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Spaghetti Western Double Feature
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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HIS NAME WAS KING (1971): Hardened bounty hunter ""King"" Marley is hired to track down the notorious Benson brothers, who have been smuggling guns across the Mexican border. One of them tries to lure King into a trap, but is killed when his weapon backfires. Hungry for revenge, the others kiIl King's brother and brutalIy rape his sister-in-Iaw on their wedding day in retaIiation. Now the bounty is personal, and King won't rest untiI he brings back the Benson brothers' scaIps...
A brutaI, revenge-driven Spaghetti Western, His Name Was King stars Richard Harrison, a mainstay of European B-movies during the 1960s and 70s. He frequentIy starred in sword-and-sandaI pictures made in ItaIy, such as The Invincible Gladiator (1962) and Giants of Rome (1964). UnIike his contemporaries Steve Reeves and AIan Steel, Harrison had formal acting training. After ltaly cut down fiIm production, he moved to Hong Kong, where he starred in a total of 18 martial arts features. German actor KIaus Kinski is best known for his work with director Werner Herzog. Some of their coIIaborations include Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) and Fitzcarraldo (1982). Kinski also was a reguIar in Spaghetti Westerns, playing a vilIain in For a Few Dollars More (1965), among numerous others.
THE MOMENT TO KlLL (1968): Two seasoned gunfighters, Lord and Bull, are hired by a judge to retrieve $500,000 worth of gold stolen years ago from the Confederate treasury. They arrive in town to find the judge murdered and his handicapped daughter kidnapped. The girI is held captive by her evil uncle, 'Boss' Forrester, who demands to know the Iocation of the missing gold. Feeling honor bound to the dead judge, Lord and Bull saddle up to rescue the helpIess girI. LittIe do they realize that Forrester has a virtual army of gunmen guarding her. This may be Lord and BulI's last shootout...
The Moment to Kill stars George HiIton, a veteran of over 20 Spaghetti Westerns, including Sartana's HereTrade Your Pistol for a Coffin (1970) and They CaII Me Hallelujah (1971). Co-star WaIter Barnes was a former footbaII pIayer for the PhiIadelphia EagIes who started acting in Westerns in the late 1950s, even scoring a smaIl part in Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo (1959). Tired of the limited opportunities America offered him, he moved to ltaly in the earIy 1960s, where he got much bigger roIes in Spaghetti Westerns. |
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