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Title: A Town Called Hell (1971) Post by: Scott on February 01, 2006, 10:39:52 PM A TOWN CALLED HELL (1971) (http://imdb.com/title/tt0067870/) - This Spain/England co-production starts off really great with the first 20 minutes or so with Telly Savalas as the boss of this Mexican desert town that sits on top of a ridge. They shoot Savalas in the first half of the film and put him up on a pole and then we never see him again. The rest of the film is rather bland except the hangings. They spent the rest of the film trying to find a revolutionary named Aguila. This film also stars Robert Shaw, Martin Landau, Stella Stevens, and Fernando Rey. The film has a great look and some good action. The story could have been good, but some how they didn't make it work.
(http://www.cinaff.com/affiches/les%20brutes%20dans%20la%20ville.jpg) Finally found a copy of this Telly Savalas film called A TOWN CALLED HELL and now must find LAND RAIDERS Title: Re: A Town Called Hell (1971) Post by: peter johnson on February 01, 2006, 11:41:23 PM Start looking for Robert Woods' Spaghetti Westerns, if you like obscure examples of the genre.
He made about a dozen, with Robert Ireland & Lee Van Cleef & others around at the time. "7 Guns for the MacGregors" is great: 7 kilt-clad/bagpipe playin' sons o' Scotland slingin' firearms all abooot !! peter johnson/denny crane Title: Re: A Town Called Hell (1971) Post by: Flangepart on February 02, 2006, 12:30:16 PM Manky Scots gits doing the Leone thang? Oh, i gotta get that!
There be cheese HERE! Title: Re: A Town Called Hell (1971) Post by: Scott on February 03, 2006, 11:24:18 PM Peter Johnson if I could find or view the 7 GUNS FOR THE MACGREGORS I would. Have only found the music to the film.
Wonder why they didn't use Telly Savalas as the main character in A TOWN CALLED HELL? Was it money or they didn't think Savalas could draw as the main character? He's in the film for about 15-20 great minutes, then the film kinda falls apart. |