Vengeance (1977)

Tom's parents are killed by Mexican outlaws after their leader (Van Cleef) rapes his mother as he watched. He sets out to exact revenge and is ultimately helped by a successful gold prospector who has been robbed by the same outlaws.

Director:

Joseph Manduke

Writers:

Bud Robbins (screenplay by), James Telfer (screenplay by) (as Jay Telfer)

Stars:

Lee Van Cleef, Jim Brown, John Marley

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Lee Van Cleef	...	McClain
Jim Brown	...	Isaac
John Marley	...	Jesus
Glynnis O'Connor	...	Lisa
Leif Garrett	...	Tom
David Loden	...	Father
Dalia Penn	...	Mother
Matt Clark	...	Grover
Timothy Scott	...	Ned (as Tim Scott)
Richard Vanstone	...	Dewey
Joseph Shiloach	...	Lupe

Storyline

Tom's parents are killed by Mexican outlaws after their leader (Van Cleef) rapes his mother as he watched. He sets out to exact revenge and is ultimately helped by a successful gold prospector who has been robbed by the same outlaws.

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Plot Keywords:

sex degenerate | sexual cruelty | sexual sadism | deviant sex | sadistic sex | 

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Taglines:

He watched them massacre his father... Shame his mother... Take his sister. They made him...

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Genres:

Western

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA Israel

Language:

English Hebrew

Release Date:

August 1977 (USA)

Also Known As:

Vengeance

Filming Locations:

Lordsburg, New Mexico, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golan-Globus Productions, The Irwin Yablans Company

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Leif Garrett and Lee Van Cleef reunited a few months later to make another western, God's Gun (1976), which was released before this film.

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Connections

Featured in Western Outlaws: 50 Movie MegaPack (2016)

User Reviews

An average western vendetta with a nasty villain well featured by Lee Van Cleef

After witnessing the savage massacre of his family , a boy (Leif Garret) sets out a personal vendetta and rescue his sister (Glynnis O'Connor) against an outlaw band ( Lee Van Cleef, John Marley , among others ) . He carries the revenge in his heart after seeing his family butchered . Former rules of the code of west are dated and nowadays is guided for revenge . He embarks on his vengeance and during his quest teams up with a prospector (Jim Brown ) who has been robbed by the nasties . Together form an alliance going after those who murdered his parents and trying to retrieve the money the bandits robbed him . They are a dynamic duo combining untamed youth and toughness . They travel the southwestern territories and cross paths concerning similar foes they hunt .

This average Western/revenge flick is plenty of violence , shootouts and packs loads of action though the director is uninspired and the final is pretty predictable . This mediocre Western vengeance tale is set with Francesco De Massi's good musical score . Features an appearance by stalwart Spaghetti Western Lee Van Cleef as an ugly , brutal, dirty and downright villain with big earring.

James Brown as two fisted hero is fine , he starred four Westerns in similar style , three of them along with Van Cleef ( exception is ¨100 rifles¨ ) , they are : ¨Take a hard ride¨ ( directed by Antonio Margheritti ), ¨The Condor¨ ( by John Guillermin ) and ¨Kid Vengeance¨ . Leif Garret as obstinate and impetuous young is nice , he starred two Westerns both of them with Van Cleef , thus was with ¨ A bullet from God ¨ ( by Frank Kramer or Gianfranco Parolini ) and this one .The motion picture is regularly directed by Joseph Manduke .