Long Days of Vengeance
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| Directed by | Florestano Vancini |
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| Story by | Mahnahen Velasco[1] |
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| Cinematography | Francisco Marin[1] |
| Edited by | Angeles Prufia[1] |
| Music by | Armando Trovajoli[1] |
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| Distributed by | I.F.C. - International Film Company[1] |
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Long Days of Vengeance (Italian: I lunghi giorni della vendetta is a 1967 Western film directed by Florestano Vancini. It is the only western directed by Vancini, here credited as Stan Vance.[3] The film is a Spaghetti Western version of Alexandre Dumas' novel The Count of Monte Cristo.[3]
Plot
[edit | edit source]Ted Barnett escapes from prison and returns to his home town to prove that he did not commit murder and also find the man who murdered his father. To do this he must disclose the respected landowner Cobb as a smuggler.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Giuliano Gemma as Ted Barnett
- Francisco Rabal as Sheriff Douglas
- Gabriella Giorgelli as Dulcie
- Conrado San Martín as Cobb
- Nieves Navarro as Dolly
- Doro Corrà as Morgan
- Milo Quesada as Gomez
Release
[edit | edit source]Long Days of Vengeance was released in 1967.[2] It has also been released as The Deadliest Gun Fight.[2]
Reception
[edit | edit source]In his investigation of narrative structures in Spaghetti Western films, Fridlund groups this film with some other successful westerns where the Giuliano Gemma character is falsely accused and seeks vindication. What sets I lunghi giorni della vendetta apart is its skillful play with ironic humour and surprises.[4]
See also
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[edit | edit source]Footnotes
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- ^ a b c Grant 2011, p. 446.
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- ^ Fridlund, Bert: The Spaghetti Western. A Thematic Analysis. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company Inc., 2006 pp. 113-8.
Sources
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Long Days of Vengeance at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1967 films
- 1967 Western (genre) films
- Spaghetti Western films
- 1960s Italian-language films
- Films directed by Florestano Vancini
- Films scored by Armando Trovajoli
- Films based on The Count of Monte Cristo
- Films shot in Almería
- 1960s Italian films
- Italian-language Western (genre) films
- 1960s Italian film stubs
- 1960s Western (genre) film stubs