Companeros 1970  R, 118 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Franco Nero, Tomas Milian, Jack Palance, Fernando Rey, Iris Berben, Francisco Bodalo, Karin Schubert, Jose Bodalo, Eduardo Fajardo, Gino Pernice, Jesus Fernandez, Gerard Tichy
This spaghetti Western is set in Mexico during a time of revolt in the early 1900s. Yodlaf (Franco Nero), a mercenary and weapons dealer, joins revolutionary El Vasco (Tomas Milian) whose mission is to free Professor Xantos (Fernando Rey) and his students being held hostage by Americans in Texas. Yodlaf's real mission, however, is to find a cache of gold, and the professor knows where it is. Along the way they must deal with a gunslinger: wooden-handed, pot-smoking John (Jack Palance) and his falcon.
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The Con Artists 1976 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Con Man
The Switch
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Adriano Celentano, Capucine, Corinne Clery, Ugo Bologna, Sal Borgese, Mircha Carven, Mickey Knox, Helen Stirling, Giovanni Cianfriglia
Philip (Anthony Quinn), a con man recently out of jail, takes Felix (Adriano Celentano) as his protege, and the two pick up where Philip left off before jail. A weak comedic/crime takeoff on "The Sting." The English-dubbed version is shorter than the original.
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Django 1966  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Franco Nero, Jose Bodalo, Loredana Nusciak, Eduardo Fajardo, Angel Alvarez, Gino Pernice, Simon Arriaga, Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia, Erik Schippers, Rafael Albaicin
This is the first of several "spaghetti Westerns" that chronicle the adventures of superhero Django (Franco Nero). Django arrives in a Mexican town dragging a coffin and is immediately caught in the middle of two warring factions: Yankee KKK members and Mexican gangsters. Lots of violence, especially after Django opens the coffin and takes out his Gatling gun.
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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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Il Grande Silenzo 1968  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
aka: The Great Silence
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Klaus Kinski, Vonetta McGee, Frank Wolff, Luigi Pistilli, Remo de Angelis, Bruno Corazzari, Mario Brega, Carlo D'Angelo, Raf Baldassarre
This is one of the best of the so-called spaghetti Westerns. Silence (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is mute due to his throat being cut by ruthless bounty hunters. Now he's on the trail of a mean group of them who were hired by the corrupt sheriff of a Utah town. Overall, a good movie–especially the scenery (shot in the Pyrenees).
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The Mercenary 1968 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Franco Nero, Tony Musante, Jack Palance, Giovanna Ralli, Eduardo Fajardo, Bruno Corazzari, Remo de Angelis, Franco Giacobini, Lorenzo Robledo, Alvaro de Luna
A mercenary (Franco Nero) battles his nemesis (Jack Palance) as he aids peasants in the Mexican revolution.
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Minnesota Clay 1965  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Cameron Mitchell, Georges Riviere, Ethel Rojo, Diana Martin, Fernando Sancho, Alberto Cevenini, Antonio Casas, Jose Canalejas, Julio Pena, Nando Poggi
Minnesota Clay (Cameron Mitchell) is jailed for a crime he didn't commit. He escapes in order to exact revenge on the real culprits, especially Fox (Georges Riviere) who withheld information that would have proven his innocence. Though going blind, Minnesota takes care of all the outlaws in his way, and Fox is his final target. Now completely blind, our hero evens the odds by ensuring the shootout is in a dark basement.
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Sonny and Jed 1972 R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
aka: Bandera Bandits
J & S: Criminal Story of an Outlaw Couple
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Tomas Milian, Susan George, Telly Savalas, Rosanna Yanni, Franco Giacobini, Eduardo Fajardo, Herbert Fux, Laura Betti, Werner Pochath, Alvaro de Luna, Dan van Husen
Mean and violent Jed (Tomas Milian) robs the rich and gives to the poor in this spaghetti Western set in the Southwest. He takes on a partner, Sonny (Susan George), who wants to experience excitement–and she gets it. Meanwhile, the sheriff (Telly Savalas) is on their trail.
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Super Fuzz 1980   PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Supersnooper
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Terence Hill, Ernest Borgnine, Joanne Dru, Marc Lawrence, Julie Gordon, Lee Sandman, Jack McDermott, Claudio Ruffini, Sal Borgese, Herb Goldstein
Following contamination from nuclear fallout, Miami cop Dave Speed (Terence Hill) discovers that he has gained super powers that he can use to fight crime.
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| 1. Companeros (1970)
2. The Con Artists (1976)
aka: The Con Man
aka: The Switch
3. Django (1966)
4. The Hellbenders (1967)
5. Il Grande Silenzo (1968)
aka: The Great Silence
6. The Mercenary (1968)
7. Minnesota Clay (1965)
8. Sonny and Jed (1972)
aka: Bandera Bandits
aka: J & S: Criminal Story of an Outlaw Couple
9. Super Fuzz (1980)
aka: Supersnooper
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