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A man takes his revenge on the family responsible for his wrongful sentence to ten years of hard labor.A man takes his revenge on the family responsible for his wrongful sentence to ten years of hard labor.A man takes his revenge on the family responsible for his wrongful sentence to ten years of hard labor.
Guido Lollobrigida
- Miguel Santamaria
- (as Lee Burton)
Luciano Pigozzi
- Francesco Santamaria
- (as Alan Collins)
Luigi Bonos
- Joë
- (as Gigi Bonos)
Ettore Arena
- Convict
- (uncredited)
Paul Costello
- Innkeeper
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAll entries contain spoilers
- Quotes
Gary Hamilton: You tell your father Garry Hamilton is back in town and I will see him at sundown
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Spaghetti West (2005)
- SoundtracksRocks, Blood and Sand
Lyrics by Don Powell (as Powell)
Composed by Carlo Savina (as Savina)
Sung by Don Powell
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A Superb Gothic Horror Western.
"And God Said to Cain..." (1969), a Saghetti Western directed by Antonio Margheriti, stars Klaus Kinski, Peter Carsten and Marcella Michelangeli and is the recipient of a startling, innovative script by Antonio Margheriti and Giovanni Addessi that has a hero who prefigures Clint Eastwood in "High Plains Drifter" by being a ghost (or is he?). Even in the transcending, transgressive, aggressive genre splicing of the world of Spagheetti Westerns, this is surprising stuff.
The plot has all the hallmarks of tightly-knit Greek tragedy: it takes place in a twenty-four hour time frame as Guy Hamilton (Kinski) mysteriously seeks revenge against the rich, powerful Acombar family.
Crows shriek out whenever Hamilton's name is spoken and an ominous storms broods over the landscape; this is not so much a Western as a Horror Western. The explanation, the motivation for Hamilton's insane night of bloodletting is cursory, almost as if the filmmakers felt obliged to try to explain the unexplainable. For the film to succeed then, it has to rest on the strength of Kinski's performance, which is marvelous, a million miles away from his phone-in cameo role in the previous year "If You Meet Sartana, Pray for Your Death". The rest of the cast are admirable and the cinematography by Luciano Trasatti and Riccardo Pallottini and direction are both superb.
A Gothic Horror Western that is utterly unexpected, this is diamond that should be displayed much more than it is.
The plot has all the hallmarks of tightly-knit Greek tragedy: it takes place in a twenty-four hour time frame as Guy Hamilton (Kinski) mysteriously seeks revenge against the rich, powerful Acombar family.
Crows shriek out whenever Hamilton's name is spoken and an ominous storms broods over the landscape; this is not so much a Western as a Horror Western. The explanation, the motivation for Hamilton's insane night of bloodletting is cursory, almost as if the filmmakers felt obliged to try to explain the unexplainable. For the film to succeed then, it has to rest on the strength of Kinski's performance, which is marvelous, a million miles away from his phone-in cameo role in the previous year "If You Meet Sartana, Pray for Your Death". The rest of the cast are admirable and the cinematography by Luciano Trasatti and Riccardo Pallottini and direction are both superb.
A Gothic Horror Western that is utterly unexpected, this is diamond that should be displayed much more than it is.
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- JohnWelles
- Jun 19, 2011
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- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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