Dead are Countless – As a small boy Johnny saw his father killed by soldiers. Years later he has grown up to be an outlaw and is killing soldiers whenever he can.
Dead are Countless (1969)
Director: Rafael Romero Marchent
Writers: Arpad DeRiso (screenplay), Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent (screenplay) (as Joaquín Romero Marchent)
Stars: Anthony Steffen, Peter Lee Lawrence, Solvi Stubing
Country: Italy | Spain
Language: Spanish
Release Date: 15 May 1970 (West Germany)
Also Known As: Dead Are Countless
Filming Locations: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Storyline:
As a small boy Johnny saw his father killed by soldiers. Years later he has grown up to be an outlaw and is killing soldiers whenever he can. Lieutenant Garringo (Steffen) is sent out to arrest Johnny (Lawrence) and bring him back alive.
Reviews:
"Garringo is directed by Rafael Romero Marchent and Marchent co- writes the screenplay with Giovanni Scolaro. It stars Anthony Steffen, Peter Lee Lawrence, Solvi Stubbing, Jose Bodalo and Raf Baldassarre. Music is by Marcello Giombini and cinematography by Aldo Ricci.
Johnny as a very young boy witnesses the murder of his father by a soldier, he grows up to be a double life leading killer of soldiers. Enter a man to hunt him down, Lieutenant Garringo.
This Is Bells City – You Better Return If You Don’t Hear It.
A most interesting Pasta Western because although the narrative doesn’t have ambitions to expand thematically, there’s psychological depth to the principal bad boy. He’s scarred by the murder of his father and has become a twisted callous killer, yet he’s still capable of hiding his dark half so as to exude as a dandy caring type. That said, pic is more interested in the straight forward conventions of a driven hunter hunting down his prey, to which we have a cool Steffen and a schizophrenic Lawrence acting accordingly.
Sincerely Johnny.
Production crams in genre staples, both traditional American and Spaghetti, so we get camera shenanigans involving canted angles, zooms, close-ups et al. Plenty of violence resides, though some is done down by poor choreography (could the punches be any further from the targets?), and action is in no short supply (great hold-ups and the usual shoot-outs). The locations are most pleasing, which in turn are backed by a nifty musical score that’s big on jaunty woodwinds and menacing strings.
A maniac who has to have a gun to be a man!
With both leading characters showing dexterity to marry up with their respective killing traits, it’s a film underpinned by both, ensuring this is worth a watch. Hardly a genre classic, mind, but enough here to have a good time with. 6.5/10" Written by hitchcockthelegend on IMDb.com
Also Known As (AKA)
(original title): Garringo
Denmark: Garringo – manden ingen kunne skyde
Greece Garringo
Hungary: Halott cowboy nem cowboy
Italy: Garringo
Italy: Garringo: I morti non si contano
Spain (working title): Jugando a morir
Spain: Garringo
USA: Dead Are Countless
West Germany: Garringo – Der Henker
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