$1,000 on the Black | Spaghetti Western Movie
$1,000 on the Black - Twelve years ago, Sartana framed his brother Johnny for murder and stole his girlfriend. Now the town's undisputed boss and doted over by his possessive mother, Sartana seems safe - until, his sentence served, Johnny rides back into town.
$1,000 on the Black (1966)
Director: Alberto Cardone
Writers: Ernesto Gastaldi (story), Vittorio Salerno (story), Rolf Olsen
Stars: Anthony Steffen, Gianni Garko, Erika Blanc
Genre: Western
Country: Italy, West Germany
Language: English
Also Known As: Blood at Sundown
Release Date: 18 December 1966 (Italy)
Filming Location: Elios Film, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Reviews:
"Decent and morally upright Johnny Liston (an excellent and sympathetic performance by Anthony Steffen) gets out of jail after serving twelve years. He vows to get revenge on his evil and ruthless despot brother Sartana (robustly played with deliciously vicious aplomb by Gianni Garko), who framed Johnny for murder and stole his girlfriend Manuela Holt (lovely Angelica Ott).
Director Alberto Cardone, working from a dark and uncompromising script by Ernesto Gestaldi and Rolf Olsen, relates the absorbing story at a steady pace, does an expert job of creating and sustaining an extremely tough and gritty tone, milks the potent sibling rivalry theme for all it's worth, and stages the rousing rough'n'tumble fisticuffs and stirring shoot-outs with considerable gusto. Steffen and Garko do sterling work in the lead roles; they receive able support from Erika Blanc as the fiery Joselita, Robert Miali as hapless browbeaten mute Jerry, Carla Calo as the bitter, boozy Rhonda Liston, Franco Fantasia as the weak, ineffectual sheriff, Sieghardt Rupp as the nasty Ralph, and Carlo D'Angelo as the crooked, slippery Judge Waldorf. Gino Santini's sumptuous cinematography offers plenty of bold and startling compositions (the sweeping panoramic shots of the dusty and desolate desert are especially striking and impressive). Michele Lacerenza's twangy and harmonic score likewise hits the flavorsome spot.
But it's the film's remarkably hard and harsh no-nonsense mood which in turn gives this movie an extra jolting edge: the villains are truly hateful and sadistic, the outbursts of violence are quite savage and shocking (even women and children aren't spared from the copious brutality), and the climactic bloodbath is both wild and exciting. Well worth seeing."
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Also Known As (AKA):
(original title) 1000 dollari sul nero
Argentina El látigo del Diablo
Brazil Johnny Texas
Canada Les colts de la violence(French)
France Les colts de la violence
Greece Aima ston ilio(Video Title)
Greece Oi epikirygmenoi(transliterated title)
Hungary Ezer dollárt a feketére(TV Title)
Italy 1000 dollari sul nero
Italy Sartana: Sangue e la penna(reissue title)
Japan 砂塵に血を吐け(Japanese)
Netherlands Duel Bij Zonsondergang(informal literal title)
Portugal Mil dolares no preto
Spain 1000 dólares al negro(Alternative Title)
Spain Baño de sangre al salir del sol
Sweden Blod i sol - 1.000 svarta dollar
Turkey Altın Sarı Kan Kırmızı(Turkish, Alternative Title)
Turkey Siyah'a 1000 Dolar(Turkish)
United Kingdom Blood at Sundown
United Kingdom 1000 dollari sul nero (subtitle $1000 On Black)(TV Title)
United States Blood at Sundown
United States $1,000 on the Black
United States One Thousand Dollars on the Black
West Germany Sartana
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