Day 15
Revenge of the Resurrected (R.R. Marchent / 1972)
PLL’s loss is the art world’s gain as the blouse wearing artiste has his dream ruined in Death Rides a Horse fashion and he embarks on a course of revenge instead which is much better suited for someone who can roll and shoot so well and draw so badly. The mystery of who the bad guys recognised only by their unusual spurs, holsters and boots etc might be is made somewhat redundant when it is revealed that Raf Baldasarre, Frank Brana and Lorenzo Robledo live in town but the Pilster sets about his work methodically and undercover to keep the film length appropriate and just when it looks like it could be wound up slightly too early there is a protracted gun battle involving the entire population of the greater Madrid area to see it through to the finish line.
All in all this one plays out with no surprises but a level of satisfaction for exactly that reason. If I didn’t know it was dated at 1972 I would have picked it as a much earlier example of the genre. More like '68 in it’s tone with no comedy elements at all which was unusual in the post Trinity era. All to the good for my liking and I enjoyed this one quite a bit this time around as a result.