When Sergio Leone turned Lee Van Cleef into a major star with FOR A FEW GOOD DOLLARS MORE and THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY, the actor sensibly stayed in Italy to make several more spaghetti westerns, including this one from Leone's former assistant Tonino Valerii that genre aficionados rank amongst the best ever made. Giuliano Gemma plays street cleaner Scott Mary, relentlessly bullied by the people of the small town of Clifton. When legendarily ruthless master gunfighter Frank Talby rides into town, Scott seizes the opportunity to lift himself out of the gutter, and possibly even surpass Talby's own skills. But what is Talby doing in Clifton in the first place? This lively, intelligent western, notable for the chemistry between its charismatic leads, some memorable action set-pieces (including a rifle duel on horseback that has to be seen to be believed), and a jazzy Riz Ortolani score, is presented here in a high-definition restoration from the original Techniscope negative.
Arguably the best non-Leone Spagetti. I enjoyed everything of it except the last 1/4 (not too bad just not as good).
18/12/7：最后挽着老头也太潇洒了吧
scott mary的超神之路
有点功夫片的意思。范克里夫成功塑造了一个反英雄。
When Sergio Leone turned Lee Van Cleef into a major star with FOR A FEW GOOD DOLLARS MORE and THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY the actor sensibly stayed in Italy to make several more spaghetti westerns including this one from Leone's former assistant Tonino Valerii that genre aficionados rank amongst the best ever made. Giuliano Gemma plays street cleaner Scott Mary relentless...
