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The Big Gundown

Original title: La resa dei conti
  • 1967
  • Approved
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
6.7K
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The Big Gundown (1967)
Unofficial lawman John Corbett hunts down Cuchillo Sanchez, a Mexican peasant accused of raping and killing a 12-year-old girl.
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An unofficial lawman and would-be senator is tasked by a railroad baron with hunting down a knife-wielding Mexican peasant accused of raping and killing a young girl.An unofficial lawman and would-be senator is tasked by a railroad baron with hunting down a knife-wielding Mexican peasant accused of raping and killing a young girl.An unofficial lawman and would-be senator is tasked by a railroad baron with hunting down a knife-wielding Mexican peasant accused of raping and killing a young girl.

  • Director
    • Sergio Sollima
  • Writers
    • Franco Solinas
    • Fernando Morandi
    • Sergio Donati
  • Stars
    • Lee Van Cleef
    • Tomas Milian
    • Walter Barnes
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    6.7K
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    • Director
      • Sergio Sollima
    • Writers
      • Franco Solinas
      • Fernando Morandi
      • Sergio Donati
    • Stars
      • Lee Van Cleef
      • Tomas Milian
      • Walter Barnes
    • 43User reviews
    • 57Critic reviews
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    Lee Van Cleef
    Lee Van Cleef
    • Jonathan 'Colorado' Corbett
    Tomas Milian
    Tomas Milian
    • Manuel 'Cuchillo' Sanchez
    Walter Barnes
    Walter Barnes
    • Brokston
    Nieves Navarro
    Nieves Navarro
    • The Widow
    Gérard Herter
    Gérard Herter
    • Baron von Schulenberg
    • (as Gerard Herter)
    Manolita Barroso
    Manolita Barroso
    • Rosita Sanchez
    • (as María Granada)
    Roberto Camardiel
    Roberto Camardiel
    • Sheriff Jellicol
    • (as Robert Camardiel)
    Ángel del Pozo
    Ángel del Pozo
    • Chet Miller
    • (as Angel del Pozo)
    Luisa Rivelli
    Luisa Rivelli
    • Willow Creek Prostitute
    Tom Felleghy
    • Father of Chet Miller
    • (as Tom Felleghi)
    Calisto Calisti
    • Mr. Lynch
    Benito Stefanelli
    Benito Stefanelli
    • Jess, Widow's Ranchero
    Nello Pazzafini
    Nello Pazzafini
    • Hondo - Ex-Union Outlaw
    Antonio Casas
    Antonio Casas
    • Brother Smith & Wesson
    José Torres
    José Torres
    • Paco Molinas
    Antonio Molino Rojo
    Antonio Molino Rojo
    • Widow's ranchero
    • (as Molino Rojo)
    Spartaco Conversi
    • Prison Guard Mitchell
    Romano Puppo
    Romano Puppo
    • Rocky, Widow's Ranchero
    • Director
      • Sergio Sollima
    • Writers
      • Franco Solinas
      • Fernando Morandi
      • Sergio Donati
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    • Trivia
      This is one of Quentin Tarentino's favorite spaghetti westerns.
    • Goofs
      At around an hour and twenty minutes into the movie there is a scene where a girl is carrying a tray with 6 glasses of which 5 are full and 1 is empty. In the next shot however there are 7 glasses on the tray of which 3 are full and 4 are empty.
    • Quotes

      Baron von Schulenberg: When you are about to kill a man, what do you look at? I've asked this question of other men, and do you know what they always say? They look at his hands. I don't. I look at his eyes...

      [pause]

      Baron von Schulenberg: ...because a moment before he moves his hand, his eyes betray him. And you can always read death in them: yours or his.

    • Alternate versions
      The original Italian cut of the film is approximately 110 minutes (approximately 105 minutes PAL) and was distributed in several European countries theatrically and on video formats. However, upon its US and UK release (and possibly Japanese release), the film was cut down to approximately 90 minutes. While most of these cuts involved trimming down dialogue, some entire scenes were cut, such as Corbett in the Sherrif's office after killing the three criminals in the opening, Cuchillo and Corbett's visit to a Church, and Cuchillo in bed with his wife Rosita. While most of this footage is thought not to have been dubbed in English, a few scenes, such as the church scenes and Cuchillo/Rosita scene were dubbed in English for some markets outside of the US and UK. As of now, only the 90 minute cut has had any official distribution in the US, while a fan made DVD known as the "Franco Cleef Edition" has made the rounds in the US featuring the Italian cut with English language and subtitled Italian for the scenes in which English audio could not be obtained.
    • Connections
      Edited from Man from Nowhere (1966)
    • Soundtracks
      Run, Man, Run
      Music by Ennio Morricone

      Lyrics by Audrey Nohra

      Performed by Maria Cristina Brancucci (as Christy)

    User reviews43

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    8/10
    One of the best Spaghetti I've ever seen!!!
    Here we have two legendary actors together, the stereotyped Lee Van Cleef & Tomas Millian, the first a true American from New Jersey that went to stardom after working with the master Sergio Leone, Tomas Millian a Cuban that made an impressive career at Italy and Spain on spaghetti genre although both had a fine experience on Italian Poliziotteschi on the seventies.

    As strange as it may seems Lee Van Cleef plays a good guy Jonathan Colorado Corbett, a bounty hunter that swept the western territory of those outlaws, bank robbers and related, such striking performance impresses the greedy and wealthy financier Brokston (Walter Barnes) that is willing underwrite Corbett to run of the senate's seat, however appears an unexpected sad news, a twelve years old girl was raped and murdered by a Mexican outlaw called Cuchillo (Tomas Millian), they require to Corbett bring him alive to be punished rather than he cross the Mexico frontier.

    The savvy Corbett finds him sooner than he had ever hope, Cuchillo was calmly shaving at a small village, nonetheless the slippery cat burglar escapes with rare smartness, the next stop is a Mormon's wagon train passing by the river area, Corbett finds him about to rape another young girl, once more Cuchillo has a lucky at his side, the young girl shot at Corbett's shoulder, next meeting at widow farmer where the dirtiest runaway at last was arrested, meantime all it took was a small slip up for the cunning outlaw slips away, a new rallying point takes place in a desert waterhole, where the crafty bandolero sticks a cactus's thorn at Corbett's back pretending a snake's bite that is near him, what scene, anyway Cuchillo still gets running over and over until weary confess that he wasn't rape the girl whatsoever, although he knows who did.

    Isn't all that Tarantino regards this movie one the best spaghetti ever, the both leading actors had a flawless performance, the final showdown is priceless , the director Sergio Sollima lived up at Leone's style, I'll look forward for a better restoration preserving the fabulous Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1, due my copy was of the first generation of DVD!!



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    First watch: 1993 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 8
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    • Release date
      • March 4, 1967 (Italy)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • Spain
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Sokolov plen
    • Filming locations
      • Tabernas, Almería, Andalucía, Spain
    • Production companies
      • Produzioni Europee Associate (PEA)
      • Tulio Demicheli P.C.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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