Seven Dollars to Kill / 7 dollari sul rosso (Alberto Cardone, 1966)

[Wobble (Timothy Rogerson)]

Generally agree with the comments. Fernando Sancho, called Sancho in the English dub, repeats his Pistol for Ringo role and is pretty entertaining when on screen. Steffen is wooden; I think his lack of humour is the main issue. The Jerry character was so horrible that you wanted Steffens to kill him. He murdered his adoptive mother for just no reason at all and it really gave the ending away in advance as you knew he had to die after that (and also because he had murdered his girlfriend earlier). The narrative was quite disjointed what with the introduction of all of these new characters in the second half which meant that both Steffen and Sancho took a back seat. Thought Lorenda Nusiack was wasted.
I’d give it 5 out of 10

[Carlos]

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[QuickDraw (Lewis)]

New poll for this one, top of the page on the original post!

[The_Man_With_a_Name]

I watched my VHS recently. I think this is an entertaining film. I didn’t really care about the fact Steffen never seems to look any older or that he doesn’t change his clothes in 20 years. It all adds to its charm and it’s obvious the film was made quite quickly. I haven’t actually seen a Cardone film that I didn’t like.
I only just realised that I have a 1:85 anamorphic version in a Mill Creek set I completely forgot about. I’ll have to watch that version soon. The 2:35 print in the Timeless set looks awful on a big TV.

[Mickey13]

Copied from the Spagvemberfest 2024 thread:

@Mickey13

Film’s premise, which involves a bandit abducting a boy, then raising him as his own and eventually turning him into a baddie, offers great potential by reason of it being reminiscent of a Greek tragedy of some sort, especially when paired with the subplot about child’s legitimate father trying to retrieve his son against all the odds. Regrettably enough, the only tragedy here is that all the potential is so badly wasted, given that the production proves to be the usual quick-and-dirty work. The overarching issue consists in that Cardone employs a narrative scope of Tolstoyan proportions which predictably turns out messy in the extreme, considering Cardone’s habitually unfocused storytelling.

Though the project does not quite achieve the extravagant erraticism of Cardone’s Blood at Sundown, it exhibits the same problems in the midsection, namely in that the storyline introduces an excess number of characters in the middle which in turn entails neither the protagonist nor anybody else is properly substantiated along the line. In spite of narration’s extensive reach time-wise, the portrayal of time passage is virtually inexistent here which additionally saps story’s realism. Technically, the tale boils down to a revenge arc, yet it takes such a big detour by implementing elements of romance and a heist flick along the way that it is tough to determine what its intended purpose is supposed to be in the end, what with the vengeance oftentimes playing second fiddle to these haphazardly interposed motifs. On the whole, the pic ultimately comes out passable notwithstanding its wildly circuitous trajectory, that being said, it would be injudicious to call it a fully accomplished product.

[Wobble (Timothy Rogerson)]

Interesting VHS there with a BBFC 18 on the cover and a 15 on the actual tape. Something wrong somewhere.

[Admin (Sebastian)]

Cover produced earlier and 15 rating came as ‘surprise’ but was too late to print new covers? Or the other way around

[The_Man_With_a_Name]

It’s technically a pre-cert, so it’s debatable whether it was actually submitted for classification. The 18 might have been a precaution.