La resa dei conti (1966)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Sergio Sollima

Writers:

Sergio Donati (writer)
Sergio Sollima (writer)

Release Date:

29 November 1966 (Spain)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

Keep your eye on the man everyone watches!

Plot:

Unofficial lawman John Corbett hunts down Cuchillo Sanchez, a Mexican peasant accused of raping and killing a 12-year-old girl.

Plot Keywords:

Mexican | Child Murder | Spaghetti Western | Mexican Border | Monk

Cast

Lee Van Cleef	...	Jonathan Corbett
Tomas Milian	...	Cuchillo Sanchez
Luisa Rivelli	...	Prostitute of Willow Creek City
Fernando Sancho	...	Capt. Segura
Nieves Navarro	...	The widow
Roberto Camardiel	...	Jellicol (as Robert Camardiel)
Tom Felleghy	...	Father of Chet Miller
Benito Stefanelli	...	Widow's ranchero
Walter Barnes	...	Brokston
Gérard Herter	...	Baron von Schulenberg
Lanfranco Ceccarelli	...	Jack (as Lanfranco Ceccarelli)
María Granada	...	Rosita, Cuchillo's wife
Nello Pazzafini	...	Outlaw
Spartaco Conversi	...	Under-gaoler
Romano Puppo	...	Widow's ranchero

Also Known As:

Account Rendered
El halcón y la presa (Spain)
La presa (Spain) (working title)
The Big Gundown (USA)

Runtime:

Germany:80 min | Italy:105 min | Spain:107 min | UK:84 min | Germany:105 min

Country:

Spain | Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:AA (1970) (cut) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1968) | Germany:12 (DVD rating) | West Germany:16 (nf) | USA:R (re-rating) (1968) | France:-12 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA)

Quotes:

Cuchillo Sanchez: By yourself, you couldn't catch a limping snail!

Movie Connections:

References Shichinin no samurai (1954)

A FINE TASTE OF SPAGHETTI.

Sergio Sollima's gripping and operatic spaghetti western is one of the greatest in this under-rated sub genre.Lee Van Cleef was never better than here as Jonathan Corbett,a legendary gunfighter and would be congressman who is hired to track down a child murderer.His pursuit of this man played with panache by Thomas Milian is plagued by doubts that maybe this is not the man he should be chasing;these doubts are well realised and lead to the final big gundown that gives the film its title.The music by Ennio Morricone is rousing and memorable and gives this exciting film its own identity.This is a tale of rugged men who live by rugged codes in a rugged country.Get rugged and join Van Cleef in his relentless mission.