Dead Are Countless main backdrop
Dead Are Countless main poster

Dead Are Countless

Visit website

4.9/10 • 11

1969-08-271h 34m

Western

Johnny was mentally traumatised when he witnessed as a child the killing of his father (a deserter) by a group of soldiers. As an adult he randomly kills every soldier he gets hold of, so that the army sends out the brutish Lieutenant Garringo to stop Johnny.

Directors
Rafael Romero Marchent
Editors
Enzo Alabiso

Top Billed Cast

View Credits
  1. Anthony Steffen

    Anthony Steffen

    Lieutenant 'Garringo' Harris

  2. Solvi Stübing

    Solvi Stübing

    Julie

  3. Raf Baldassarre

    Raf Baldassarre

    Damon

  4. Frank Braña

    Frank Braña

    Bill

  5. José Bódalo

    José Bódalo

    Sheriff Klaus

  6. Antonio Molino Rojo

    Antonio Molino Rojo

    Harriman

  7. María Salerno

    María Salerno

    Nancy Grayson (as Marta Monterrey)

  8. Peter Lee Lawrence

    Peter Lee Lawrence

    Johnny

  9. Luis Marín

    Luis Marín

    Pete, Bounty Hunter

Reviews1

View Reviews
John Chard Avatar

John Chard

Jul 15, 2017

6/10

Under a blood red sky! 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

Media

  • Dead Are Countless poster

Recommendations

  • God Forgives... I Don't! main backdrop

    God Forgives... I Don't!

    6.6

  • The Hired Gun main backdrop

    The Hired Gun

    5.5

  • Vanquish main backdrop

    Vanquish

    5.3

  • Fists in the Pocket main backdrop

    Fists in the Pocket

    7.8

  • Música main backdrop

    Música

    6.4

  • Through the Olive Trees main backdrop

    Through the Olive Trees

    7.4

  • Coolie No. 1 main backdrop

    Coolie No. 1

    5.3

  • The Goldman Case main backdrop

    The Goldman Case

    7.0

  • Nightmare Cinema main backdrop

    Nightmare Cinema

    5.8

  • Jungleland main backdrop

    Jungleland

    6.5

  • Goodbye Uncle Tom main backdrop

    Goodbye Uncle Tom

    6.7

  • The Last Rite main backdrop

    The Last Rite

    6.3

  • Hansan: Rising Dragon main backdrop

    Hansan: Rising Dragon

    6.4

  • The Turin Horse main backdrop

    The Turin Horse

    7.7

  • Strange Darling main backdrop

    Strange Darling

    7.0

  • The Accusation main backdrop

    The Accusation

    7.1

  • Bob le Flambeur main backdrop

    Bob le Flambeur

    7.3

  • Memory main backdrop

    Memory

    7.2

  • Sometimes I Think About Dying main backdrop

    Sometimes I Think About Dying

    6.5

  • Rise main backdrop

    Rise

    7.4

Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
Budget
--
Revenue
--
Keywords
spaghetti western