Apocalypse Joe for me.
I agree with Lindberg-- I just saw “7 Dollars on the Red” last night and I think it’s quite good. Also Tessari’s “Long Live Your Death” deserves more attention.
Montgomery Brown: “I’ll explain afterwards.”
The Specialists (In my opinion better than “Great Silence”, don’t kill me please ;D)
Cowards don’t pray (very interesting story and one of the finest Garko performances)
Kidnapping (Cardone’s best directed western and I like Halsey as a drunk)
John the Bastard (John is really fu***** bastard!!)
Django the Last Killer (charismatic Ghidra and great story)
by the way uncut versions of “A Bullet for Sandoval” and “A Minute to pray and a Second to die” deserve more attention.
I agree with, adamm07 on A Minute To Pray and Bullet For Sandoval. Both underrated, especially A Minute To Pray. I’ll also throw in The Ruthless Four, Bandidos(vastly underrated IMHO) and May God Forgive You…I Won’t.
5 SWs that are greatness and underrated in my opinion:
- Boot Hill
- Ringo; The Face of Revenge
- Spara Gringo Spara
- A Reason to Live, A Reason to Die
- Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die
YES! Someone else who sees there is hidden greatness in A Reason to Live, A Reason to Die! The tide is slowly turning!
My underrated List:
Bandidos
A Minute to Pray, a Moment to Die (Composite version)
Cowards don’t pray
Pistoleros
Don’t turn the other Cheek
Mine:
- May God Forgive You…I Won’t.
- Piluk The Timid One.
- Ramon The Mexican.
- Duck You Sucker.
- John The Bastard.
I would definately pip for Anda Muchacho Spara aka At The End of The Rainbow. It could have been a classic if it was slightly better directed.
Adhering to such “rules” established by Dillinger and Phil, I find that among the films already mentioned in these three pages a dozen titles are actually undervalued:
Cowards Don’t Pray
May God Forgive You… But I Won’t
A Sky Full Of Stars For A Roof
John the Bastard
Fort Yuma Gold
Days of Violence
The Moment to Kill
Killer Kid
Blood at Sundown
My Name Is Pecos
Cry for Revenge
Beyond the Law (overall is not one of my favorites, but is practically on a par with Law of Violence by Gianni Crea in the Essential Top 20 current list! ???)
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I would add at least five more films, the last of which in my opinion significantly underestimated even though in fifty-sixth place:
Professionals for a Massacre
One After Another
Kill the Wickeds!
I am Sartana, Trade Your Guns for a Coffin / A Fistful of Lead
I Want Him Dead
And in my opinion Luigi Bazzoni’s hybrid Man, Pride and Vengeance is underrated too.
I think the undervalued pair of Minnesota Clay and Johnny Yuma should be mentioned too. They aren’t without their flaws, but I think what they do get right, they do very well indeed.
Quote from scherpschutter
"My underrated List:
Bandidos
A Minute to Pray, a Moment to Die (Composite version)
Cowards don’t pray
Pistoleros
Don’t turn the other Cheek"
I really like Pistoleros, Bandidos, and A Minute to Pray… Alos, how can anyone go wrong with Don’t Turn the Other Cheek? Anything with both Wallach and Nero has got to be good.
In no particular order ~
Adios Gringo (1965) – Really good, stark Western. One of the few to deal with rape as something other than a plot device. Very different style and perspective then Leone, so fans don’t respond to it. 8/10 stars
A Sky Full Of Stars For A Roof (1968) – Ok, I will just come out and say it. As much as I like Death Rides a Horse and Tepepa, I think that this is Petroni’s best movie. Beneath the surface of a light buddy comedy is a, at times, poignant movie about the consequences of violence. And the score is one of Morricones absolute best. 8/10 stars
Yankee (1966) – People don’t like Philippe LeRoy in this one. But the compositions are, at times, mesmerizing. 8/10 stars
Jaider’s Gang (1973) – Suppose most people don’t know about this one and probably wouldn’t care for if they did. I think it is a cool German revisionist Western with one of the genre’s greatest final shots ~ literally. 8/10 stars
Four Rode Out (1970) – Nobody really likes this one, probably because it stars Leslie Neilsen. I thought it was a cool, low key western. 7/10 stars
Johnny Oro (1966) – People don’t like this one because of the expectations they bring from other Corbucci films. Its much better than the over-rated A Professional Gun. This is Corbucci’s entertaining and funny take on the Ringo films. 7/10 stars
Probably could come up with many more, but these are the ones that come off the top of my head.
[quote=“Drifting Avenger!, post:53, topic:1908”]In no particular order ~
Jaider’s Gang (1973) – Suppose most people don’t know about this one and probably wouldn’t care for if they did. I think it is a cool German revisionist Western with one of the genre’s greatest final shots ~ literally. 8/10 stars[/quote]
I agree with you on this western, I have a fan sub of it, and I think its rather underrated. Berger and Brana both have small parts in it, so it does not stray away entirely from the genre.
Disagree completely. Looks and feels nothing like a spaghetti western, despite locations and some actors.
But that makes sense . . . it’s a German western riffing on the Winnetou movies. So it wouldn’t look or feel like an Italian western, right? Does that mean its not good?
Absolutely not, but aren’t we in the Five underrated Spaghetti Westerns Topic?
You win! Well played! That is true. But the Spaghetti Western Database does cover Eurowesterns from all over . . . 
It was more a reaction to Farmer J, who said it doesn’t stray away entirely from the genre.
No, it’s not good either. But that has nothing to do with it. When I reviewed it, I gave it 5/10.
A quirky, but most of the time boring film. The spaghetti actors are pretty much wasted. It’s mildly amusing though, mainly due to the dry humor.
Well, if people agreed with me it wouldn’t be under-rated . . .