Black Killer (1971)

In Tombstone, a new sheriff vows to clean up the town of outlaws like the O'Hara brothers and is assisted by a strange lawyer who always carries two large law books with him.

Director:

Carlo Croccolo (as Lucky Moore)

Writers:

Luigi Angelo (story), Carlo Croccolo (story) (as Charlie Foster)

Stars:

Klaus Kinski, Fred Robsahm, Antonio Cantafora

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Klaus Kinski	...	James Webb / Black Killer
Fred Robsahm	...	Burt Collins
Antonio Cantafora	...	Ramon O'Hara
Marina Malfatti	...	Sarah Collins (as Marina Mulligan)
Enzo Pulcrano	...	Pedro O'Hara (as Paul Craine)
Tiziana Dini	...	Consuelo
Calogero Caruana	...	Miguel O'Hara (as Ted Jones)
Gerardo Rossi	...	Peter Collins (as Jerry Ross)
Claudio Trionfi
Antonio Danesi	...	Ryan O'Hara (as Robert Danish)
Domenico Maggio	...	Slide O'Hara (as Dick Foster)
Carlo Croccolo	...	Fred, Deputy Sheriff
Dante Maggio	...	Judge Wilson (as Dan May)

Storyline

The town of Tombstone is at the mercy of the five dreaded O'Hara brothers: Ramon (Antonio Cantafora), Pedro (Enzo Pulcrano), Miguel (Calogero Caruana), Ryan (Antonio Danesi)& Slide (Mimmo Maggio). An expert gunslinger, Burt Collins (Fred Robsham), arrives in Tombstone and is immediately persuaded to take on the duties of sheriff. A mysterious lawyer, James Webb (Klaus Kinski), lurking mostly in the background and occasionally joins in on the action with his deadly law books.

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Plot Keywords:

italo western | sheriff | law book | lawyer | outlaw | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Western

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

27 November 1971 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Assassino Negro

Filming Locations:

De Paolis/INCIR Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Virginia Cinematografica, Tegica

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System) Mono

Color:

Color (Telecolor) Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Italian censorship visa # 59219 delivered on 9-11-1971.

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Connections

Edited into Bounty Hunter in Trinity (1972)

User Reviews

A spaghetti western that's a mixed bag

Much of the positive that is to be found in "Black Killer" can be found with Klaus Kinski and the character he plays. The cold-eyed Kinski instantly brings in some grit with his charisma, though I have to admit that the unintentionally funny English dubbing for him sounds NOTHING like how Kinski (who could speak English) sounded in real life. There is also some novelty that Kinski is playing a lawyer (!), though one who is handy with a gun. Other positive things in the movie include a good musical score, as well as some good shoot-outs. And there is a significant amount of nudity, which you usually don't see in a spaghetti western. On the other hand, there isn't much of a story here, and the little there is unfolds very slowly. There were a couple of slow stretched where I almost drifted off into sleep. This isn't a bad movie, but I would only recommend it to Kinski fans and/or spaghetti western fans.