I go looking for the other ones too. I had the idea the first half hours was the weakest of the three and the final quarter of an hour the strongest of the six. Probably you just have to get used to Salviās madness and his undisciplined style. That final scene in sabata style is btw quite good
Still havenāt got around to seeing this one. Will have to remedy that soon I think.
Donāt mind a bit of crap-o-rama and Fernando Sancho + Rosalba Neri = time well spent no matter how rubbish it might be in my book.
(....) kills everybody who disagrees with him, including his own men, and yet his private army never seems to diminish in numbers
Haha, that is one of the craziest things in the movie, despite the trigger happy gang leader the personal army seems almost to increase its numbers ad infinitum.
The girl dressed in red is C.S.C. actress Mirella Pompili, better known as Pamphili or Panfili. Willy Colombini/James Newman is also in Why Go on Killing? and The Return of Clint the Stranger a.k.a. Thereās a Noose Waiting for Youā¦ Trinity! (brief appearance in that one), playing a Lieutenant and George Martinās brother respectively.
Howard Ross must have been about 70 then if heās 77 now. He held up pretty well.
Just saw Wanted Johnny Texas. Columbiniās character reminded me of Sonny Chiba in The Street Fighter, constantly being chased down but, once cornered, has zero hesitation to brawl(or gunfight) while being outnumbered five to one. Itās a little different than most SWs which, for me, adds to the surreal distant unreachability which I enjoy in so many Italian westerns.
I like this film. Itās very fast-paced with constant action throughout. I opted to watch my Greek VHS copy. I did acquire a TV recording from movies4men but found out that it had been heavily cut. I wasnāt too impressed with the picture quality, either, so it didnāt have enough advantages over the VHS. The VHS has a pan & scan print unfortunately but the image was clear, so it wasnāt too bad. Iād like to see a better version. Hopefully it gets a Blu-ray eventually.
Hereās my tape. I bought it from Tom ages ago. I like the artwork on the Greek tape the most out of all the releases Iāve seen. Iāll probably watch the movies4men print next time since it looks better than I remember but I did a quick comparison and noticed the murder of Rosita has been cut out, so thereās probably quite a few cuts for violence. Iām surprised this hasnāt been given an English-friendly DVD release yet. Like I said, Iām hoping for a Blu since I enjoyed it more than most people here. Itās the kind of mindless, shoot 'em up stuff that I like.
The VHS is 92 seconds longer than the TV print for anybody who is interested. Both are PAL. I have my OCD brain on, so I had to find out. Surely thereās a better widescreen version available now. Anybody got one? Whatās the Italian DVD like?