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Un minuto per pregare, un istante per morire (Italy 1968 / Director: Franco Giraldi)

Also known as

A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (USA) | Mehr tot als lebendig (Germany) | Escondido (Italy) | Dove vai ti ammazzo (Italy) | Un minuto para rezar... un segundo pour mourir (France) | Morto ou vivo (Portugal) | En minut att be, en sekund att do (Sweden) | Kataziteitai: Zontanos i nekros (Greece) | Město psanců (Czech Republic) | Caçada Ao Pistoleiro (Brazil) | Dead or Alive | Outlaw Gun
A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die movie poster

Synopsis

Clay McCord (Alex Cord) is a former outlaw determined to live the life of a law-abiding citizen. Colby (Arthur Kennedy) is the town marshall who keeps law and order. Not far from the peaceful town is a haven for criminals led by Kraut (Mario Brega), a trigger happy outlaw who welcomes those who are wanted by the law. McCord worries that he may have the epilepsy that plagued his father and hastened his demise. He battles the sadistic gunman while hoping for a pardon from the sympathetic governor (Robert Ryan). He also falls for the lovely Laurinda (Nicoletta Machiavelli) as he walks between the two worlds of the law and the lawless in this action-packed and often bloody western adventure.

Credits

  • Cast (Italian): Alex Cord (Clay McCord), Arthur Kennedy (Marshal Roy W. Colby), Robert Ryan (Governor Lem Carter), Enzo Fiermonte (Doctor Chase), Renato Romano ("Cheap" Charley), Franco Lantieri (Deputy Marshal Butler), Giampiero Albertini (Fred Duskin), Mario Brega (Kraut), Nicoletta Machiavelli [as Nicoletta Rangoni Machiavelli] (Laurinda), Franco Balducci (Kraut henchman), Massimo Sarchielli (Zack), Gino Marturano (Kraut henchman), Ivan Giovanni Scratuglia [as Ivan Scratuglia], Spartaco Conversi (Kraut henchman), Silla Bettini (banker with bag), Osiride Pevarello [as Osiride Peverello] (Fuzzy, bounty hunter), Fortunato Arena (Tuscosa hotel patron)
  • Uncredited actors: Rosa Palomar (Ruby), Alberto Dell'Acqua (Ruby's son, smuggler), Benito Stefanelli (storekeeper), José Canalejas (Seminole, bounty hunter), Antonio Molino Rojo (Sean, bounty hunter), Aldo Sambrell (Jesus Maria, bounty hunter), Ottaviano Dell'Acqua (Clay as a boy), Franco Gulà (old man demanding amnesty), Paolo Magalotti (Sid, smuggler), Daniel Martín (Father Santana), José Manuel Martín (El Bailarin, Kraut henchman), Rinaldo Zamperla (Kraut henchman), Renzo Pevarello (Kraut henchman), Lorenzo Robledo (Kraut henchman), Claudio Ruffini (deputy), Giancarlo Bastianoni (Colby deputy), Joaquín Parra (Colby posse deputy), Francisco Sanz (Ed, barber), Antonio Vico (Jonas), Nino Vingelli (hotel saloon patron), Mimmo Poli (hotel saloon patron), Nello Appodia (hotel waiter), Filippo Perego (Tuscosa resident, hotel saloon), Manlio Salvatori (Tuscosa resident, hotel saloon), Vezio Natili (Tuscosa resident, hotel saloon), Franz Colangelo (Tuscosa resident, hotel saloon), Mario Pascucci (Tuscosa resident, hotel saloon), Raniero Dorascenzi (Tuscosa resident, hotel saloon), Fausto Beffa (Tuscosa resident, hotel saloon), Gianni Baghino (Tuscosa resident, hotel saloon, celebration), Guglielmo Bogliani (Tuscosa resident reading newspaper), Andrea Esterhazy (Tuscosa resident, celebration), Sandro Mondini (Tuscosa resident, celebration), Alberigo Donadeo (Tuscosa resident at fire with rifle), Pietro Torrisi (first posse), Riccardo Petrazzi (first posse), Franco Persichetti (fiddle player), Mirko Bajocchi (squeezebox player)
  • Story: Albert Band
  • Screenplay: Ugo Liberatore, Louis Garfinkle
  • Cinematography: Aiace Parolin [Eastmancolor - widescreen 1,85:1]
  • Music: Carlo Rustichelli
  • Producer: Albert Band [as Alfredo Antonini]

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Trivia

Versions and runtimes

  • Runtime: 118 min
  • US version (different ending, 99min); German theatrical version (88min). The US version is not just shortened, but also cut differently - the US DVD contains scenes not seen in the long 118 min version. See the discussion in our Forums for more in depth analysis of different versions

Release Dates

  • August 2, 1968 (Italy)

Filming locations

  • Almeria: Pechina
  • Tabernas: Salinillas
  • Rome: Mazzano Romano

Production and business

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