Il giorno del giudizio (1971)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Mario Gariazzo

Writer:

Mario Gariazzo (writer)

Release Date:

9 September 1971 (Italy)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

Ty Hardin stars as a Yankee soldier who seeks revenge on the six killers who murdered his wife & child and burned his home. He tracks down and kills each man one by one until he finds the leader of the gang. |

Plot Keywords:

Soldier | Child | Revenge | Husband Wife Relationship | Spaghetti Western

Cast

Ty Hardin	...	The Stranger
Craig Hill	...	Oconner
Gordon Mitchell	...	Deputy
Rossano Brazzi	...	Sheriff
Edda Di Benedetto	...	Prairie Flower
Rosalba Neri	...	Rising Sun
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ugo Adinolfi
Pinuccio Ardia	...	Mr. Higgins
Jenny Atkins	...	Circus Girl
Raf Baldassarre	...	Jason
Federico Boido		(as Rick Boyd)
Stelio Candelli	...	Deputy Miller
Giuseppe Castellano	...	Jenkins
Giovanni Cianfriglia	...	Blackie (as Ken Wood)
Bruno Corazzari	...	Bill
Andrea Fantasia	...	Circus Indian (as Andrew Robertson)
Fedele Gentile
Guido Lollobrigida	...	Steve (as Lee Burton)
William Mayor	...	John Mason
Nello Palladino
Patricia Patterson	...	Dancing Girl
Riccardo Pizzuti	...	Man killed at Waterfalls
Umberto Raho	...	Mayor
Marilyn Rubin	...	Dancing Girl
Aldo Sala
Gaetano Scala
Attilio Severini	...	Steve's Henchman
Luigi Tropeano
Nino Vingelli	...	Poker Player

Also Known As:

Day of Judgment (USA)
Doomsday (USA)
Drummer of Vengeance

Runtime:

Italy:99 min | Germany:75 min (DVD)

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Germany:18 | Iceland:12 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Norway:(Banned) (1972-2003) (cinema release)

Company:

Times Films Production

Well made revenge tale is severely hobbled in its short version by the loss of everything but the gun fights

A man returns home from the Civil War to find his wife and child have been murdered. He vows revenge and sets off to get it. Before he kills he sets in motion a small mechanical drummer that was one of his son's toys. As the body count increases the town where the killers reside gets nervous wondering who is next.

I saw the shorter 75 minute version of this film and can only wonder how this plays in the full 99 minute Italian version. Here the film is a series of brutal gun downs by our "hero" with very little in between them. To be honest the action is not bad, its just that with little more than the gunfights for the first half of the movie any interest is lost before the second half gets under way (I ended up picking up the paper and reading). There is no character development and little plot beyond the quest for revenge and the sheriff trying to stop him by standing around looking concerned. Making things worse is the dubbing which is so loopy as to be nonsensical.

This is not a movie I can not recommend, at least in the shorter version, unless you are need to be put to sleep or are trying to see every Spaghetti Western ever made.

4 out of 10