche.... in 1974 |
| Ten Cowboys and an Indian Gianfranco Baldanello Gianfranco Baldanello Gianfranco Baldanello is an Italian film director, screenwriter and second unit director.Baldanello is best known for his historical action or western films of the 1960s and 1970s. He directed westerns such as 30 Winchester per El Diablo in 1965.- External links and sources :*... |
Ringo (Fabio Testi) encounters an Indian hunting the ten men who burned his village and killed the inhabitants. | 18 August 1974 | |
| Carambola Ferdinando Baldi |
A comedy-western influenced by the popular Trinity-series, mismatched gunrunners Len (Paul Smith Paul L. Smith Paul L. Smith is an American character actor. Burly, bearded, and imposing, he has appeared in films and occasionally on TV since the 1970s, generally playing "heavies" and bad guys... ) and Coby (Antonio Cantafora) challenge a rival smuggler (Horst Frank Horst Frank Horst Frank was a German film actor. He appeared in over 100 films between 1955 and 1999. He was born in Lübeck, Germany and died in Heidelberg, Germany.-Selected filmography:* Der Stern von Afrika... ) in a hunt for $500,000 reward. The success of the film spawned a sequel, The Crazy Adventures of Len and Coby. |
13 September 1974 | |
| The Crazy Bunch Giuliano Carnimeo |
Sequel to the 1973 film In the West There Was a Man Named Invincible, George Hilton returns as Tresette who sneaks into an insane asylum to find a man who hold a key to a fortune in gold. | 1974 | |
| The Stranger and the Gunfighter Antonio Margheriti |
A gunfighter (Lee Van Cleef) and a martial artist (Lieh Lo) hunt for hidden treasure while being hunted by a bandit gang. | 1974 | |
| White Fang to the Rescue Tonino Ricci |
Based on a story by Jack London Jack London John Griffith "Jack" London was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone... , a prospector (Maurizio Merli) goes after the local crime boss (Jack Palance) seeking to avenge his mining partner. |
1974 | |
| Red Coat Joe D'Amato |
Bill Cormack (Fabio Testi), a Canadian Mountie, chases a wanted outlaw and fugitive Cariboo (Guido Mannari) across the Canadian Rockies Canadian Rockies The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains range. They are the eastern part of the Canadian Cordillera, extending from the Interior Plains of Alberta to the Rocky Mountain Trench of British Columbia. The southern end borders Idaho and Montana of the USA... . |
1974 | |
| The White, the Yellow, and the Black The White, the Yellow, and the Black The White, the Yellow, and the Black is a 1975 Spaghetti Western comedy film.It is the last spaghetti western directed by Sergio Corbucci... Sergio Corbucci |
In this western-comedy, Sheriff Edward "Black Jack" Gideon (Eli Wallach) is paired with a clumsy but well-meaning samurai (Tomas Milian) and a wanted outlaw (Montgomery Wood) to recover a captured Japanese show pony from a group of US Army deserters. | 17 January 1975 | |
| The Silent Stranger/Lo straniero di silenzio Luigi Vanzi |
The Stranger (Tony Anthony) finds himself between two warring families in Japan. Filmed in 1968 not released until 1975 due to a dispute between Allan Klien and MGM. | 20 June 1975 | |
| Four of the Apocalypse Four of the Apocalypse Four of the Apocalypse is a 1975 Spaghetti Western film directed by Lucio Fulci and starring Fabio Testi. It is based on two stories by western writer Bret Harte, "The Luck of Roaring Camp" and "The Outcasts of Poker Flat".... Lucio Fulci |
Stubby Preston (Fabio Testi Fabio Testi Fabio Testi is an Italian film actor, notable as the star of, among many other films, First Action Hero.Born in Peschiera del Garda, Italy, the 1.84m tall actor started his film career as a stuntman in his college years... ), a gambler and conman, leads a group of misfits (Lynne Frederick Lynne Frederick Lynne Maria Frederick was an English film actress. In a career spanning ten years she made about thirty films or television drama appearances, but she is best remembered as the last wife of Peter Sellers. She was married twice after his death.-Early life:Frederick was born in Hillingdon,... , Harry Baird Harry Baird Harry Baird was a Northern Irish footballer who played for, among others, Linfield, Manchester United, Huddersfield Town and Ipswich Town. He was born in Belfast, at the time part of the country of Ireland... and Michael J. Pollard Michael J. Pollard - Early life :Born Michael John Pollack, Jr. in Passaic, New Jersey, he is the son of Sonia and Michael John Pollack. He attended the Montclair Academy and the Actors Studio.- Career :... ) through the Utah Territory Utah Territory The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah.... while pursued by the Mexican bandit, Chaco (Tomas Milian Tomas Milian Tomás Milián is a Cuban-American actor best known for having worked extensively in Italian films from the late 1950s to the 1980s.-Career in Italy:... ). |
12 August 1975 | |
| Take a Hard Ride Antonio Margheriti Antonio Margheriti Antonio Margheriti , also known under the pseudonym Anthony M. Dawson, was a prolific Italian filmmaker. He was born in Rome and died in 2002 from a heart attack in Monterosi, Viterbo, near Rome at the age of 72.... |
A lone cowboy and trail boss (Jim Brown Jim Brown James Nathaniel "Jim" Brown is an American former professional football player who has also made his mark as an actor. He is best known for his exceptional and record-setting nine-year career as a running back for the NFL Cleveland Browns from 1957 to 1965. In 2002, he was named by Sporting News... ) is pursued by a bounty hunter (Lee Van Cleef) after he is entrusted with a small fortune by his employer. He also encounters a gambler (Fred Williamson Fred Williamson Fred "The Hammer" Williamson is an American actor, architect, and former professional American football defensive back who played mainly in the American Football League during the 1960s.-Football career:... ), a half-breed Indian (Jim Kelly) and a woman (Catherine Spaak Catherine Spaak -Biography:Spaak was born at Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine . She is the niece of Belgian politician Paul-Henri Spaak.She spent most of her career in Italy, where she became a teenage star... ) who also attempt to con him out of the money. |
10 October 1975 | |
| A Genius, Two Partners and an Idiot A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe is a 1975 spaghetti western comedy film directed by Damiano Damiani and, in the opening scene, Sergio Leone. It is notable for being the last western that Leone worked on.-Plot:... Damiano Damiani Sergio Leone (uncredited) |
In this comedy-western, conman Joe Thanks (Terence Hill) joins forces with Bill Locomotiva (Robert Charlebois Robert Charlebois Robert Charlebois, OC, OQ is a Quebec author, composer, musician, performer and actor. He is an important figure in French language song.... ) and Lucy (Miou-Miou Miou-Miou Miou-Miou is a French actress. In her career she has worked with a number of international directors, including Michel Gondry, Bertrand Blier, Yves Boisset, Claude Berri, Jacques Deray, Michel Deville, Diane Kurys, Radu Mihăileanu, Patrice Leconte, Joseph Losey and Louis Malle.-Career:She was born... ) to steal $300,000 from Major Cabot, a corrupt U.S. Army officer. |
16 December 1975 | Awards: Goldene Leinwand Goldene Leinwand The Goldene Leinwand is an award created in 1964 by the HDF and the journal Filmecho/Filmwoche.... in 1978 |
| Cipolla Colt Enzo Castellari |
13 February 1976 | ||
| God's Gun God's Gun God's Gun is a 1975 Italian / Israeli Spaghetti western directed by Gianfranco Parolini and starring Lee Van Cleef... Gianfranco Parolini |
A gunfighter (Lee Van Cleef) returns to avenge the death of his twin brother, a local priest, as well as to protect a mother (Sybil Danning Sybil Danning Sybil Danning is an Austrian actress known for her many roles in B movies, science fiction films, and action films.-Early life:Danning was born in Ried im Innkreis, Austria as Sybille Johanna Danninger... ) and son (Leif Garrett Leif Garrett Leif Garrett is an American singer and actor. He became famous in the late 1970s as a teen idol, but received much publicity in later life for his drug abuse and legal troubles.-Early life:... ) from local outlaw Sam Clayton (Jack Palance). |
1976 | |
| Whiskey and Ghosts Antonio Margheriti |
Napoleone B. Higgins (Tom Scott), a traveling snake-oil salesman on the run from Mexican bandits, encounters the ghosts of Davy Crockett Davy Crockett David "Davy" Crockett was a celebrated 19th century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician. He is commonly referred to in popular culture by the epithet "King of the Wild Frontier". He represented Tennessee in the U.S... , Pecos Bill Pecos Bill Pecos Bill is an American cowboy, apocryphally immortalized in numerous tall tales of the Old West during American westward expansion into the Southwest of Texas, New Mexico, Southern California, and Arizona. Their stories were probably invented into short stories and book by Edward O'Reilly in the... and Johnny Appleseed Johnny Appleseed Johnny Appleseed , born John Chapman, was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois... . |
1976 | |
| Keoma Keoma (film) Keoma, also released in various counties under the titles Django Rides Again and The Violent Breed, is a 1976 Spaghetti Western film directed by Enzo G. Castellari and starring Franco Nero and Donald O'Brian... Enzo Castellari |
Returning to his home following the end of the American Civil War, Keoma (Franco Nero Franco Nero Franco Nero is an Italian actor.-Early life:Nero was born Francesco Sparanero in San Prospero Parmense , the son of a sergeant in the... ) finds the bordertown under the control of an outlaw gang led by ex-Confederate soldier Caldwell (Donald O'Brien) as well as Keoma's three half-brothers. Attempting to free the town from Caldwell's gang, Keoma joins for his father's former ranch hand to run Caldwell and his brothers out of town. |
1976 | Widely considered to be one of the last great spaghetti westerns produced by an Italian studio, the film was later honored at the Venice Film Festival Venice Film Festival The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the... on August 31, 2007. |
| Get Mean Ferdinando Baldi |
In a loosely based parody of The Man With No Name, Tony Anthony returns as the nameless gunfighter known as The Stranger who is hired to safely escort a princess (Diana Lorys) across Spain. | 1976 | |
| A Girl Named Apache Giorgio Mariuzzo |
A US Cavalry officer (Al Cliver Al Cliver Al Cliver is an Italian actor who is perhaps best known for starring in horror and exploitation films, especially ones by directors Lucio Fulci and Jesús Franco.-Career:... ) rescues a Apache Apache Apache is the collective term for several culturally related groups of Native Americans in the United States originally from the Southwest United States. These indigenous peoples of North America speak a Southern Athabaskan language, which is related linguistically to the languages of Athabaskan... woman (Yara Kewa) from gun runner Honest Jeremy (Corrado Olmi Federico Boido Federico Boido , is an Italian film actor who has appeared in many horror films, spaghetti westerns, and sword and sandal movies. He also acted in the Sadistik photo novels and related his experiences in the film The Diabolikal Super-Kriminal.He made his film debut at the age of 26... ) and his gang. |
10 December 1976 | |
| Mannaja Mannaja Mannaja is an Italian western film from 1977 directed by Sergio Martino. The main role, Blade, is played by Maurizio Merli... Sergio Martino Sergio Martino Sergio Martino is an Italian film director and producer, notable for his contributions to the giallo genre.Martino is the brother of producer Luciano Martino. They collaborated frequently in their respective professions... |
A machete Machete The machete is a large cleaver-like cutting tool. The blade is typically long and usually under thick. In the English language, an equivalent term is matchet, though it is less commonly known... -wielding bounty hunter (Maurizio Merli Maurizio Merli Maurizio Merli was an Italian film actor.Merli got his first lead role in 1974 in the film White Fang to the Rescue due to his resemblance to the highly popular cult actor Franco Nero, who played the lead role in the first two films... ) on the trail of outlaw Burt Craven (Donald O'Brien Donald O'Brien (actor) Donal "Donald" O'Brien was a French-born Italian film and television actor of Irish descent. In his near 40-year career, O'Brien appeared in dozens of stage performances and in more than 60 film and television productions.O'Brien was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, raised in both Northern... ) is hired by the owner of a local silver mine to find his missing daughter Debra (Sonja Jeannine). |
1977 | |
| California Michele Lupo |
Michael "California" Random (Montgomery Wood) is forced to become an outlaw after being released from a prisoner-of-war camp Prisoner-of-war camp A prisoner-of-war camp is a site for the containment of combatants captured by their enemy in time of war, and is similar to an internment camp which is used for civilian populations. A prisoner of war is generally a soldier, sailor, or airman who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or... at the end of the American Civil War American Civil War The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25... . |
1977 | |
| Silver Saddle Silver Saddle Silver Saddle , also released under the titles The Man in the Silver Saddle and They Died with Their Boots On, is a 1978 Spaghetti Western. It is the third and final western directed by Lucio Fulci and one of the last spaghetti westerns to be produced by a European studio... Lucio Fulci |
In the third and final Spaghetti Western directed by Lucio Fulci, bounty hunter Roy Blood (Montgomery Wood) becomes involved in a plot to kidnap the nephew of the land baron who had his father killed when he was a boy. | 20 April 1978 | |
| China 9, Liberty 37 China 9, Liberty 37 China 9, Liberty 37 is an Italian-Spanish 1978 western film directed by Monte Hellman, starring Warren Oates, Jenny Agutter, and Fabio Testi. The film was shot in locations in Spain and Italy by cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno. Pino Donaggio composed the musical score... Monte Hellman Monte Hellman Monte Hellman is an American film director, producer, and film editor.Hellman is among a group of directing talent mentored by Roger Corman, who produced several of the director's early films... |
A gunfighter (Fabio Testi Fabio Testi Fabio Testi is an Italian film actor, notable as the star of, among many other films, First Action Hero.Born in Peschiera del Garda, Italy, the 1.84m tall actor started his film career as a stuntman in his college years... ) sentenced to hang is allowed to go free in exchange for agreeing to murder local rancher Matthew Sebanek (Warren Oates Warren Oates Warren Mercer Oates was an American actor best known for his performances in several films directed by Sam Peckinpah including The Wild Bunch and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia... ). However, unable to go through with the arrangement, he instead goes on the run. Joined later by Matthew's wife Catherine (Jenny Agutter Jenny Agutter Jennifer Ann "Jenny" Agutter is an English film and television actress. She began her career as a child actress in the mid 1960s, starring in the BBC television series The Railway Children and the film adaptation of the same book, before moving on to adult roles and relocating to Hollywood.She... ), he is chased down by her husband along with his former employers. |
4 August 1978 |
Further reading
- Frayling, Christopher. Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone. London: Routledge & Keagan Paul, 1981. ISBN 0-7100-0503-2
- Hughes, Howard. Once Upon a Time in the Italian West: The Filmgoers' Guide to Spaghetti Westerns. London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2006. ISBN 1-85043-896-X
- Weisser, Thomas. Spaghetti Westerns: The Good, The Bad, and The Violent: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961-1977. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 1992. ISBN 0-89950-688-7
External links
- "Spaghetti Western" Movies (by Release Date), a comprehensive listing by the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- Online Database of European Westerns, a MediaWiki-powered encyclopedia of the Spaghetti Western
- Spaghetti Westerns, a complete online list of Eurowesterns.