Alternative Top 20

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Last Year’s Alternative Top 20

This Year’s

  1. Gli Specialisti (The Specialists/Le Specialiste) - Sergio Corbucci (1969)

  2. E Dio Disse a Caino… (And God Said to Cain) - Antonio Margheriti (as Anthony Dawson) (1969)

  3. 10,000 Dollari per un Massacro (10,000 Dollars for a Massacre/$10,000 Blood Money) - Romolo Guerrieri (1967)

  4. Johnny Hamlet (Quella Sporca Storia nel West) - Enzo G. Castellari (1968)

  5. Bandidos - Massimo Dallamano (as Max Dallman) (1967)

  6. Il Grande Duello (The Grand Duel) - Giancarlo Santi (1972)

  7. Lo Voglio Morto (I Want Him Dead) - Paolo Bianchini (1968)

  8. Due Once di Piombo (il Mio Nome e Pecos/My Name is Pecos/ 2 Ounces of Lead) - Maurizio Lucidi (1966)

  9. Per il Gusto di Uccidere (Taste of Killing) - Tonino Valerii (1966)

  10. Black Jack - Gianfranco Baldanello (1968)

  11. Dio Non Paga il Sabato (Kill the Wicked!/God Doesn’t Pay on the Sabbath) - Tanio Boccia (as Amerigo Anton) (1967)

  12. Dove si Spara di Piu (Fury of Johnny Kid/Love, Hate, and Vengeance) - Gianni Puccini (1967)

  13. Oggi a Me… Domani a Te! (Today it’s You, Tomorrow it’s Me/ Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die) - Tonino Cervi (1968)

  14. Una Bara per lo Sceriffo (A Coffin for the Sheriff) - Mario Caiano (1965)

  15. Un Dollaro Tra i Denti (A Dollar Between the Teeth/A Stranger in Town) - Luigi Vanzi (1966)

  16. Per 100,000 Dollari ti Ammazzo (100,000 Dollars for a Killing/Vengeance is Mine) - Giovanni Fago (as Sidney Lean) (1967)

  17. Ammazzali Tutti e Torna Solo (Kill Them All and Come Back Alone) - Enzo G. Castellari (1969)

  18. Sette Dollari Sul Rosso (Seven Dollars on the Red) - Alberto Cardone (as Albert Cardiff) (1966)

  19. El Precio de un Hombre (The Price of a Man/The Bounty Killer/The Ugly Ones) - Eugenio Martin (1966)

  20. C’e Sartana… Vendi la Pistola e Comprati la Bara! (Sartana’s Here, Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin) - Giuliano Carnimeo (as Antony Ascot) (1970)

Not too many changes, but enough to make this probably my most interesting so far

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My new Alternate Top 20

1 Dead Men Ride/At The End Of The Rainbow (Aldo Florio) music Bruno Nicolai 1971
2 Requiem For A Gringo/Duel In Eclipse (Eugenio Martín, José Luis Merino) music Angelo Lavagnino 1968
3 Johnny Yuma (Romolo Guerrieri) Nora Orlandi 1966
4 The Forgotten Pistolero/Gunman Of Ave Maria (Ferdinando Baldi) music Roberto Pregadio 1969
5 Kill The Wicked/ God Does Not Pay On Saturday (Tanio Boccia) music Angelo Lavagnino 1967
6 The Stranger Returns/A Man, A Horse, A Gun (Luigi Vanzi) music Stelvio Cipriani 1967
7 Viva Django / Django, Prepare A Coffin (Ferdinando Baldi) music Gianfranco Reverberi 1968
8 El Puro/The Reward’s Yours… The Man’s Mine (Edoardo Mulargia) music Alessandro Alessandroni 1969
9 Sabata (Gianfranco Parolini) ) music Marcello Giombini 1969
10 My Name Is Pecos (Maurizio Lucidi) music Coriolano Gori 1966
11 Blood River/Ten White Men and One Little Indian (Gianfranco Baldanello) music Piero Umiliani 1974
12 Awkward Hands (Rafael Romero Marchent) music Antón García Abril 1970
13 Pistoleros/Ballad Of A Gunman (Alfio Caltabiano) music Marcello Giombini 1967
14 A Stranger In Town/A Dollar Between The Teeth (Luigi Vanzi) 1967
15 Vengeance Is Mine/$100,000 for a Killing (Giovanni Fago) 1967 music Nora Orlandi
16 Challenge Of The Mackennas/Badlands Drifter/Amen/A Dollar and a Grave (León Klimovsky) music Francesco De Masi 1970
17 The Dirty Outlaws / El desperado (Franco Rossetti) music Gianni Ferrio 1967
18 Johnny Hamlet/The Wild And The Dirty (Enzo G. Castellari) 1968
19 Vengeance For Vengeance/Revenge For Revenge (Mario Colucci) music Angelo Lavagnino 1968
20 Ramon The Mexican (Maurizio Pradeaux) music Felice Di Stefano 1966

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These have both been updated now.

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I will be doing my usual refresh of the list over the Christmas / new Year period so if anyone would like to update theirs or submit one for the first time now is the time to do so.

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  1. Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead
  2. Blindman
  3. The Silent Stranger
  4. Red Sun
  5. Run, Man, Run
  6. Bullets Don’t Argue
  7. Kill Them All and Come Back Alone
  8. California
  9. Take a Hard Ride
  10. Tequila Joe
  11. Mannaja
  12. Today It’s Me, Tomorrow It’s You
  13. Any Gun Can Play
  14. God Made Them, I Kill Them
  15. Alive or Preferably Dead
  16. Apache Woman
  17. Ruthless Four
  18. Cut Throats Nine
  19. Navajo Joe
  20. Django, Prepare a Coffin
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Updated

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Not updated this for a long time.

Old List
In no particular order here is my alternative 20.
Tepepa
Sonny and Jed
Sabata
No Room To Die
$10,000 Blood money
Blindman
Requiescant
The Price of Power
Bandidos
Death Sentence
Johnny Hamlet
Black Jack
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
Adios Sabata
A Reason To Live A Reason To Die
The Grand Duel
The Bounty Killer
The Specialists
Navajo Joe
Today We Kill Tomorrow We Die

New List
No Room To Die
Black Jack
Sonny and Jed
El Puro
The Forgotten Pistolero
Django the Bastard
Death Sentence
$10,000 Blood Money
A Hole in the Forehead
Sabata
Tepepa
Bandidos
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
A Stranger in Town
Vengeance is Mine
The Hellbenders
Yankee
California
Blindman
Johnny Hamlet

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Duly updated

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From my previous list above I take # 16 - 18 out, and replace them with:

God Does Not Pay on Saturday / Kill the Wicked
My Name is Pecos
Have a Good Funeral, My Friend…Sartana Will Pay

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Done

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Puroist. :stuck_out_tongue:

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I like how you now include both adaptations of Nino Roli’s story.

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I hope I’m not the only one, good stuff, good stuff …

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Ha ha, true …

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I know which film I prefer. I’m gonna do a new Top 20 eventually. and it’ll be included.

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So, Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead will only occupy 19 spots on your list? :thinking:

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Actually, I’ve made the tough decision not to include any academy award winning pictures in my list anymore I’m afraid.

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I’ll be doing my annual update of the Alternative Top 20 list again over the Christmas holidays so now is the time to submit your own list if you haven’t already or to update your previous one if you have changes you’d like to make. As always, please post your previous Alt 20 list as well as any changes you are making.

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Last Year’s List

This Year’s

  1. Gli Specialisti (The Specialists/Le Specialiste) - Sergio Corbucci (1969)

  2. E Dio Disse a Caino… (And God Said to Cain) - Antonio Margheriti (as Anthony Dawson) (1969)

  3. 10,000 Dollari per un Massacro (10,000 Dollars for a Massacre/$10,000 Blood Money) - Romolo Guerrieri (1967)

  4. Johnny Hamlet (Quella Sporca Storia nel West) - Enzo G. Castellari (1968)

  5. El Puro (Taglia e Tua… l’Uomo l’Ammazzo Io/The Reward’s Yours… the Man’s MIne) - Edoardo Mulgaria (1969)

  6. Bandidos - Massimo Dallamano (as Max Dallman (1967)

  7. Lo Voglio Morto (I Want Him Dead) - Paolo Bianchini (1968)

  8. Il Grande Duello (The Grand Duel) - Giancarlo Santi (1972)

  9. Per il Gusto di Uccidere (Taste of Killing) - Tonino Valerii (1966)

  10. Black Jack - Gianfranco Baldanello (1968)

  11. Due Once di Piombo (Il Mio Nome e Pecos/My Name is Pecos/ 2 Ounces of Lead) - Maurizio Lucidi (1966)

  12. Dove si Spara di Piu (Fury of Johnny Kid/Love, Hate, Vengeance) - Gianni Puccini (1967)

  13. Dio Non Paga il Sabato (Kill the Wickeds!/God Doesn;t Pay on the Sabbath) - Tanio Boccia (as Amerigo Anton) (1967)

  14. Una Bara per lo Sceriffo (A Coffin for the Sheriff) - Mario Caiano (1965)

  15. Un Dollaro Tra i Denti (A Dollar Between the Teeth/A Stranger in Town) - Luigi Vanzi (as Vance Lewis) (1966)

  16. California - Michele Lupo (1977)

  17. Oggi a Me… Domani a Te! (Today it’s You, Tomorrow it’s Me/Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die) - Tonino Cervi (1969)

  18. Ammazalli Tutti e Torna Solo (Kill Them All and Come Back Alone) - Enzo G. Castellari (1969)

  19. El Precio de un Hombre (The Price of a Man/The Bounty Killer/The Ugly Ones) - Eugenio Martin (1966)

  20. Sette Dollari Sul Rosso (Seven Dollars on the Red) - Albert Cardone (as Albert Cardiff) (1966)

A fair amount of change this year, some titles getting completely knocked out of the running and one or two surprises thrown in.

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Here is my first Alternative Top 20 list entry:

  1. A Pistol For Ringo
  2. Four of the Apocalypse
  3. California
  4. Blindman
  5. $10,000 Blood Money
  6. Death Sentence
  7. The Bounty Killer
  8. Tepepa
  9. Vengeance is Mine
  10. Massacre Time
  11. Sabata
  12. Kill Them All and Come Back Alone
  13. Matalo!
  14. Light the Fuse… Sartana is Coming
  15. Django, Prepare a Coffin
  16. The Unholy Four
  17. I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death
  18. Requiem For Gringo/Duel in the Eclipse
  19. God Forgives, I Don’t
  20. Johnny Hamlet
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