The Big Gundown

Released the same year as Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Sergio Corbucci's Django, The Big Gundown (La resa di conti) is a classic spaghetti western. Directed by the great Sergio Sollima (Face to Face, Violent City) this brutal film elevated western regualr Lee Van Cleef (Ride Lonesome) to his first ever starring role. When bounty hunter Jonathan Corbett (Van Cleef) is hired to track down a Mexican peasant (Tomas Milian, in a career-defining role) who has been accused of an appalling crime, he is initially outwitted by the wily bandit. However, the relationshion between the two men soon takes an unexpected turn and they team up to take on railroad baron Brockston (Walter Barnes). With its rousing score by legendary composer Ennio Morricone, and its politically charged screenplay by Sergio Donati (Once Upon a Time in the West) and Franco Solinas (The Battle of Algiers), The Big Gundown has earned its reputation as one of the greatest and most influential Italian westerns.

Special Features

Bonus Footage, Commentary: Italian theatrical version: Barry Forshaw and Kim Newman (writers/film experts); Extended US version: C. Courtney Joyner and Henry Parker (film historians), Documentaries: 'Spaghetti Western Memories'; 'Prelude to a Gundown'; 'Heroes and Villains'; 'A Settling of Accounts', Image Gallery, Interviews: Tomas Milian (actor), Three presentations of the feature: 'La resa dei conti' (111 mins): the original Italian theatrical version, presented with both Italian and English soundtracks; the extended US cut (95 mins), with scenes added for television broadcast; and the original US theatrical version (89 mins); TV spots, Trailers

Actors: Gerard Herter, Lee Van Cleef, Walter Barnes, Nieves Navarro, Tomas Milian, María Granada, Robert Camardiel, Luisa Rivelli, Tom Felleghy, Angel Del Pozo

Audio Languages: Italian, English

Duration: 111 minutes

Number of Discs: 2

Subtitle Languages: English, English

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