Grande duello, Il
From The Spaghetti Western Database
Il Grande Duello (Year: 1972 / Director: Giancarlo Santi)
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Also known as
The Grand Duel | The Big Showdown | Hell's Fighters (U.K.) | The Loner | Storm Rider | Drei Vaterunser für vier Halunken (Germany) | O Grande Duelo (Portugal) | The Great Duel | El gran duelo (Spanish) | Gran duello al amanecer (Spain) | Le grand duel (France) | Den Stora Duellen (Sweden)
Cast and Crew
- Cast:Lee Van Cleef(Sheriff Clayton), Horst Frank(David Saxon/Patriarch), Alberto Dentice (as Peter O'Brien)(Phillip Vermeer/Newland), Marc Mazza (Eli Saxon/Joe Buck), Jess Hahn (Big Horse/Anthony Peacock), Antonio Casale, Klaus Grünberg (Adam Saxon/Jeff), Dominique Darel (Elisabeth), Alessandra Cardini (as Sandra Cardini)(Anita), Gastone Pescucci (Borghese), Elvira Cortese (Madame Oro), Anna-Maria Gherardi (Saxon's girl), Hans Terofal (Jo Barrel), Mimmo Rizzo, Giovanni Filidoro (Old John), Remo Capitani, Angelo Susani, Vittorio Sancisi, Memè Perlini (as Amelio Perlini), Piergiorgio Plebani, Giancarlo Badessi, Franco Balducci (Bull's friend), Giovanni Cianfriglia, Clemente Cipriano, Bob Clark (deputy), Gianni Di Segni, Franco Fantasia, Luigi Antonio Guerra, Luigi Masinori, Michelangelo Mastroni, Furio Meniconi, Maria Teresa Piaggio, Ottorino Polentini, Luigi Scavran, Giorgio Trestini, Salvatore Baccaro (uncredited)
- Story: Ernesto Gastaldi
- Screenplay: Ernesto Gastaldi, Albert Kantof
- Cinematography: Mario Vulpiani [Eastmancolor, CinemaScope]
- Music: Luis Bacalov, Sergio Bardotti
- Producer: Henryk Choroscicki, Ettore Rosboch
Soundtrack
Music: Luiz Enriquez Bacalov
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Review
Il Grande Duello is the original title of this Italian/French/West German production. The titular duel pits hard-bitten gunslinger Clayton (Lee Van Cleef) against the equally gritty Saxon (Horst Frank). Before this takes place, however, Clayton champions the cause of Newland (Peter O'Brien) a young punk who'd been framed on a murder charge. One of the beauties of the spaghetti western genre is that there were seldom any clearly defined Good or Bad Guys. This helped to keep the audience guessing as to the ultimate outcome of the film, thereby increasing the entertainment value tenfold.
DVD
US DVD (Wildeast) Double feature with Beyond the law (english, widescreen) (buy now at amazon.com)
