Vengeance (1968 film)
Vengeance (Italian: Joko - Invoca Dio... e muori, German: Fünf blutige Stricke) is a 1968 Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Antonio Margheriti. It starred Richard Harrison, Mariangela Giordano and Luciano Pigozzi.
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| Directed by | Antonio Margheriti |
| Produced by | Alfred Leone[1] |
| Written by | Antonio Margheriti |
| Starring | Richard Harrison Claudio Camaso |
| Music by | Carlo Savina |
| Cinematography | Riccardo Pallottini |
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Release date | 1968 |
Running time | 98 minutes[2] |
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Plot
Cast
- Richard Harrison as Jokko Barrat
- Claudio Camaso as Mendoza
- Špela Rozin as Jane (credited as Sheyla Rosin)
- Guido Lollobrigida as (credited as Lee Burton)
- Werner Pochath as Kid
- Paolo Gozlino as Pinkerton Detective Lester (credited as Paul Lino)
- Alberto Dell'Acqua as Richie
- Ignazio Spalla as Laredo
- Mariangela Giordano as Rosita
- Goffredo Unger as Yuma
- Luciano Pigozzi as Domingo
Release
Vengeance was released in 1968.[1]
Reception
In a contemporary review, the Monthly Film Bulletin noted that Vengeance had a "strange and colourful Gothic flavour, marred only by a hero clearly turned out on the Italian assembly line of faceless Clint Eastwood substitutes."[3] The review also noted an "engagingly baroque villain" while "The plot, admittedly, allows Margheriti to do little but dress up proceedings and make the action as taut as possible;" The review concluded that "Margheriti's visual panache and ingenuity lift Vengeance out of the Italian Western rut and lend it a flavour more commonly associated with Bava or Freda."[3]
References
- Grant 2011, p. 451.
- "Fünf blutige Stricke". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- "Vengeance "(Joko, Invoca Dio... e Muori)"". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 40 no. 468. British Film Institute. 1973. p. 252.
Sources
- Grant, Kevin (2011). Any Gun Can Play. Fab Press. ISBN 9781903254615.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)