This one just gets better and better with each viewing. ClichĆ©s are queuing up throughout the film, but somehow it doesnāt detract from it a bit. 3 stars. Is there a better release to be had than the Sinister Cinema DVD (English or Italian audio)?
Iām not sure whether this has made any of my previous top 20s (it wasnāt in my last one so I mustāve forgotten how good this is) but it is most certainly in now.
It is very nearly perfect - with only the very end barn stuff that didnāt fully engross me.
Unlike some, I loved the casting of everybody - and having seen Sir Sancho playing the same-ish character in a fair few lately, it was great to see Heurta get a go instead. The scene with the fellah dying in the bar and finding time for a bit of art appreciation (Delacroixās Death of Sardanapalus) was sublime.
From the very beginning I was hooked. Sandwiched between the opening wonkily epic trumpets, all mexi and quivery, and the haunting song thats played over the tracking shot of the train, lie the dead innocents, the women and children caught up in the brutal and best filmed massacre of the genre. I swear I got all moist nā misty. The opening stuff is definately some of the best filming Iāve seen in the genre - superbly visualised, and incredibly moving. I kept thinking that the film will never keep it up - but it pretty much did. If this had just a bit more tension in the very final stage this would be as perfect a slice of spaghetti-pie as I can imagine.
5 stars.
Iām going to rewatch this since itās on movies4men today. Great film! If anybody hasnāt already watched this one, make sure you watch it at 9!
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Thanks for the tip off! Iāve never seen this film so will definitely record it.
I think youāll enjoy it. This is definitely one of the best spaghetti westerns.
Does anybody know which DVD I should get? I have Bandidos on the Timeless Media set but Iād love to see a higher quality version.
I can certainly see why you would come to this conclusion. Sisti as the unfortunate bandido who draws the wrong card 
in this top notch spaghetti.
I take it Giancarlo Sisti is the preferred name and Gazzara the alias?
Ennio Pagliani is also credited in Death Rides a Horse. The only unknown actor to me that I can find in both is Clem in Bandidos and Meceita in DRaH.
Is it for certain that Walter Giulangeli is Mr Meceita or can this be Ennio Pagliani?
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Thatās right, Sisti is the real name and Gazzara the pseudonym.[quote=āCarlos, post:130, topic:207ā]
Ennio Pagliani is also credited in Death Rides a Horse. The only unknown actor to me that I can find in both is Clem in Bandidos and Meceita in DRaH.
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Very good! I know Pagliani is also in Buckaroo and Uccideva a freddo, so for final confirmation we can check those two.
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From Uccideva a freddo a.k.a.The Cold Killer
I donāt have Buckaroo but Cold Killer is one of my pet agendas for a better version Possibly I did not find the Uccideva a freddo role because for some reason the film databases I checked have Pagliani in Cold Killer as Emilio Pagliani even though he is clearly credited correctlyā¦
I should have searched the DB 
which would have found Cold Killer but not Buckaroo (ANICA finds Buckaroo).
From Buckaroo (these five actors were not in the Database, Iāve already added them with five other)
Good job! Looks like we have a winner!
This film was a lot of fun to watch, especially the opening thirty minutes which seem only like five, are filled with great costumeās, memorable acting, an excellent composition, tragic deathās, a fight in a saloon, and of course, the great Ricky shot.One of my favorite lineās in the film has to be where Billy Kane says āTheirās only one who could shoot like that.ā Another favorite scene has to be where Martin says āyou filthy swine, your a bunch of cowards and swine cause you know i cant use a gun.ā We also have a noteworthy performance by Venantino Venantini ( probably take me a week before I could pronounce this right) who plays our villian ( Billy Kane) in the only spaghetti western I have ever seen him in. if I could pick a single most underappreciated director of the genre, it would be Massimo Dallamno.
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This is on Movies4Men at 9pm tonight, I canāt wait to see what print theyāll use.
The print they show is usually very good quality. Iād love to see this released on Blu-ray.
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Just watched this for the 3rd time. Superb film! For me itās up against Death Rides a Horse for the best master/student spaghetti.
I have the German āClassic Editionā DVD which doesnāt look or sound great. So Iām thinking of checking out the other releases.
This movie is in desperate need of a Blu Ray release. One of the best directed SWs ever, hands down.
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I think itās much better than Death Rides a Horse.
It definitely is, and itās much better than Day of Anger aswell.
Check this one out on Youtube, itās actually far better quality than most dvdās Iāve seen. The only problem is the aspect ratio is wrong, but it barely affects viewing. I think itās safe to say that this is in my top five favorites list.
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I like DoA and DRaH alot but they do not match the quality of Bandidos, wich is a pure masterpiece.
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