A SPW with a plot different than any revenge plot. I read about it in Weisserās book. The databse synopsis is similar to Weisserās. WEISSER RIGHT FOR ONCE??? Anyway, I havenāt seen it and wondered how you felt about it.
Itās a pretty good one, not a must-see film but above average and recommended. I liked the different kind of hero in this one and George Wang is nice villain.
Simpleās dvd release is good quality with english audio.
I wouldnāt say above average but solid B-Western materialā¦ for buffs and collectors only. Plot is alright, the women are beautiful and a few nice gunfights are presented. The score is really interestingā¦
Iāve enjoyed this one a lot, itās somewhat atypical in many ways and the music is indeed very interesting. Lead āBob Henry (III)ā has no other screen credits
and I am wondering if āBob Henryā may in fact be stuntman/actor Robert āBuzzā Henry
The age seems about right, 36 or 37 in 1967, and while Buzz has no Italo Western credits he certainly did enough movie & TV westerns in North America prior to 1967 to have been comfortable in the saddle. Killed in a motorcycle accident in 1971 at the age of 40. It says Buzz stunt doubled for Glenn Ford whom āBobā does bear a resemblance to with the sharply parted receding hair and that pointy nose. Buzz is credited with a bit role in EL DORADO and Iāll try to watch it this weekend to see if I can recognize him.
Does anyone have any information on āBob Henry (III)ā?
Just watched this one and enjoyed it despite some awful inconsistancies Since when did the 7th Cavalry wear grey for instance? Thereās also a glaring continuity error when El Condor gets his cigar shot alight and he switches between having a jacket and not having a jacket between shots Yet somehow I found myself not caring in the slightest and just enjoying the ride.
In answer to some of the previous posts above, Weisser certainly does not get his synopsis right on this one. Thereās a surprise! He states the bandit leader is called Munez and is played by Gerardo Rossi (should be El Condor played by George Wang) and that this villain has his captives work a sulphur mine. Moreover, he āinformsā us that the bandit winds up getting amnesty and riding off with the hero. What drugs was this man on?
As far as the identity of Bob Henry goes, that is a mystery to me too. Giusti says he is english but I canāt find any other reference to him anywhere so I think Squonkās theory of him being Bob āBuzzā Henry is a real possibility. I have Tony Rome on my shelf, which Buzz Henry was apparently in, so Iāll flick through it and see if I can spot him.
Liked this one aswell. Henry keeps you interested in the film. Viewed a VHS version, but have since obtained a dvd of the film which I have not viewed yet.
Cool!
A couple of years ago he checked in at the Spaghetti Western Web Board (John Nudgeās forum).
Glad to know he is doing well.
He is involved in politics, or something, nowadays, isnāt he?
Tell him HOWDY for us!
As mentioned real nice and interesting score. George Wang reminds me of a villain from a cartoon. Bob Henry keeps me watching in this as pretty laid back with a touch of sarcasm at times. Simple release is nice quality.
Ah, Bob Henry. I never got an answer to the questions I sent him, maybe I scared him away or something.
When he contacted me he told that he was born in the USA, where he lives now, but at some point he used to live in England (which is perhaps why Guisti says he was English?) and he had released several music records in both USA and UK (with under a different name in each country, pseudonym in the USA and real name, which is not Bob Henry, in the UK). He also said he directed two movies, both of which were never released because of some lawsuit thingā¦ Canāt remember the names right now but I did a search on them last year and actually found some old pre-release magazine ads for both of them (the movies arenāt listed at the IMDB) with his name listed as a director. One had Stanley Cortez as a cinematographer.
Also mentioned having acted on some episodes of Gunsmoke, Cheyenne and others.
Thats pretty much what I can remember right now, but there wasnāt much more Iām sure.
Great, another one for the bookmarks. Although iāve been a lingering SW fan for years, i only very recently started to have a more deep interest into the subject. Westerns in general have always interested me, but what SW concersn i kinda got stuck to the dollars trilogy and OUATITW. There was some Hill/Spencer TV showings thrown in for good measure during my youth but it basically stopped there.
High time to start exploring a lot more. This week i saw The Great Silence for the first time :-[ ā¦ iām now hooked for sure