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Cemetery Without Crosses

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6.4/10 • 68

1969-01-251h 31m

Western

Her thirst for revenge made his guns shoot to kill

Ruthlessly pursued by the Rogers family following a dispute over cattle, Ben Caine is chased back to the Caine Ranch. Despite his wife Maria's desperate pleading, the Rogers family hangs Ben Caine, forcing Maria to watch. Consumed with revenge but finding her two brothers-in-law reluctant to assist, Maria enlists the help of Manuel. He agrees to Maria's plan with reluctance, in part because of his deep feelings/attraction to her. Manuel finds employment as foreman at the Rogers' ranch and surreptitiously kidnaps Pa Rogers' only daughter Johanna . With Johanna as the bait, Maria will be in the perfect position to exact her revenge on the Rogers but things don't turn out quite as planned.

Directors
Robert Hossein
Writters
Dario Argento, Robert Hossein, Claude Desailly
Editors
Dario Argento, Robert Hossein, Claude Desailly, Marie-Sophie Dubus

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  1. Robert Hossein

    Robert Hossein

    Manuel

  2. Michèle Mercier

    Michèle Mercier

    Maria Caine

  3. Guido Lollobrigida

    Guido Lollobrigida

    Thomas Caine

  4. Daniele Vargas

    Daniele Vargas

    Will Rogers

  5. Serge Marquand

    Serge Marquand

    Larry Rogers

  6. Pierre Hatet

    Pierre Hatet

    Frank Rogers

  7. Philippe Baronnet

    Philippe Baronnet

    Bud Rogers

  8. Pierre Collet

    Pierre Collet

    Sheriff Ben

  9. Ivano Staccioli

    Ivano Staccioli

    Vallee

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John Chard

Mar 30, 2014

8/10

The Black Glove Man. Une corde, un Colt (AKA: Cemetery Without Crosses) is directed by Robert Hossein, who also stars and co-writes the screenplay with Dario Argento and Claude Desailly. Starring alongside Hossein are Michèle Mercier, Anne-Marie Balin, Daniele Vargas, Guido Lollobrigida and Serge Marquand. Music is by Andre Hossein and cinematography by Henri Persin. After being forced to watch the lynching of her husband by the ruthless Rogers family, Maria Caine (Mercier) asks her inept brothers-in-law for help in retribution. Getting no joy from the pair, she seeks outside help in the form of fast gun Manuel (Hossein), a loner living in solitude out at a ghost town... It's dedicated to Sergio Leone, who directs one of the best scenes in the film, contains the Argento factor, so it's not really a shock to proclaim that Leone's influence is all over Hossein's movie. It's a Pasta Western that operates in the void between the real and the spirit world, deliberately ethereal in tone, even sprinkling dashes of the surreal onto the hearty portion. Dialogue is used sparingly, but not to the detriment of films quality, and Hossein the director dallies in black and white staging, slow zooms and excellent usage of sound effects. Much like the dialogue, the violence is pared down, there's no Blunderbuss infused blood laden approach to the evil that men do here, it's all very controlled and in keeping with the tonal flows that Hossein favours. The cliché's of the sub-genre are adhered to throughout, thankfully so, while the finale is suitably melancholic. Thoughtful, sombre and ripe with blurry ambiguity, Cemetery Without Crosses is comfortably recommended to the Euro Western fan. 8/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
Italian
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
kidnappinghorsemurdershootoutgunfightspaghetti western