The Price of Death

The Price of Death
	DVD cover art
Directed by	Lorenzo Gicca Palli
Produced by	Albano Ingrami
Written by	Lorenzo Gicca Palli
Starring	Klaus Kinski; Gianni Garko
Music by	Mario Migliardi
Cinematography	Franco Villa
Edited by	Maurizio Tedesco
Release date	17 September 1971;
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Price of Death (Italian: Il venditore di morte) is a 1971 Italian Western film directed by Lorenzo Gicca Palli and starring Klaus Kinski and Gianni Garko.[1] Some DVD releases feature the title Der Galgen Wartecht Schon, Amigo!.

Plot

Silver, who is elegantly dressed and lives in a hacienda with beautiful senoritas, is hired to find out if the accused Chester Conway, the black sheep of the town, really is guilty of the murder charge that he is to hang for. By investigating clues and arranging a trap, Silver discloses some respected citizens as the guilty parties. However, when Conway is released Silver shows that he had raped and killed a Mexican girl while the murder he was charged with took place, and he kills Conway in a duel.

Cast

Gianni Garko as Silver
Klaus Kinski as Chester Conway
Gely Genka as Polly
Franco Abbiana as Jeff Plummer
Luciano Catenacci as Sheriff Tom Stanton
Laura Gianoli as Polly's sister
Giancarlo Prete as Reverend Adam Tiller
Luigi Casellato as Abacuc Randall
Luciano Pigozzi as Doctor Rosenthal
Franca De Stratis as Carmen
Andrea Scotti as the prosecutor's lawyer
Alfredo Rizzo as Judge Atwell
Giuseppe Castellano as Grant

Reception

In his investigation of narrative structures in Spaghetti Western films, Fridlund ranges The Price of Death among Spaghetti Westerns heavily influenced by secret-agent films, because the hero is shown in company with beautiful women and in luxurious surroundings, works to uncover a mystery and - unlike the protagonists in A Fistful of Dollars and Django - does not have any complicating secondary motive.[2]

Release

Wild East announced they would be releasing "The Price of Death" on DVD in a double feature with Killer Caliber 32. The release was canceled due to rights issues. Killer Caliber 32 is now scheduled to be released in a double feature with Killer Adios instead.[3]

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gollark: This does seem slightly weird and broken.

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gollark: Also, the standard library is inconsistent and weird.

References

"New York Times: The Price of Death". NY Times. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
Fridlund, Bert: The Spaghetti Western. A Thematic Analysis. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company Inc., 2006 p. 258
Wild East Website , 2008. Last accessed: October 2009.

External links

The Price of Death on IMDb

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[NY_Times-1] "New York Times: The Price of Death". NY Times. Retrieved 25 October 2008.

[2] Fridlund, Bert: The Spaghetti Western. A Thematic Analysis. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company Inc., 2006 p. 258

[Wild_East-3] Wild East Website , 2008. Last accessed: October 2009.