I somehow like They Call Him Cemetery, despite it having a lot of flaws, and prefer it to some films of the Alternative 20, but it won’t make it into my alternative 20 either. Not even in my alternative 50 I fear.
And don’t forget, I don’t update this page every time someone votes. I do it periodically when there have been sufficient changes to warrant the effort involved. So, you never know, Cemetery might be in line for a comeback. 
An ok time filler this one. Nothing more or nothing less.
They Call Him Cemetery is actually in my top 40 but with several of my favs not being in the Big List it is just out of my Alt 20.
I wonder if it suffers from being slightly confused as to what it’s trying to be: it isn’t as “silly” (or over-the-top) as the Sartana films, and it doesn’t have as much melodrama as, for example, $10,000 for a Massacre. I can see it being a film which doesn’t quite satisfy fans of either of those two styles.
That said, I do enjoy this film. Both Garko and Berger (and their moustaches) are good in it, and I always like that type of bounty hunter-type character.
i wish it will rytern again to alternative top 20
I finished watching this one the other night.
I liked Duke.I liked Ace.I liked the 2 greenhorns.I liked Pedro and Chico(did I get that right)?I didn’t like the fact that the bar room brawl goes on for too long.
So, was it the copy i saw or the battle scenes at night are really really hard to see? It wouldn’t suprise me since this is a problem i’ve seen in other SW regarding scenes shot at night.
As for the rest of the movie, if it had less of the brothers and more of Garko and Berger i would like it even more. It’s also lacking stronger bad guys, but overall not a bad flick. The soundtrack is of course one of the higher points of the film. Good ol Nicolai.
I agree, it should’ve have more Garko and Berger. But I still love this film. The relationships of all the characters adds to the film.
the chemistry of the two main characters makes the movie sooooooo special a winer of my top 20 and nothing can change that!
well, if Garko and Berger were main characters, and those two blondies just supporting sidekicks, it would be a lot better
but even these youngsters have sidekicks - two mexican, who are good with knifes and shotguns - it´s overcrowded
but all in all, i´ve seen more annoying characters, so , it´s not that bad
This is one spagh i like, both Garko and Berger are good. Over all a good solid western. 
Would’ve been better with Garko and Berger taking getting more screentime instead of the other two pairs I agree. But I remember in an interview Carnimeo was saying that he made the film about 3 pairs of people, exploring the relationships, from the highest to the lowest.
Carnimeo was a true specialist in this matter 
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Ahh the memories, so hungover in a Portugese hotel room from the night before that I couldn’t venture downstairs that night, caught this movie on some German TV channel… just had to get back home and find an English langauge copy.
I really like this movie. One of my favourites. The stylish-iness of Carmineo’s camera tricks and of Garko and Berger are prefect but really let down by the comedy, one of those damned barroom brawls and the Mexican sidekicks. It could have been great, but it is still very good.
[quote=“AngelFace, post:77, topic:1348”]Ahh the memories, so hungover in a Portugese hotel room from the night before that I couldn’t venture downstairs that night, caught this movie on some German TV channel… just had to get back home and find an English langauge copy.
I really like this movie. One of my favourites. The stylish-iness of Carmineo’s camera tricks and of Garko and Berger are prefect but really let down by the comedy, one of those damned barroom brawls and the Mexican sidekicks. It could have been great, but it is still very good.[/quote]
Yeah I agree with you about the comedy. But I don’t think they went too over the top with it. It didn’t degenerate into a Trinity ripoff. But yeah it could’ve done without some of the slapstick. Still a great film, how was the picture quality on German TV? Where they using the Koch print? Musti’ve been a late night showing.,
Watched this last night and I agree with most opinions already posted here. While the movie was enjoyable and the chemistry between Garko and Berger was one of the best in the whole genre, it gets dragged down by the broad comedy aspects (I don’t mind a little irony here and there). And also agree about the brawl. It seemed to take forever and felt absolutely misplaced in the movie.
It had everything to be a top 30 maybe even top 20. The music, the acting, the camerawork. Sadly, the silliness keeps it out of my top lists. Still not a bad film and highly reccomended for Berger and/or Garko fans.
I enjoyed this one aside from some of the comedy aspects dragging it down. As has been said, Garko and Berger are really good together and Carnimeo’s direction is solid.
I hope this isn’t against the rules but I posted a full review to my blog (if it is I’ll delete the link) - Celluloid Terror: They Call Him Cemetery (1971)