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Writers:
Rafael Azcona (screenplay)
Ernesto Gastaldi (writer)
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Release Date:
27 December 1972 (West Germany) more
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A handful of condemned men on an impossible mission, against hopeless odds...
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Cast

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James Coburn ... Col. Pembroke

Telly Savalas ... Maj. Ward
Bud Spencer ... Eli Sampson
José Suárez ... Maj. Charles Ballard (as Joseph Mitchell)
Georges Géret ... Sgt. Spike (as Allan Leroy)
Ugo Fangareggi ... Ted Wendel (as William Spofford)
Reinhard Kolldehoff ... Sgt. Brent (as René Kolldehoff)
Guy Mairesse ... Donald MacIvers (as Robert Burton)
Benito Stefanelli ... Piggott
Adolfo Lastretti ... Will Fernandez / Will Culder (as Guy Ranson)
Fabrizio Moresco ... Ward's assistant (sergeant)
Ángel Álvarez ... Scully (the monger)
Francisco Sanz ... Farmer
Joe Pollini
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Rudolf G. Boevini
Arthur Dean
Carson Drew
David Getzson
Christopher Hill
David Landau
Carla Mancini
Bill Narden
Craig Neal
Turam Quibo
Sharin Sher
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (USA)
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die! (USA) (DVD box title)
Der Dicke und das Warzenschwein (West Germany)
La horde des salopards (France)
Massacre at Fort Holman
Sie verkaufen den Tod (West Germany)
Una razón para vivir y una para morir (Spain)
Une raison pour vivre, une raison pour mourir (France)
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Runtime:
Germany:79 min | USA:92 min | Norway:109 min (theatrical version) (1973)
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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The Dirty Bunch, 27 November 2009
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Author: FightingWesterner from The Lonesome Prairie

Disgraced Union officer James Coburn saves himself and a few degenerates, including Bud Spencer, from hanging by suggesting a daring raid on the impregnable Fort Holman, currently being held by mad rebel General Telly Savalas. As the introductory crawl suggests, Coburn has greater motivations than that of simple patriotism.

Inspired by The Dirty Dozen with a bit of Where Eagles Dare and The Wild Bunch thrown in, this is an entertaining Italian western/Civil War movie that makes good use of the massive sets previously built for the film El Condor.

Generally worth recommending, Massacre At Fort Holman (also widely known as A Reason To Live, A Reason To Die) sags some in the middle but things pick up and the final battle is fairly exciting.

There's a great performance by the always cool James Coburn, while that of the supposedly insane Telly Savalas is actually more subdued than usual. He was much more zesty in Pancho Villa and A Town Called Hell, though this is a better movie.

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