Ragione per vivere e una per morire, Una

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Una ragione per vivere e una per morire (Italy · France · Spain · Germany 1972 / Director: Tonino Valerii)

Also known as

A Reason To Live, A Reason To Die (USA) | Massacre At Fort Holman (USA) | Sie verkaufen den Tod (Germany, uncut version) | Der Dicke und das Warzenschwein (Germany, comedy version) | Una razón para vivir y una para morir (Spain) | Une raison pour vivre, une raison pour mourir (France) | La horde des salopards (France) | Uma razão para viver outra para morrer (Portugal) | Uppskov med döden (Sweden) | De hangdas revansch (Sweden) | Bazlogza ziveti i umbreti (Turkey) | Yasamak icin bir neden, olmek icin bir neden (Turkey) | Prawo do życia, prawo do śmierci (Poland) | Uma razao para viver, uma razao para morrer (Argentina) | Proč žít a proč umírat (Czech Republic) | Trinity... Os Sete Magníficos (Brazil) | Едана причина да живееш и една да умреш (Bulgaria) | Клането във форт Холман (Bulgaria, VHS) | 홀만요새의 결투 (South Korea) | Élet vagy halál (Hungary)
A Reason To Live, A Reason To Die movie poster

Synopsis

Disgraced Union officer Colonel Pembroke (James Coburn), offers to re-capture Fort Holdman, which he surrendered several years earlier to the Confederacy. Now under the control of the "Mad-Genius," Major Ward (Telly Savalas), Pembroke enlists the help of convicted felon Eli Sampson (Bud Spencer) and six other vagabonds in his suicidal mission, promising them gold in return for their skills.

Credits

  • Cast (Italian): James Coburn (Colonel Pembroke), Bud Spencer (Eli Sampson), Telly Savalas (Major Ward), Reinhard Kolldehoff [as René Kolldehoff] (Sergeant Brent), José Suárez (Major Charles Ballard), Ugo Fangareggi (Fred/Ed Wendel), Guy Mairesse (Donald MacIvers), Benito Stefanelli (Private Samuel Pickett), Adolfo Lastretti (Will Caulder/Fernandez), Turam Quibo (Jeremy, halfbreed), Fabrizio Moresco (Ward's aide), Francisco Sanz [as Paco Sanz] (farmer), Carla Mancini, Rudolf G. Boevini, Giuseppe Pollini (corporal), Georges Géret (Sergeant Spike)
  • Additional Spanish credits: Angel Alvarez (Scully the monger), Mario Pardo (Roger, farmer's son), Conchita Rabal (April, Roger's wife), Alejandro de Enciso [as José Antonio Lopez] (rebel soldier), Rudolf Gaeval
  • Uncredited: Angelo Casadei (rebel soldier)
  • Director: Tonino Valerii
  • Story: Ernesto Gastaldi [as Howard Sandford], Tonino Valerii
  • Screenplay: Ernesto Gastaldi, Tonino Valerii, Rafael Azcona
  • Cinematography: Alejandro Ulloa [as Alexander Besch] [Eastmancolor - Techniscope 2,35:1]
  • Music: Riz Ortolani
  • Producer: Arthur Steloff

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Versions and runtimes

Release Dates

  • October 27, 1972 (Italy)

Filming locations

  • Almeria: Rodalquilar
  • Tabernas: Llano Ochotorena
  • Tabernas: Fort Condor
  • Guadix: La Calahorra

Dubbing

  • There are three German dubs: an original theatrical dub from 1972 which has never been heard on VHS, DVD or BluRay, a re-dub made for television (ZDF) based more or less on the uncut version of the film, and a (more widely known) comedy dub..
  • There are also two English dubs: one of them does not have Coburn's own voice. US domestic theatrical cut (92min): Coburn dubs himself and some music cues and other voice actors are different as well. The International/Italian longer version: Coburn dubbed by Michael Forest, and some of Ortolani's music was taken from Day of Anger. Telly Savalas dubs himself in both versions.
  • Actors vor the Italian dub are Emilio Cigoli (Pembroke), Glauco Onorato (Sampson), Renzo Palmer (Ward), Leonardo Severini (Brent), Roberto Villa (Ballard), Michele Malaspina (Spike), Oreste Lionello (Wendel)

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