It seems Germany is a good place to see EuroWest on TV, the last frontier… lucky guys… 
[quote=“Lanky gunman, post:181, topic:141”]It seems Germany is a good place to see EuroWest on TV, the last frontier… lucky guys… ;)[/quote]yea i was thinking the same,never any sw on American tv,except the dollar trilogy.oh well America is still the best ;D
“Good Day For A Hanging” w/ Fred MacMurray, Margaret Hayes
“Dakota Incident” w/ Linda Darnell, Dale Robertson, Ward Bond
Two examples of really good “B” westerns. Neither film is very original nor is either film a classic, but their not crap either. Solid well written and acted, “Middle of the road” films. Both are very enjoyable and worth a viewing.
They were a rarity on german TV, too. But with this new program Tele5 ist amazing. Every Tuesday 2 to 3 Spag Western. But often Fidanis…
well they have a lot of licenses though. i agree german tv is pretty good in terms of spaghettis. but there’s still so much out there the you just can’t get ahold of
THE QUICK AND THE DEAD-sharon stone,gene hackman.woody strode makes about a 5 second appearance.
DUCK YOU SUCKER!
-First time I saw the uncut version with final flashback scene. Damn, it was great!
Just watched “der dicke und das Warzenschwein”,nice movie.But I think the end was cutted…brr I hate that cutted ends…
“Tears of the Black Tiger” amazing thailand western! :o
RIO CONCHOS-richard boone,stuart whitman and jim brown.pretty good.
How The West Was Won
“Soldier Blue” or in German “Manslaughters Lullabye” got to love that title, lol.
Saw this gory ultra violent classic yesterday from director Ralph Nelson (Lilies of the Field, Charly, Father Goose, Requiem for a Heavyweight) and it is right up there with the brutalest SW’s. Decidedly not for the squeamish. This is no feel good “Dances with Wolves”, I wonder why we don’t see re-runs of this .
It portrays the type of frontier warfare that any one who knows the down and dirty history of the conquest of America from the Peaquot War, the French & Indian War, Pontiac’s Rebellion, the Cherokee War, the American Revolution, the Black Hawk War, to name a few all the way to the Apache Wars knows was executed on both sides. Scalpings, dismemberment, saber beheadings, rapes, child killing, the only thing missing is the fountains of blood (a la Tarrantino).
It was made during the Vietnam War and at the time reflected the current events here, it is definietly an anti war film.
Candace Bergen plays Cresta a white woman who has been captured by the Cheyenne and was the wife of a chief, who has been liberated and is being escorted back to civilization with a paymasters detachement Peter Strauss is Honus a soldier, who survives the massacre of same.
Bergen’s charcter is the strong lead of the film she is originally a streewise orphan from Canal St. NYC, who goes west with her fiance who is in the army, she is captured and learns the ways of the Cheyenne well enough to take Honus (another Easterner well educated enough to quote Tennyson’s Charge of the Light Brigade over the bodies of his comrades in arms) under her wing.
So Cresta is as foul mouthed as any Calamity Jane and her adopted Native openess with her body and ways are a marked contrast to the civilized world, and shocking at first to Honus. This also reflects somewhat our 1960’s & 70’s but you can see it befitting the Wild West also.
Together they make their adventurous way across the prairies. They run into Iverson’s company of troops based on (Chivington’s 3rd Colorado Volunteers on the way to attack the Cheyenne village on Sand Creek), (they, the Cheyenne’s) were in their designated area and they met the approaching soldiers with a white flag upon which Chivington ignored, the resulting massacre resulted in what was depicted in the film.
Title song was by (Native American) Buffy Saint-Marie, score was by Bud Spencer and its more in the “Magnificent Seven Style”.
This is no John Ford “Cavalry Trilogy” thats for sure, and this will illustrate why they don’t make “Cowboy-Cavalry & Indian Movies” anymore, if you want to read up on Sand Creek Massacre here is a great link:
Spag Western double feature on german Tele5. The Fidani (His Name Was Pot… But They Called Him Allegria) was terribly bad, Tampeko was very entertaining.
A long ride from hell.
Well, did you like it?
I watched today Corbucci’s The Specialist. Finally I’ve seen all the westerns by him. It was good film but would have been better with Franco Nero or someone else more charismatic actor in lead role. I didn’t like much of Johnny Halliday. Rest of the cast was good though, especially Mario Adorf and Gastone Moschin (Both familiar from excellent Milano Calibre 9). The end of the movie was quite bizarre, reminded me of El Topo.
It was ok bill,2 star imo.
The Big Gundown
-Lee van Cleef
I like this movie. Good solid western action
Sure it is.
I watched the Dollar Trilogy again for introducing a friend of mine in spags…
Sartana’s here, trade your pistols for a coffin aka Fistful of Lead.
“Ulzana’s Raid”-w/ Burt Lancaster
Not a bad movie,but nothing really special either. Lancaster does his usual fine performance but the movie is a bit slow and has a anti-climatic ending.