Gli uomini dal passo pesante (1965)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Directors:

Albert Band
Mario Sequi

Writers:

Albert Band (writer)
Will Cook (novel)

Release Date:

7 December 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

Civil War soldier returns home to his father who can't accept the loss of the Confederates. Serious conflicts arouse which split the family. |

Plot Keywords:

Father Son Relationship | Hanging | Spaghetti Western | Cattle Drive | Texas

Cast

Gordon Scott	...	Lon Cordeen
Joseph Cotten	...	Temple Cordeen
Muriel Franklin	...	Alice Cordeen
James Mitchum	...	Hoby Cordeen
Ilaria Occhini	...	Edith Wickett
Franco Nero	...	Charley Garvey (as Frank Nero)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Franco Balducci	...	Pete Wiley
Silla Bettini	...	Hogan
Carla Calò	...	Mrs. Temple Cordeen
Aldo Cecconi	...	Jim Hennessy
Claudio Gora	...	Fred Wickett
Georges Lycan	...	Longfellow Wiley
Dario Michaelis	...	Bert Cordeen
Edith Peters	...	Emma
Romano Puppo	...	Paine Cordeen
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia	...	Adrian Cordeen (as Ivan Scratuglia)
Emma Valloni	...	Bess Cordeen
Ken Wlaschin	...	Saloon owner

Also Known As:

Les forcenés (France)
Showdown
The Tramplers (USA)

Runtime:

105 min | West Germany:99 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 (cut) | Norway:16 (1967) | Iceland:16 | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Spain

Company:

Mancori

Stylized western of dark family drama

I obtained a used VHS version of this film. The film quality was a bit degraded but I still enjoyed the film. My copy appeared sepia-toned throughout with some great landscape shots. The movie is a real horse opera with a haunting, melancholy mood. The lead actor does a competent job but the real standouts are Joseph Cotton as the evil father and Jim Mitchum as the troubled younger son. Cotton is a man whose character has been warped by slavery and the War Between the States. After the war, he is unable to let go of the past, which causes his children to break away from him and strike out on their own with mixed success. The wife and two daughters and a female love interest only have small roles but they manage to convey a lot of emotion with the little screen time they're given. This film is worth a look if you enjoy westerns. The style is somewhere between a standard American shoot 'em up and a Sergio Leone effort.