Excellent Spaghetti Western with a rousing score.
What I liked about this film was an intriguing storyline, superb music by Ennio Morricone and Lee Van Cleef.The action scenes are almost on a par with Leone's films and Van Cleef is top-notch (more convincing as a 'good guy').After watching my tape of this film, I found out that it was a (badly-cut-by-Columbia) 84 min version.This would explain some confusing sections of the dialogue/narrative.
I'm told that the fuller versions (there is one of 114 min) are superior. Let's hope this film gets a decent treatment on DVD (hello Sony-Columbia) - it certainly deserves it more than most.
score 8/10
jools B 3 July 2001
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