Cobra Verde 1988  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure
aka: Slave Coast
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Klaus Kinski, King Ampaw, Jose Lewgoy, Salvatore Basile, Nana Agyefi Kwame, Peter Berling, Pedro Oliveira, Benito Stefanelli
Herzog takes on African slave trading in this epic that didn't make it as big as some of his other films. Aggressive Francisco (Klaus Kinski) oversees a sugar plantation, but after getting the boss's three daughters pregnant he is sent to Africa to round up slaves. Instead, he overthrows the king and takes over the tribe himself.
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 A Fistful of Dollars 1964  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Western
Director: Sergio Leone
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Mario Brega, Gian Maria Volonte, Marianne Koch, Jose Calvo, Wolfgang Lukschy, Joseph Egger, Sieghardt Rupp, Antonio Prieto, Margarita Lozano, Daniel Martin, Benito Stefanelli, Bruno Carotenuto, Aldo Sambrell, Harry Dean Stanton
A drifter gunman "Joe" (Clint Eastwood) comes into a Mexican border town of San Miguel, which is in the midst of turmoil set off by two families who are fighting. "Joe" makes friends with bar owner Silvanito (Jose Calvo) and ends up earning cash for killing off the feuding family members. As he plays one family against the other, "Joe" stays awhile and leaves a more peaceful town. The film spawned two sequels: "For a Few Dollars More" and "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly."
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 For a Few Dollars More 1965 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western / Action
Director: Sergio Leone
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonte, Joseph Egger, Benito Stefanelli, Mara Krup, Klaus Kinski, Mario Brega, Aldo Sambrell, Luigi Pistilli, Panos Papadopulos, Roberto Camardiel, Luis Rodriguez, Tomas Blanco, Lorenzo Robledo
In this sequel to "A Fistful of Dollars," Monco (Clint Eastwood) joins forces with bounty hunter Col. Douglas Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef) in an attempt to capture psychotic bandit Indio (Gian Maria Volonte). While not completely trusting each other, they do form a partnership, and Monco watches as Mortimer guns down Indio. But, while Monco was planning on the reward money, Mortimer, it turns out, was seeking revenge.
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The Hellbenders 1967  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Norma Bengell, Julian Mateos, Gino Pernice, Angel Arana, Al Mulock, Aldo Sambrell, Maria Martin, Ennio Girolami, Jose Nieto, Julio Pena, Claudia Goro, Benito Stefanelli
Ex-Confederate soldier Jonas (Joseph Cotten) just can't get over that the war is history and, along with his sons, he attempts to re-start the war. They ambush a convoy, make a good haul, put the money in a coffin, and head out with a posse in pursuit.
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 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968  PG, 165 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Drama
Director: Sergio Leone
Cast: Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Woody Strode, Jack Elam, Keenan Wynn, Lionel Stander, Paolo Stoppa, Frank Wolff, Gabriele Ferzetti, Frank Brana, Benito Stefanelli, Aldo Sambrell
This movie is a classic, telling the story of the railroad's effect on the American West and how great wealth could be attained by owning land around it. The owner of a railroad, Morton (Gabriele Ferzetti), hires Frank (Henry Fonda) to kill any landowners around the railroad line who threaten the railroad's completion. Frank does what he was hired to do and murders landowner Brett McBain (Frank Wolff). Now Brett's widow (Claudia Cardinale) arrives on the scene to ensure that the family's land remains in her name. She is also out for revenge and hires two killers of her own choice, Harmonica and Cheyenne (Charles Bronson and Jason Robards), to kill Frank. And the quest to get even begins.
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Trinity Is Still My Name 1972  G, 121 min.
Genre: Western / Comedy
aka: All the Way Trinity
Director: Enzo Barboni
Cast: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Harry Carey Jr., Jessica Dublin, Yanti Sommer, Enzo Tarascio, Pupo De Luca, Dana Ghia, Enzo Fiermonte, Franco Ressel, Riccardo Pizzuti, Benito Stefanelli
In the third episode of the "Trinity" series, our heroes (Terence Hill and Bud Spencer) turn in their badges and become bandits. But it is a difficult transition as they help those they come across rather than rob them.
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| 1. Cobra Verde (1988)
aka: Slave Coast
2. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
3. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
4. The Hellbenders (1967)
5. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
6. Trinity Is Still My Name (1972)
aka: All the Way Trinity
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