I lunghi giorni della vendetta (1967)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Florestano Vancini

Writers:

Augusto Caminito (writer)
Fernando Di Leo (writer)

Release Date:

23 February 1967 (Italy)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

After three years of hard labor, Ted Barnett escapes from prison to seek revenge on the three men who framed him. |

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | Wrongful Conviction | Small Town | Barroom Brawl | Crooked Sheriff

Cast

Giuliano Gemma	...	Ted Barnett
Francisco Rabal	...	Sceriffo Douglas
Gabriella Giorgelli	...	Dulcie
Conrado San Martín	...	Mr. Cobb
Franco Cobianchi	...	General Porfirio (as Franco Cobianchi d'Este)
Nieves Navarro	...	Dolly
Manuel Muñiz	...	Pajarito (as Pajarito)
Teodoro Corrà		(as Doro Corrà)
Milo Quesada
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia		(as Ivan Scratuglia)
Pedro Basauri 'Pedrucho'
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Omán de Bengala
Carlos Hurtado
Carlos Otero
Jesús Puche
Juan Antonio Rubio

Also Known As:

Days of Vengeance (International: English title)
Faccia d'angelo (Italy)
Les longs jours de la vengeance (France)
Long Days of Vengeance (USA)
Los largos días de la venganza (Spain)
The Deadliest Gunfight (International: English title)
Vendetta (International: English title) (poster title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Italy | Spain | France

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:16 (cut) | Finland:K-16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Company:

Mediterranee P.C.

Trivia:

Giuliano Gemma is credited as Robert Wood on the Finnish theatrical poster

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

The only Vancini western, good!

I first have to say I that I saw the Italian uncut (123 min.) version which is really not bad. This movie initially should have been directed by Duccio Tessari, director of the 2 Ringo movies, both with Gemma but he had'n the time to do it, so the producers took "Stan Vance". The plot is quite interesting even if it is a simple revenge story: you get little by little to know why the main character searches revenge and it's never obvious what is going to happen next. The photography and the make up of the movie are not so good, but it has nice desert landscapes and a good music score. So, for all the spaghetti Western fans this is highly recommended, but possibly in a uncut version: I even have a German version of this movie running just 100 min but it's not the same thing when something is missing, even if it's not strictly necessary.