Film opens with a stagecoach robbery by some bandits. Not long before another robbery takes place in town, but this one does not work out as planned. This is due to Peter Lee Lawrence being at the right place at the right time, and is helped out by a stranger. Lawrence is captured by the bandits and sent to jail before the real truth of the story comes out.
Reminds me of an earlier made Spaghetti western alot of the times in style. Action scenes are well handled, and we have a very long saloon fight scene. Due to the charms of Lawrence and his banter with the stranger film comes across as not 100% serious alot of the time. Score is mainly recycled music from Sugar Colt and A Bullet For The General by Luis E Bacalov. Not wanting to sound to much like a former forum member I am sure many Lawrence fans will have some fun with this one.
Have been viewing mostly higher tier spaghettis lately so I think I may make this my next spaghetti viewing. Did not realize it starred Peter Lee Lawrence
Has Medori done other westerns? I don’t recognize the name
I guess I should give this one a viewing. I have had a DVD-R of it for roughly four years now and have never even put it in the player!
I had heard that it was incredibly boring; so, that is likely why I haven’t gotten 'round to it…in spite of my always whining about not having any “fresh” Spaghetti Westerns to watch! ;D
Giusti lists Cerchio as director according to the Spanish version and Medori according to the Italian version. :-\
He goes into something of a discussion on the topic but my Italian is not up to making any reliable sense of it. Maybe Scherps can help with a translation?
For some reason I always thought that the Death on High Mountain was alternative title for Death at Owell Rock. Finally I realized it’s not the case and I got the film too. Unfortunately it’s not that good film, like Ennioo says it feels more like early sw from 65-66 than '69. Mexican bandits were really annoying as well as the most of the recycled “funny music”.
Entertaining SW, which varies between serious and light-hearted scenes.
Peter Lee Lawrence plays his typical role, without big surprises. I liked more Luis Dávila as a mysterious stranger.
An interesting and fun idea is to explain the robbery in drawings (in comic form).
I seem to be one of the few who really like this one.
Davila and Lawrence both fit their parts well and the Mexican bandit has some genuinely funny lines I thought without stepping over the edge into silliness. Keeping a balance between seriousness and comedy is a difficult trick but I think this one does it pretty well. The borrowed score from Sugar Colt doesn’t always fit but on the whole works out OK. My only real beef would be concerning the unnecessary and over long bar room brawl. Apart from that an enjoyable, if largely predictable ride.
[quote=“Phil H, post:11, topic:2093”]Giusti lists Cerchio as director according to the Spanish version and Medori according to the Italian version. :-\
He goes into something of a discussion on the topic but my Italian is not up to making any reliable sense of it. Maybe Scherps can help with a translation?
@Scherps It’s on page 315.[/quote]
Scherp, could you maybe try to throw some light on the director question?
