I giorni dell'ira (1967)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Tonino Valerii

Writers:

Ron Barker (novel)
Ernesto Gastaldi (writer)

Release Date:

November 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

Lee Van Cleef has been dirty, "ugly" and downright mean... now watch him get violent.

Plot Keywords:

Old Enemy | Arson | Dance Hall | Dancehall Girl | Buddy

Cast

Lee Van Cleef	...	Frank Talby
Giuliano Gemma	...	Scott Mary
Walter Rilla	...	Murph Allan Short
Christa Linder	...	Gwen
Yvonne Sanson	...	Vivien Skill
Lukas Ammann	...	Judge Cutchell
Andrea Bosic	...	Abel Murray
Ennio Balbo	...	Turner - the banker
José Calvo	...	Blind Bill (as Pepe Calvo)
Giorgio Gargiullo	...	Killer
Anna Orso	...	Eileen (Judge Cutchell's daughter)
Karl-Otto Alberty	...	Sam Corbitt (as Hans Otto Alberty)
Nino Nini	...	Marshall / Sheriff Nigel
Virgilio Gazzolo	...	Mr. Barton - Owner of Arms Shop
Eleonora Morana	...	Mrs. Barton - Woman sending a letter

Also Known As:

Blood and Grit (UK) (video title)
Day of Anger (USA)
Days of Wrath
Der Tod ritt dienstags (West Germany)
Gunlaw (UK) (video title)

Runtime:

95 min | Australia:111 min

Country:

Italy | West Germany

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 (1986) | West Germany:16 (nf) | Finland:K-16 | Italy:VM18 | Norway:16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | USA:M | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Spain

Company:

Divina-Film

Trivia:

In the film, Scott Mary's mule is called Sartana; a common name for a gunslinger character in other spaghetti western films.

Quotes:

Killer: I hope he's dead, the bastard!
Frank Talby: You're going to hell, Turner. Find out down there!

Movie Connections:

References Se incontri Sartana prega per la tua morte (1968)

One of the best 3 Non-Leone-Italo-Western

Nice shootouts, interesting plot, great score (even which isn't written by Morricone), the characters develop very good. It doesn't need any stupid brutal violence. It gets brutal through its story and characters. Andy every time in the movie you can stay on Scott's side, even though he begins as a little stable-boy, becomes a tough gunfighter, and in the end a man, who makes his own decisions and who is able to differ the good from the evil. Very interesting too, are Talby's motives fro recruiting the innocent Scott. But he always tried to control him (by telling him, how to shoot and buying him another gun than he has).

Talby: "Allright Scott, you can come with me, but don't get your hopes up to high, 'cause it's a dirty life."

Great line :>