Stop Over in Hell

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Stop Over in Hell (Spain 2016 / Director: Víctor Matellano)

Runtime: 92min
Release Date: 2016

Aka

Road to Hell | Parada en el infierno | Parata all‘inferno (Italy, unofficial title)

Cast and crew

Cast: Enzo G. Castellari (Zingarelli), Nadia de Santiago (Rose), Maarten Dannenberg (Red), Antonio Mayans (the bailiff south diligence), Pablo Scola (Colonel), Karlos Klaumannsmoller (the fugitive), Andrea Bronston (Mrs. Withman), Tábata Cerezo (Mestiza), Manuel Bandera (Tim Rogers), Guillermo Montesinos (Joe), Conrado San Martín (archive footage), Denis Rafter (Ernest), Tania Watson (Liz), Larry Tayles, Almudena León, Víctor Vidal (Chris), Armando Buika (Cuba), Veky Velilla (Anne), Jorge Quesada, Fernando Valdivieso (the assalut man), Elvira Moliterno (the girl), Ramón Langa (the gold guard), Marta Fenollar (mother), Gabriel Matellano (Kid), Víctor Vidal (Chris), Larry Tayles (the bailiff east diligence), Andrés Guerrero (pony express), Conrado San Martín (father on portrait), Jorge Quesada (the coachman).

Story: Antonio Durán, Juan Gabriel García, Víctor Matellano
Screenplay: Antonio Durán, Juan Gabriel García, Víctor Matellano
Cinematography: Daniel Salas Alberola
Music: José Ignacio Arrufat
Conductor: José Ignacio Arrufat
Vocal: María Teresa Castal
Additional music: Eric Maltz
Composer of songs: Curro De La Morena
Singers: Jack Jamison, Nat Simons
Song “Sometimes” sung by Jack Jamison, Nat Simons
Editing: Abián Molina
Art decorators: Javier De La Morena, José Luis Galicia
Set decorators: Javier De La Morena, José Luis Galicia
Costume designers: Verónica Díez, Marta Fenollar
Make-up artists: Pablo Díaz, Blanca Laporta
Sound: Mikel Z. Castells, José Ignacio Arrufat
Casting (Spain): Ana López
Casting (Italy): Andrea Girolami
Producers: Francisco Alcón, Álvaro Fernández, Francisco Sorroche, Andrés Acevedo

Synopsis

The Civil War has ended and the country is undergoing a deep process of change. The railway translates into progress and the stagecoaches have gone into decline due to the constant threat posed by bandits. The Colonel is one of them – a survivor of the old world- and his partners in crime, Red and Cuba, his perfect complement. Chris and the veteran Ernest are in charge of one of the stagecoach stops of the Black Hell company, and that morning, as always, they are waiting for travelers. The first vehicle of the day consists of two attractive sisters, Liz and Anne, who are in mourning for their father´s death. They are traveling to accomplish his last will so that they can start a new life. Soon after the sisters’ arrival, the Colonel´s gang bursts into the stop. They have not arrived by chance, they are looking for something very specific and they are sure that there, they will find it. The gang is received with mistrust due to their appearance and attitude. However, they do not have any intention of pretending. They kidnap all of those present and begin a macabre game which only they enjoy playing. The Colonel, solely asks for one thing, to abide by his law and wait. But the night is long and the vultures perceive the smell of death that the stagecoach stop emits.

Filming locations

Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain
Granada, Granada, Andalucía, Spain
Almería, Almería, Andalucía, Spain
Titulcia, Madrid, Spain
Manzanares el Real, Madrid, Spain

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