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Cast
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| Lee Van Cleef | ... |
Ryan
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| John Phillip Law | ... |
Bill Meceita
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| Mario Brega | ... |
One-Eye (Paco)
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| Luigi Pistilli | ... |
Walcott - The Bandit Leader
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| Anthony Dawson | ... |
Burt Cavanaugh
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José Torres | ... |
Pedro
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Franco Balducci | ... |
Sheriff
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Guglielmo Spoletini | ... |
Manuel - Walcott's Henchmen
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Bruno Corazzari | ... |
Walcott's Accomplice
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Felicita Fanny | ... |
Village girl
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Ignazio Leone | ... |
Shepherd
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Angelo Susani | ... |
Walcott Henchman
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Carlo Pisacane | ... |
Holly Spring Station master
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Vivienne Bocca | ... |
Bill Meceita's sister
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Walter Giulangeli | ... |
Mr. Meceita, Bill's Father
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As a child, Bill witnesses the murder of his family by four robbers. Fifteen years later, he embarks on his revenge. During his quest, he crosses paths with Ryan, an ex-con who wants the money the robbers owe him. Written by Erik Gregersen <erik@astro.as.utexas.edu>
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This is revenge... And there's nothing sweet about it! See more »Genres:
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Country:
ItalyLanguage:
ItalianRelease Date:
31 August 1967 (Italy) See more »Also Known As:
As Man to Man See more »Company Credits
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Composed by Attanasio and Ennio Morricone
Performed by Cantori Moderni Di Alessandroni
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The original title of the film was "Duel in the Wind." Lee Van Cleef came up with the Italian title while discussing the movie with John Phillip Law who sighted the film was a "man to man" story. Van Cleef remarked, "Why don't they call it 'From Man to Man'?" The Italian producers liked how it sounded in Italian ("Da Uomo a Uomo") so much they used it. And then the film was subsequently retitled "Death Rides a Horse" in English speaking markets, which Law said he never liked. See more »Goofs
When Bill talks to the girl in the inn, before the bandits arrive, the long shot shows her face in shadows. When it goes to a closer shot, her right eye has was highlighted by sunlight. See more »Quotes
Ryan: If you're going to follow somebody, youngster, do a better job of it. This world is full of nervous characters. They'd shoot you in the back first, and then introduce themselves.See more »
Soundtracks
"Death Rides A Horse"Composed by Attanasio and Ennio Morricone
Performed by Cantori Moderni Di Alessandroni
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This is probably one of the better "spaghetti" westerns to come along ... far better than the putrid "Django" series with Italian actor, Franco Nero...
The scenery chewing Lee van Cleef is perfect as the avenging angel to beautiful blue eyed hunky ingenue, John Phillip Law, who must have captured the hearts of the director of photography with that sweet face of his because there are so many intense closeups of his pretty blue eyes that it dominates half the movie ...
Nonetheless, the movie is about John's character, Bill, who as a child, witnesses the robbery, rape & murder of his family by Van Cleef and his less than band of merry men .. who subsequently leave Cleef's character to take the blame and force him to 15 years of hard slave labour in a chain gang ... but, after his release he goes on a revenge bend and tracks down his former mates ..
He manages to meet up with Bill and at first the two spare off at each other like a snake & mongoose, but, they come to trust each other from a distance, in as much, as busting each other out of jail, to ultimately team up to take down the motley gang ....
Along the way, there are a lot of stringy musical interludes teamed up with intense facial closeup shots to show either grief or fear or anger .. which closely resemble as the same expression, but this movie is still one of the best tried and true and the surprise ending left me jumping out of my seat wanting to fast forward to the end just to see how Law & Cleef finally gel..
I would highly recommend this film as pure cinematic genius counseled with fine acting and great supporting characters .. Pedro and Paco are so bad they're good ..
Fans of John Phillip Law will not be disappointed, well, maybe by his monotone panned John Wayne vocal impression, but his pretty face and great body in those pants of his, paired with the gun belt, will make you wish that time crept slowly ... so you could stare at him a little while longer..
Lee Van Cleef shirtless or stripped to his waist is twice the bonus ..
This film is a gem .. highly recommended .. 8/10 all the way :-)