The death riders
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The death riders |
| Original title | The Desperados |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1969 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Henry Levin |
| script | Walter Brough |
| production | Irving Allen |
| music | David Whitaker |
| camera | Sam Leavitt |
| cut | Geoffrey Foot |
| occupation | |
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The Death Rider (OT: The Desperados ) is a Western , the Henry Levin 1968 after a story by Clarke Reynolds staged. German premiere was on February 28, 1969.
action
Josiah Galt and his sons meet and join a band of outlaws on a foray; From now on they wander around in Confederate uniforms; David, however, goes his own way and starts a new life with his wife and child. Things are going well for him and his family. One day, however, he is ambushed by his own relatives and the bandits, his wife is killed and his son kidnapped. With the help of the local sheriff, David sets out to track down the villains and can catch them; in the end he defeats his own father in a showdown.
criticism
The lexicon of international film analyzes this "Western of very rough style": "The brutalities that are not motivated within the plot can at best be explained in terms of production: obviously the film should be competitive with the spaghetti westerns of the time."
The New York Times wrote , “As a pure action adventure, the movie is pretty sloppy; but there are also moments of real beauty. Over everything lies a touch of passion dedicated to destruction ”.
The Protestant film observer does not think much of the film: "An unimaginative western that turns murder, looting and rape into a show object."
Remarks
The film was released in American cinemas as a B-film for The comic . It was financed with a small Spanish contribution.
Web links
- The Death Rider in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Death Riders. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9401E3D8153DEF34BC4851DFB7678382679EDE
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 130/1969