Pistol for a Hundred Coffins – A Civil War veteran swears revenge when he returns home to find his family killed by a local gang.
Pistol for a Hundred Coffins (1968)
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Writers: Marco Leto, Eduardo Manzanos (story) (as Eduardo Manzanos Brochero)
Stars: Peter Lee Lawrence, John Ireland, Gloria Osuna
Country: Italy, Spain
Language: English
Release Date: 24 August 1968 (Italy)
Also Known As: A Gun for One Hundred Graves
Filming Locations: Madrid, Spain
Storyline:
Returning from the civil war Jim Slade discovers his parents dead at their farm. It is said that the gang under the lead of Corbett has committed the crime. Jim now goes for revenge but things turn out to be more complicated than he originally thought. To get some money he accepts the job as a sheriff. Written by cengelm
Reviews:
Warning: Spoilers
"For the 1968 poll on ICM,I decided that I would watch a number of Italian films from the year. A fan of his since Spasmo introduced me to the Giallo genre,I was thrilled to find one of the two Spaghetti Westerns auteur Umberto Lenzi had made was in 1968,which led to me opening the 100 coffins.
The plot:
Prepared not to take sides during the Civil War, Jim Slade is sent to jail for two years. Just before he is freed,Slade learns that outlaws have killed his family. Picking up a pistol once out,Slade gets a list of the outlaws who killed his family. Tracking the first ones down easily,Slade discovers that the final outlaw wants to take a town he rules down with him.
View on the film:
Made just before his Giallo era,director Umberto Lenzi & cinematographer Alejandro Ulloa load up on elements which would dominate Lenzi’s unique style,as ultra-stylised whip-pans are shot with a scatter-gun energy by Lenzi,with the camera riding on Slade’s bullets of revenge. Toning down his usual liking of violence,Lenzi displays a sharp eye for "space",where the lone sound of Angelo Francesco Lavagnino’s light Jazzy score builds anticipating to Slade’s shootout with an outlaw.
Initially looking like an episodic revenge tale, Marco Leto/Eduardo Manzanos Brochero and Vittorio Salerno get Slade to put his revenge Western pistol down by getting him involved in the gritty local politics of the town,which along with giving the flick a neat line in gallows humour,also sets the town up to give Slade and the viewer an excellent twist of the gun. Joined by a stern John Ireland as town leader Douglas, Peter Lee Lawrence (who died of cancer just 30 years old in 1974) gives a wonderful performance as Slade,who masks Slade with an eerie look of false calm,which cracks as Slade opens the hundred coffins."
– Written by morrison-dylan-fan on IMDb.com
"This western is the type of movie you might see from Something Weird Video or on MST3K. That’s not meant to be a put-down (if it was I’d be putting down 2/3 of my movie collection). I really enjoyed this film.
The movie is directed by Umberto Lenzi, who is better known for his Euro-horror movies. The horror influence is clearly evident here when an escaped band of drooling lunatics runs around grunting and killing everyone in sight. It’s a real hoot to see spaghetti western regular Eduardo Fajardo playing the part of a giggling homicidal idiot. This alone makes it worthwhile to seek out this film.
John Ireland is great as the gunslinging preacher, and Piero Lulli makes a great villain as usual. The acting from the rest of the cast is not exactly top-notch, but that just adds to the flavor of this film. It’s quite funny in parts (perhaps unintentionally but one can never be sure).
There are also some really funny lines in the movie, which I will not spoil by mentioning here. The way everyone overreacts to the fact that the hero likes to drink water is especially hilarious.
I would recommend this film to anyone who enjoys both spaghetti westerns and strange, funny cult movies." Written by spider89119 on IMDb.com
✘ Website: https://www.grjngo.com
FOLLOW US!
✘ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/grjngo_westernmovies
✘ Twitter – https://twitter.com/Grjngo_com
SUPPORT US!
✘ Membership – https://bit.ly/2V63h4q
✘ Merchandise – https://bit.ly/2FLB0sV
MORE WESTERN MOVIES!
► Classics: https://bit.ly/2CBLt8c
► Spaghetti Western: https://bit.ly/2CyCe8I
► All Playlists: https://bit.ly/2EOOfIH
#westernmovies #freemovies #spaghettiwesterns
COPYRIGHT: All of the films published by us are legally licensed. We have acquired the rights (at least for specific territories) from the rightholders by contract. If you have questions please send an email to: info[at]grjngo.com, Grjngo GmbH, www.grjngo.com.
