saw fewer flicks than some weeks.
Most days commenced with a Spaghetti Western shitkicker, Monday was no different, with Spag favourite Lee Van Cleef starring alongside La Lollobrigida in “Bad Man’s River”.
Robber Roy King loses his wife, Alicia, to revolutionary Montero. Despite their rivalry they collaborate in an attempt to rob the Mexican government of one million dollars.IMDb
This was followed by a Spanish giallo reworking of a story that’s been reworked so many times over the years, “The Cat and the Canary”, here called “Night of the Assassins” or “Night of the Skull”. Where people seemed to get from Brighton to Louisiana in pretty quick time for the late 1800s, early 1900s.
After the murder of a rich family patriarch, the reading of his will brings a motley crew of greedy family members to a mansion by the sea to collect.IMDb
Tuesday’s shitkicker was “Trusting is Good… Shooting is Better”, with Italian flick stalwart George Hilton and a very badly dubbed John Ireland doing what most protagonists do in Spag shitkickers, fight for gold.
A robbery gone awry due to the death of the bandit leader has three of the robbers trying to obtain the loot. Word gets out and others join the scramble for the cash.IMDb
Tuesday’s viewing ended with something a bit different, with a caper heist comedy. “Seven Golden Men”. With again some familiar faces, including Philippe Leroy and Gastone Moschin, playing two of the seven arch criminals whose name begins with an A, out for the… gold.
An international gang of thieves, led by Albert the Professor and his seductive assistant Giorgia, use meticulous planning to steal seven tons of gold from the Swiss National Bank in Geneva.IMDb
Wednesday again started with a shitkicker and George Hilton was back again, this time in “Professionals for a Massacre”. And again… they’re after gold.
Caught selling stolen guns, three Confederate soldiers get a reprieve from the firing squad, provided they go into Mexico on a mission to recover stolen gold belonging to the Confederacy.IMDb
Wednesday concluded with the follow up to “Seven Golden Men” as the “Seven Golden Men Strike Again”. Though slightly different they are again after gold and it does finish how its predecessor started.
The Professor (Leroy) and his men are captured by U.S. agents during an attempted train robbery. To avoid jail, they must kidnap a Latin dictator.IMDb
Only one flick on Thursday, but it’s another shitckicker, this time Giuliano Gemma is the “Arizona Colt” aka the “Man from Nowhere”. Though this time it wasn’t gold but vengeance he was chasing. It’s either gold or vengeance.
After getting sprung from prison by a Mexican bandit, a bounty hunter is hired to protect a town by the father of a saloon girl killed by a member of the bandit’s gang. IMDb
