I like PLL and I have to say this is the least enjoyable of his films - so you can look forward to much more entertaining movies in the future 
‘The Fury of Johnny Kidd’ is a very good one - and ‘The Man Who Killed Billy the Kid’, I also rate.
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Spagvember Fest Day 18
E Dio Disse a Caino
https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/E_Dio_disse_a_Caino
Rewatch. I believe I first viewed this during my first ever Spagvember Fest. I remember liking it then, and it’s still enjoyable now. It’s strange as hell seeing Kinski play a good guy in an SW, and even stranger seeing him give a restrained performance, but boy does he do it so good in the film.
Kinksi’s countryman Peter Carsten is great as the villainous Acombar, and I believe this is so far the only Italian made Western I’ve seen with two German actors as the main leads, usually it’s a mix of American, Italian, and Spanish actors in them.
The Arrow Blu Ray looks fantastic, everything is so crisp and clear.
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In addition to the ones @aldo mentioned, you may also want to give Killer Caliber .32 a try.
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Una bala marcada is pretty close to great.
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Watching RAMON THE MEXICAN .for day 18. From wild east productions. Hope every one is having a good week.
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Spagvemberfest 2021: Day 18: BLINDMAN (1971)
Revisiting one of my absolute favorites today! Undoubtedly Tony Anthony’s greatest film and a brilliant mix of spaghetti western and exploitation film styles. Anthony is the title character, set on delivering 50 mail order brides to Texas, but they are stolen by Mexican bandit Lloyd Batista and his lovesick brother Candy, played by Ringo Starr. Featuring lots of action, Anthony’s trademark humor, and a surprising amount of nudity, this is a fast paced, exciting and very unique film. Expertly directed by Fernando Baldi and featuring a terrific score by Stelvio Cipriani, I just never tire of this wonderfully original and hugely entertaining movie. 10/10.
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I’ll write those down. Thanks, Aldo!
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Spagvemberfest 2021
Day 19
Tequila Joe (Dell’Aquila / 1968)
This Aussie Daybill poster features Jean Sobieski as the main character, as do most posters of the time, but the titular character and the only actor you will ever actually remember being in this film is Anthony Guidra. I had genuinely forgotten Sobieski until I saw his name on the poster. But Guidra, aah Guidra. His performance as the drunk sheriff is superb. Never overdone and all the pain is visible in his face. And what a face. Man, I wish he had made more Spaghettis. I love him in all of them. A very welcome rewatch this.
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Well behind with my SW’s for this annual ‘Spagfest’, but hoping to catch up with some fav. Blurays.
Before that…
’Fedra West’ (1968), aka 'I Do Not Forgive…I Kill’
Directed by Joaquin Luis Romero Marchent (Cut Throats Nine), this stand-out SW has been spoken of before on the site, usually with disappointment because of a shitty presentation.
The usual complaint is that the only (or one of the only ways) to watch it is via an itchy-scratchy, censored, truncated, butchered DVD.
In my case, this is how I have unhappily just experienced it for the second time.
This is, potentially, a stylish, down to earth, well-acted SW, that deserves far more respect than it has received on disc.
For the record, our SWDB amigo, Scherpschutter, has written an excellent review of this movie, that can be found on the site - and it pretty much sums up my feelings.
Starring Norma Bengell (‘The Hellbenders’); and Simon Andreu (Those Dirty Dogs); the stand-out performance for me was James Philbrook, the father who gets peed off with his son.
Norma Bengell should have made more films, because she is totally watchable, and had a genuine ‘presence’ on screen. I was actually counting the minutes until she made an appearance. She was certainly one of the most talented, and most missed of our SW dames.
The version I watched is 78 mins long…the original is supposed to be 90 mins. ‘Fedra West’ deserves respect. Even if a full version ever does emerge, it may not be the best of SW’s , but it holds its own, and certainly deserves a lot more courtesy and love - rather than the crap (pictured below) that is presently available.
To finish, my tribute to the guiding light in ‘Fedra West’…Norma Bengell, (1935–2013) R.I.P.
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Nice tribute, Toscano
… Norma Bengell certainly had that certain something - I remember googling to find out more about her after watching that same version of ‘Fedra’ … to my mind if a film print in such horrid condition can still hold your attention to this degree, it’s got to have something very special about it. I too would love to see a remastered version at some point. Good call, amigo 
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Thank you, Aldo. Here’s hoping for a decent release…somehow…I doubt it will be anytime soon.
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Day 19
Death Knows No Time aka Tierra Brava
Pagó cara su muerte - The Spaghetti Western Database (spaghetti-western.net)
It is a rare occurrence anymore when I can find a spaghetti western that I am legitimately surprised by but Death Knows No Time fits the bill. I decided to give Mr. Anthony Ghidra the day off and peruse through my numerous apps for something I hadn’t seen before and that is when I found this gem on YouTube. I didn’t expect much but from the very beginning when Marshal Johnny Silver (Wayde Preston) is tracking outlaw Martin Rojas (Guglielmo Spoletini aka William Bogart) by literally following the trail of dead bodies he is leaving in his wake, I began to see the potential. Director Leon Klimovsky’s shots of the corpses left me with a feeling that I was about to come face to face with the most vile villain to ever grace the screen of a spaghetti western. As the story unfolds though, everything gets turned on its head and Klimovsky spins a tale that is unique and even touching without ever abandoning the harsh violent world of the spaghetti western. This could never have been accomplished though without a truly impressive performance by Spoletini as he displayed range here you just don’t typically see in a spaghetti western. The one flaw of this movie is Klimovsky’s constant jumps back and forth through time that were extremely disorienting. At times, the only way to truly discern where you were in the timeline was to take note of the color of Spoletini’s hair.
It is a shame that I can’t throw a rock without hitting a copy of White Comanche but the only release I can find of this film online is an old Japanese VHS. This movie really deserves better.
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The copy submitted to the Italian Committee for Film Review in late April 1968 was approved without cuts with VM14 rating (unsuccessfully appealed) and 83 minutes runtime.
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Day 19: ‘Lo Voglio Morto’ - ‘I Want Him Dead’ (1968)
Playing it safe tonight, as my nerves are a little wrecked by some of my choices - In the early hours of this morning I had to abort the planned viewing of ‘Yankee’ (1966) I’d tried before but can’t get past the first half hour … it just all feels so wrong, like a spaced out bad dream - so enough of that shit!
Can’t go wrong with Craig Hill in top form in this near classic … giving it a healthy 7/10
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Spagvemberfest 2021 Day 19: DJANGO KILL…IF YOU LIVE, SHOOT (1967)
Well, it had to happen. Here’s a film I haven’t seen for twenty years that didn’t hold up for me on the rewatch. Yes, this is one of the oddest films of the genre, full of totally bonkers stuff like a gay cowboy gang, gold bullets, crucifixion, a sassy parrot, death by molten gold, scalping, torture by vampire bat and other things. But this time, I felt that just because it’s weird, it doesn’t mean it’s actually good. The middle of the film meanders greatly into subplots of various conniving characters, slowing the pace and nearly losing my interest. Also, while there are glimpses of style in the occasionally flashy editing, Giulio Questi’s direction sometimes seemed flat and artless to me. Even Tomas Milian’s performance seemed fairly lifeless. Or maybe I just wasn’t in the mood. Yes, it does earn originality points, but this time I wasn’t very entertained. 6/10.
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- Carnimeo: They Call Him Cemetary
-At almost 2/3 of the spagvember behind the burden starts to crawl in. I chose a film I’ve always liked but it felt more like obligation than entertainment.
I quote myself from 2016 fest as my opinion about the film haven’t changed though.
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3 Bullets for Ringo is another one of these weird leftovers I usually avoid for fear that I will stumble across a real stinker. Well, I’m not even sure what to think about this one.
Most of the time, it made me want to watch a peplum flick because of how much it was reminiscent of a historical epic of the bombastic sort, at least as far as its overall scripting goes. That being said, this is not meant to be a criticism and this quality actually does not come to derogate from the overall experience. As a matter of fact, it informs the content with a charmingly operatic atmosphere and despite the markedly subpar directing, it kept my attention for about an hour, after which the whole movie admittedly stagnates really badly and proceeds to limp towards the end in a really awkward manner.
The film constitutes one of the oddities in the crappier strata of the genre and is an amalgam of incongruent ideas made worse by inferior craftsmanship of the people behind the camera. I do not think that it’s one of the very worst outings the genre has to offer, but it is a very conspicuously troubled production that completely tapers off about half an hour before the closing credits. Hargitay is pretty horrid as far as the actual acting goes and makes Gordon Mitchell look like Marlon Brando in comparison, which says a lot really. Oh well, could’ve been worse.
3/10
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Day 19:
Death Walks in Laredo
I think this could have been a pretty good addition to the ‘wacky and weird’ group of SWs if it had a stronger director. There are some cool ideas like the 4 barrel pistol and the brother who uses magentism to stop people shooting but the film itself kinda sucks.
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Spagvember Fest Day 19
Uccidi o Muori
https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Uccidi_o_muori
First time watch. Of Tanio Boccia’s two SWs, Dio Non Paga il Sabato is much better and definitely my favorite, but this one’s still pretty damn entertaining. Has a kind of Shane vibe with the weary gunman helping the terrorized farm family against the corrupt land baron and his family.
It’s a shame Rod Dana didn’t do more SWs as he had the right presence and look for them. Gordon Mitchell definitely deserved more screen time than he got.
The DVD from X-Rated/Shamrock Media looks pretty good.
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