Seven Pistols for a Massacre / 7 pistole per un massacro (Mario Caiano, 1967)

Oh no she is singing that ever so serious song. The type which you would usually get shouted at for singing in many a Spaghetti western.

I think the French DVD is the best Vesion!

I’ve always liked this film, even though…as others have said…it is not anything special.
The musical score by De Masi is great, as one should expect from the maestro.
I would love to see a good print of this available in English!

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This is a forgettable film. The basic idea is of some interest, but nothing is done with it.

It is the last of Caiano’s SWs I have seen, and while he had shown in some of them a certain feeling for filming western scenes, this one does not belong to them. He was better with outdoor scenes, and 7 pistole is a town bound film with no atmosphere. And when Caiano tries to do be stylish or different it only looks pretty shitty.

Average 3/10

Re-watched it with a much better copy from the french dvd and what a difference it makes! Now i can throw away the other lowsy pan and scan shitty copy. I’m probably one of the few who actually likes this one, it’s not Hill’s best, but good enough for me, i’ve seen worse. The whole premise of the town being under siege by outlaws works for me. I can almost compare this to John Carpenter’s "Assault on Precint 13th or even Rio Bravo, just my opinion. 3/5

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The French DVD is CUT about 4 minutes, that`s a shame!!!

Cheers Tom, nice print the French dvd aswell.

I watched this one recently. Nothing special but I enjoyed it at least. I think the bootleg I have uses the print from the French DVD. The French audio has been replaced with an English dub.

Watch it today. Spanish transfer, very blury.
Low profile movie. Watch it, forget it.

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French DVD Seven7

Running time 80:30
Aspect ratio 1.81:1 (small black bars on all four sides)
French subtitles is forced with Italian audio.
Keep case with slipcover.

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That running time is short. The one I am watching on YT is 85m.

Keep in mind that the French dvd is running at PAL-speed.

I believe the YT version is also pal and it runs 85m52s which is about 2m30s longer than for Pal/NTSC differences on 80m anyway. This corresponds to the 2434m (89m) submitted to the Italian censor.

There are also a censored YT print running 79m13s missing most of the opening credits and also cut for violence in some of the fights (eg when Hill fights Fajardo in his girlfriend’s bedroom and when Hill is thumped by henchman in the barn).

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The french DVD is cut about 5 minutes. There is a composite Version available with inserts from German VHS.

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