Death Rides a Horse
Da uomo a uomo
Directed by:
Giulio PetroniScreenplay:
Luciano VincenzoniCinematography:
Carlo CarliniComposer:
Ennio MorriconeCast:
Lee Van Cleef, John Phillip Law, Mario Brega, Anthony Dawson, Luigi Pistilli, Giuseppe Castellano, Romano Puppo, Jeff Cameron, Bruno Corazzari, Remo Capitani (more)Plots(1)
Bill - a witness to the robbery and murder of his parents when he was just a boy - embarks on a quest to hunt down the men responsible. Only one of the outlaws, Rob, had been apprehended for the crime and was forced to take the punishment for the whole group. Now fresh out of jail, Rob wants to get even with his former cohorts for leaving him to take the blame. During his search, he meets up with Bill and the two find themselves as unlikely partners in their pursuit of vengeance. (Echo Bridge Entertainment)
(more)Reviews (2)
Honestly, Ennio Morricone’s name alone is enough to get me to watch just about anything. It doesn’t even matter that this is a spaghetti western where I didn’t recognize anyone—starting with the director and ending with the cast. But Lee Van Cleef proves he’s the ultimate tough guy, and John Phillip Law, as a young American version of Terence Hill, is pretty solid too. Sure, it's a classic revenge tale, but the setting is so intriguing, and the soundtrack so incredible, it would be a shame to overlook this gem.
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Disastrous dubbing, in which the actors, with the exception of Alois Švehlík and Karel Heřmánek, do not even try to give any performances, the vast majority of the sounds disappear, Morricone's music disappears as well, and tense scenes, such as the opening one, turn into a pathetic farce that arouses maximum ridicule. That's how Czech Television offered us this spaghetti western, which will probably be better in the original version. Although I'm not a big fan of downloading movies, this kind of shoddy work just makes me do it. Bleh, bleh, bleh!
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