Cuatro dólares de venganza

Movie
Original title	Cuatro dólares de venganza
Country of production	Spain , Italy
original language	Spanish
Publishing year	1965
length	88 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Alfonso Balcázar
script	Bruno Corbucci ; Gianni Grimaldi
production	Alfonso Balcázar
music	Benedetto Ghiglia
camera	Victor Monreal
cut	Juan Oliver
occupation
	Robert Woods : Captain Roy Dexter; Dana Ghia : Mercedes Spencer; Antonio Casas : Colonel Jackson; Angelo Infanti : Captain Haller ; (as Angelo Infante ); Gérard Tichy : Hamilton; José Manuel Martín : Manuel de Losa; Antonio Molino Rojo : Dave Clifford; Tomás Torres : Pedro; Carlos Ronda : Mr. Spencer; Sergio Doré : Chairman of the Tribunal; Gardenia Polito : Mrs. Clifford; Giulio Maculani; Osvaldo Genazzani : Hamilton's secretary; Lucio Rosato : Banyon; Gian Luigi Crescenzi;

Cuatro dólares de venganza (also 4 dólares de venganza ) is not shown in the German speaking spaghetti western from 1965. Alfonso Balcázar produced and directed, Robert Woods plays the main role.

action

Shortly after the civil war. The Hueco City military garrison also includes Lieutenant Roy Dexter and Barry Haller, who compete for the beautiful Mercedes Spencer. After returning from an assignment, the two men, who are also friends, decide to ask Mercedes for a decision; their choice falls on Roy Dexter.

However, Dexter has to leave the fort soon after to secure a gold transport. Barry promises to take care of Mercedes. When the gold is stolen and the soldiers are attacked, Roy is wounded. After his return and recovery, he prepares the wedding with Mercedes, but he is accused of collaborating with the bandits.

Roy can break out of prison after being convicted and return to the city under a false name. He infiltrated the band of bandits and, with the support of Colonel Jackson, who believed in his innocence, was able to expose the head behind the bandit group: It was Barry.

criticism

"A good Robert Woods who has to fight against all difficulties in an action-packed plot peppered with numerous well-known Western faces", says Tom Betts in the oldest fanzine on the genre, Westernsallitaliana.

Remarks

In the film leader is Angelo Francesco Lavagnino called as a composer; the booklet for the CD release of the soundtrack corrects this. In Italy the film was released as 4 dollari di vendetta .

The soundtrack was released on CD; the song heard in the film is called "Let him go".

Web links

Cuatro dólares de venganza in the Internet Movie Database (English)
The film at mundocine

Individual evidence

↑ Although a critique of this film exists in the online version of the Encyclopedia of the international film (with Zweitausendeins No mercy for traitors. In: Encyclopedia of the international film . Filmdienst , accessed on October 23, 2019 . ) However, given there title is an alternative title of The Canyon City Deadmines , a film from the same era and by the same director. The search for this title, however in other online version of the encyclopedia on filmdienst.de found only Man from Canyon City (see also reference title for Man from Canyon City. In: Encyclopedia of the international film . Filmdienst , accessed on February 22, 2020 . ) The same forwarding can be found in the reprint of the lexicon from 1990 on page 1991.

↑ Tom Betts, WAI, Spring 1993

[1] Although a critique of this film exists in the online version of the Encyclopedia of the international film (with Zweitausendeins No mercy for traitors. In: Encyclopedia of the international film . Filmdienst , accessed on October 23, 2019 . ) However, given there title is an alternative title of The Canyon City Deadmines , a film from the same era and by the same director. The search for this title, however in other online version of the encyclopedia on filmdienst.de found only Man from Canyon City (see also reference title for Man from Canyon City. In: Encyclopedia of the international film . Filmdienst , accessed on February 22, 2020 . ) The same forwarding can be found in the reprint of the lexicon from 1990 on page 1991.

[2] Tom Betts, WAI, Spring 1993