Itâs fantastic!
New poll for this one, guys. Check it out on the original post at the top.
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Nice to finally watch this one in HD (EM blu-ray). I was pleased with the print, as I recall the WE DVD having eye bleedingly bright colours.
This is still probably in my Top 20. Not because itâs entertaining, but because I just like mud.
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Fair point. 
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Some wild casting in this one. Piero Lulli as a kindly old guy? Aldo Berti as a relatively decent dude who doesnât beat the shit out of a woman at some point?
Overall Iâd call this a solidly above average outing. No disrespect to Rossetti but I think a different director could have elevated it into something special; there arenât really any glaring flaws, it just felt like it was lacking a bit of style. There are also some awkward scene transitions, and the opening scene in particular could have been an all time great with slightly better directing. Itâs not bad, but just feels a bit sloppy.
The less than great dubbing for Giordano in the English version made it a bit tough for me to evaluate his performance at first, but by the end I was mostly convinced. Iâd only ever seen him in Johnny Hamlet, which isnât a particular favorite of mine, but he played his part here well enough.
Good score as well, although the theme song is overplayed. I almost never enjoy the theme songs with singing: the lyrics are always just so awkward & overly literal, although this one isnât nearly as bad as some others in that regard. I like the one in Massacre Time but thatâs about it.
Pretty solid and enjoyable, Iâd probably give it slightly higher than 3 stars but not quite 4 stars.
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âThe Dirty Outlawsâ premiered in the United States in Fort Worth on June 18 1971.
Sources below: (1) (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, June 18, 1971) (2) (The Evening Times [Trenton, NJ], November 2, 1971) (3) (The Leaf Chronicle [Clarksville, TN], September 17, 1972)
In Canada it opened in Trois-Rivières as âEl desperadoâ on August 18 1972, in a triple feature with âLe temps du massacreâ and 'Le recherchĂŠ (aka âWantedâ). It then went on general release as âThe Dirty Outlawsâ in Toronto on December 1 1972.
Sources below: (1) (Le Nouvelliste [Trois-Rivières], August 17, 1972) (2) (The Toronto Star, December 1, 1972)
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