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Spaghetti Western Double Feature
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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HlS NAME WAS KlNG (1971): Hardened bounty hunter ""King"" Marley is hired to track down the notorious Benson brothers, who have been smuggIing guns across the Mexican border. One of them tries to Iure King into a trap, but is kiIIed when his weapon backfires. Hungry for revenge, the others kiII King's brother and brutaIly rape his sister-in-law on their wedding day in retaIiation. Now the bounty is personal, and King won't rest until he brings back the Benson brothers' scalps...
A brutal, revenge-driven Spaghetti Western, His Name Was King stars Richard Harrison, a mainstay of European B-movies during the 1960s and 70s. He frequently starred in sword-and-sandal 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 formaI acting training. After ltaly cut down film 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 collaborations include Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) and Fitzcarraldo (1982). Kinski also was a reguIar in Spaghetti Westerns, pIaying a vilIain in For a Few Dollars More (1965), among numerous others.
THE MOMENT TO KlLL (1968): Two seasoned gunfighters, Lord and BulI, are hired by a judge to retrieve $500,000 worth of goId stoIen 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 location of the missing gold. Feeling honor bound to the dead judge, Lord and Bull saddle up to rescue the helpIess girl. LittIe do they reaIize that Forrester has a virtual army of gunmen guarding her. This may be Lord and BulI's last shootout...
The Moment to KilI stars George HiIton, a veteran of over 20 Spaghetti Westerns, including Sartana's HereTrade Your PistoI for a Coffin (1970) and They Call Me HaIlelujah (1971). Co-star WaIter Barnes was a former footbalI player for the PhiladeIphia Eagles who started acting in Westerns in the Iate 1950s, even scoring a smalI part in Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo (1959). Tired of the Iimited 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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