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Director:
Robert Parrish
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Writers:
Richard Aubrey (screenplay)
Richard Aubrey (story)
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Release Date:
1972 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Comedy | Drama | Western more
Tagline:
They called it HELL ... They called it VIOLENT and EVIL! more
Plot:
A group of Mexican revolutionaries murders a town priest and a number of his christian followers. Ten years later, a widow arrives in town intent to take revenge from her husband's killers. | add synopsis
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An entertaining mexican western with an all-star cast more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Telly Savalas ... Don Carlos
Robert Shaw ... The Priest
Stella Stevens ... Alvira
Fernando Rey ... Old blind man
Michael Craig ... Paco

Martin Landau ... The Colonel
Al Lettieri ... La Bomba
Aldo Sambrell ... Calebra
Dudley Sutton ... Spectre
Paloma Cela ... Paloma
Maribel Hidalgo ... La Perla
Cass Martin ... Jose

Antonio Mayans ... Manuel
Francisco Marsó ... Julio
John Clark ... Quiet American
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Town Called Bastard
Una ciudad llamada Bastarda (Spain)
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Runtime:
95 min | Spain:97 min
Country:
Spain | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Norway:16 (video rating) (1982) | Finland:K-16 (1996) | UK:15 (2000) | UK:X (1971) | West Germany:18 (nf) | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | Norway:(Banned) (1972-2003) (cinema release)

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Trivia:
Michael Craig writes in his memoirs that his character scenes were shot a couple of months after the rest of the film was finished. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in High Plains Drifter (1973) more
Soundtrack:
La batalla de Nueva Orleans more

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1 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
An entertaining mexican western with an all-star cast, 19 March 1999
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Author: MovieMan-112

"A Town Called Hell" is a wonderful western that takes place in Mexico, circa 1905. Telly Savalas plays a memorable role as a villain looking for a mysterious man named "Augila". There is some good footage of hanging people. Telly Savalas's death scene is hilarious as it is brilliant. Martin Landau plays a jewish/mexican colonel who gets to wear a funny-looking brown mexican uniform, but no beanie. Robert Shaw, known for his classic performance as Quint in "Jaws", plays a priest.... or is he? Stella Stevens, a has-been, plays a blond prostitute. There are some good action scenes and Johnny Horton's "The Battle Of New Orleans" can be heard in the soundtrack in a flashback scene at a mexican dance party. A man hiding underneath a deck tries to obtain a fallen coin above with a stick. A satired attack on a church opens up the film. Everything in it is fabulous. This is a hard to find film, along with 2 other mexican western classics, "Blood and Guns" and "Villa Rides". See it, you'll laugh yourself silly.

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