Payment in Blood (Italian: Sette winchester per un massacro, lit. 'Seven Winchesters for a Massacre') is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western film. It represents the official film debut for director Enzo G. Castellari of Few Dollars for Django.[3] The film stars Edd Byrnes and Guy Madison.
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| Directed by | Enzo G. Castellari |
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| Story by | Marino Girolami[1] |
| Starring | Edd Byrnes Ennio Girolami Luisa Baratto Piero Vida Guy Madison |
| Cinematography | Aldo Pennelli[1] |
| Edited by | Antonietta Zita[1] |
| Music by | Francesco De Masi[1] |
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| Distributed by | Indipendenti Regionali[1] |
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| Country | Italy[2] |
Plot
editFollowing the American Civil War a bunch of deserter Confederate soldiers dwell in Mexico and make a living on terrorising the villages around. Bounty hunter Stuart and his assistant Manuela put a crackdown on these misdeeds.
Cast
edit- Edd Byrnes as Stuart
- Guy Madison as Colonel Thomas Blake
- Ennio Girolami as Chamaco Gonzales
- Luisa Baratto as Manuela
- Federico Boido as Fred
Production
editPayment in Blood was described by Italian film historian Roberto Curti as Castellari's "official" debut, as it was the first time the director was credited as a director after going uncredited on films such as Some Dollars for Django and A Ghentar si muore facile.[4] The film was shot in Spain with Castellari intentionally trying to duplicate the style of a film that made an impression on him, Sidney J. Furie's The Appaloosa.[4]
Releases
editPayment in Blood passed the Italian censors on 29 March 1967.[1] It was first released in 1967.[5]
Reception
editIn contemporary reviews, "Murf." of Variety described Payment in Blood as "a gamy slapdash and overly violent Civil War oater drama, made by crude Italian film hands and probably exported in hopes that names of Edd Byrnes and Guy Madison might have the b.o prospects."[2]
References
editNotes
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h "7 Winchester per un massacro (1967)". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian). Retrieved May 9, 2019.
- ^ a b Variety's Film Reviews 1968-1970. Vol. 12. R. R. Bowker. 1983. There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "December 11, 1968". ISBN 0-8352-2792-8.
- ^ Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 978-88-04-57277-0.
- ^ a b Curti 2013, p. 290.
- ^ Grant 2011, p. 443-447.
Bibliography
edit- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
- Grant, Kevin (2011). Any Gun Can Play. Fab Press. ISBN 9781903254615.
External links
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- ^ "7 winchester per un massacro". IMDb. 14 April 1967.