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7.0/10 • 104

1967-11-231h 52m

Western

Facing death... a vigilante against an avenger.

History Professor Brad Fletcher heads west for his health, but falls in with Soloman Bennett's outlaw gang. Fascinated by their way of life, Fletcher finally takes over the gang, leading with a new 'efficient' ruthlessness.

Directors
Sergio Sollima
Editors
Eugenio Alabiso

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  1. Gian Maria Volonté

    Gian Maria Volonté

    Professor Brett Fletcher

  2. Tomas Milian

    Tomas Milian

    Solomon 'Beauregard' Bennet

  3. William Berger

    William Berger

    Charley Siringo

  4. Jolanda Modio

    Jolanda Modio

    Maria

  5. Gianni Rizzo

    Gianni Rizzo

    Williams

  6. Carole André

    Carole André

    Elizabeth Wilkins

  7. Ángel del Pozo

    Ángel del Pozo

    Maximilian de Winton

  8. Aldo Sambrell

    Aldo Sambrell

    Zachary Shawn

  9. Nello Pazzafini

    Nello Pazzafini

    Vance

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John Chard Avatar

John Chard

Nov 24, 2019

7/10

Reasons of state, Wallace. You studied history, so you know what I mean. Not out of hate... but with compassion. Faccia a facia (Face to face) is directed by Sergio Sollima and Sollima co-writes the screenplay with Sergio Donati. It stars Gian Maria Volontè, Tomas Milian and William Berger. Music is by Ennio Morricone and cinematography by Emilio Foriscot and Rafael Pacheco. Brad Fletcher (Volontè), a New England professor, is plagued by ill health and is advised to relocate to the West for better climate conditioning. Once in Texas he is unfortunately taken hostage by wounded outlaw Beauregard Bennet (Milian), the result of which begins a turning of the character based tables... Sergio Sollima followed his excellent La resa dei conti (The Big Gundown) with this similar, if more complex, classic piece of spag cinema. Often cited as a picture with deep political motives, which Sollima denied, it really is in simplified terms a story about a good man going bad and a bad man going good. There are of course political and social observations, coming as it does down in the South post the Civil War, while some of the literate philosophising rewards more on subsequent revisits to the pic. Very talky for sure, it does however contain some superb action sequences, particularly in the last quarter, which in turn is crowned by a very Leonesque finale of quality framing. The trio of lead actors, each a Spag Western legend, are on superb form, while Sollima and his cinematographers provide an epic location based scope to the piece. Be sure to not see any abridged or dubbed version, see it only in its full length with natural Italian accompanied by the various subtitle options. 8/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
Italian
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
spaghetti western