I död mans spar
I Död Mans Spår (Sweden 1975 / Director: Mats Helge Olsson [as Mats Helge])
Also known as
Dead Man's Trail
Cast and crew
Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt (Ben Walker), Sten Ardenstam (Zeke), Solveig Andresson (Kate), Tor Isedal (Tom), Urban Sahlin (Dick Logan), Isabella Kaliff (Isabella), Sune Mangs (bartender), Carl-Axel Elfving (waiter), Clas Jangard (Dumb Dick), Folke Jensen (Carter), Lars Lundgren (Owl), Ramon Sylvan (Livvakt), Carl-Olof Alam, Peter Hessman, Roland von Rainals, Göran Parnell
- Story: Mats Helge-Olsson
- Screenplay: Henri Sidoli
- Cinematography: Hans Ditmer [Eastmancolor]
- Music: Gert-Emanuel Nilsson (as Gert-Latte Nilsson), Tony Ross, Glenn Sutton, Lloyd Green
- Producer: Mats Helge Olsson (as Mats Helge)
Synopsis
Hunted by Dick Logan's bandit gang, old gold digger Tom arrives at Carson City and hands over a treasure map to his daughter Isabella before the villains kill him. Before Tom dies, he urges Isabella to seek out an old friend of his, Ben Walker, and ask him for help. Ben promises to help her find the gold. He gathers a bunch of old buddies and after a number of battles with the Logan gang they ultimately make it to the treasure. In the end, only Ben and Isabella are left, she shares her new wealth with him.
Trivia
Filmed at the still existing High Chaparral Wild West Theme Park (Hillerstorp, Sweden).
The director hoped to start a trend of „Lingon Westerns“, Swedish equivalent of the Spaghetti Western, named after the Lingonberry, a small, red berry that tastes similar to the cranberry and is native to the Scandinavian region of northern Europe.