No Room to Die / Una lunga fila di croci (Sergio Garrone, 1969)

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[quote=“Phil H, post:1, topic:802”]What I wasn’t so taken with was the score from Vasco and Mancuso. It just didn’t match the images well enough and left me a bit flat.
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Funny what wakes you up sometimes …
I do remember the music - well at least the ridiculous DUM DE DUM DUM DUM emphasis-bits that would sound more at home in a cartoon.
I’ve also been wondering about that gun of Berger’s. It looks cool … looks like a 7 barrelled shotgun (read it and weep Tony Anthony :'() - but behaves like a repeating rifle. The only way I could imagine a gizmo like this actually working was if the barrels revolved around the centre (gatling style) … which would make it now a ‘six-shooter’. I’ll pay more attention next time! (Fucking insomnia - who needs it?! :slight_smile:

(Edit : still with nothing much happening at 5 in the morn - at least found me my Gordon Mitchell avatar and finally worked out how to put it on … aint insomnia great ;D?)

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[quote=“Reverend Danite, post:8, topic:802”]Funny what wakes you up sometimes …
I do remember the music - well at least the ridiculous DUM DE DUM DUM DUM emphasis-bits that would sound more at home in a cartoon.[/quote]

Yes that emphasis stuff is outstanding. So over the top it was great.

And the people smuggling storyline made the film strangely relevant to a modern audience.

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NO ROOM TO DIE 1969 Leading Lady NICOLETTA MACCHIAVELLI also acted with

MAN FROM UNCLE Superstar DAVID McCALLUM in Paolo Cavara’s THE RAVINE 1969
an excellent wartime romancer set in Yugoslavia among the snows.

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I give no room to die an 8 out of 10. It could have been a 9 if some of the action wasn’t so unbelievable. Such as Steffen javelin throwing the shovel into the guys chest and impaling him.

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ANTHONY STEFFEN works very well with NICOLETTA MACCHIAVELLI on screen.

I place much importance on the screen chemistry between leading man & leading lady :-*

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by the way, can anybody explain to me what the bizarre cockfighting/flashback scene was all about?

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Watched this last night… A very good spaghetti.

Very well shot with quite a good score. Steffen is adequate, a bit better than usual. Berger is cool as always. Luckily, Berger gets as much screen time as Steffen - maybe more.

Recommended…

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I think it’s a fun movie with a good soundtrack, William Berger is really good with his four barrelled shotgun. It’s the only film where Steffen really annoys me though, it’s the first Steffen movie I saw as well, so it left a bad impression early on. I like him now though.

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One of the most violent spaghettis i’ve seen so far. Forget about Steffen, Berger simply steals the show on this one, a very brutal and cynic character… The direction isn’t very inventive at some parts, but generally it leaves me satisfied. Double-crossings, high body count (see Berger…) and Nicoletta Macchiaveli, what else do you need to watch this? Western made the italian way. 8,5/10

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I just finished watching this and I was impressed. I’m surprised to see the comments on here, while really not negative, they’re not as positive as I would have commented. Haha, I would easily put this far over most of the Sergio Leone westerns(!!!) any day… blasphemy you say? I think the the direction was awesome, the camera work, cast, etc. Ok, the music wasn’t amazing, but I don’t think it hurt the film at all.

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I love this movie too.

Steffen and berger are great. Lots of action. Good plot. Awesome vasco and mancuso score.

Only Garrone’s directing needed some work. And a high suspension of disbelief in some scenes but I can forgive it because SW’s are known for that.

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saw this last night was a bit disapointed, was hoping for a bit better but it is watchable and has some good action although not as much as i had expected from other forum comments on this film. may have been me but i thought it got a bit muddled ( i know a lot of SW’S do) :slight_smile: as many have said love william berger’s gun and thought he was dispatched a little too easily. ok film nothing more 6/10

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Saw this for the first time and I was positively delighted. It had great direction and one of my new favorite duels in a SW. The film couldve used a great score and the writing was weak, but it still was a damn good film. I actually like Anthony Steffen alot contrary to alot other people.
Seriously though does anyone know what that flashback/Cockfight scene was about?

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I wondered about the same thing. It should’ve been left on the cutting room floor.

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Too true…

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You’ll understand it a little better when you get older Rif! :wink:

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Really good showdown scene at the end, between Brandon, Murdock and Fargo. Not as polished as GBU of course but nice all the same.

I like this one, a little gem of the genre. 4/5

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I do really like the atmosphere in this one. Can’t really describe it though. Looks likeit was shot completely in the morning. At least on the SPO disc. Oh, and great sandpits. I think they used just that one for all of them. :smiley:

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I remember Shobary mentioning in his review that the fall foliage looks nothing like the american west.

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Probably! Well, some spaghetti seem to been filmed in my “backyard” (Alentejo, Portugal) . I recently watched Texas Adios and it’s a good example, rocks are so damn familiar!!!

The illegal immigration issue is a strength of this flick. If I correctly remember, I had fall asleep during part of this one. Nevertheless as I remember the final sequence is very enjoyable. Berger’s gun it’s a fake, right?