A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Featuring:
Telly Savalas, Robert Shaw, Stella Stevens
Written by:
Richard Aubrey
Benjamin Fisz
Directed by:
Robert Parrish, Irving Lerner
Release Date:
October 27, 1971
Original Title:
A Town Called Hell
Alternate Titles:
A Town Called Bastard
A Town Called Hell
Eine Stadt nimmt Rache
Una ciudad llamada Bastarda
Genres:
Western
Production Companies:
Benmar Productions
Zurbano Films
Production Countries:
Spain | United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 18 SE: 15 US: R
Runtime: 95
A group of Mexican revolutionaries murders a town priest and a number of his christian followers. Ten years later, a widow arrives in town intent to take revenge from her husband's killers.
In 1895, in a small town ravaged by the Mexican Revolution, the revolutionary leader Aguila and his men massacre the town's locals and the military garrison soldiers.Ten years later Aguila,now a reformed priest, sees a newly-arrived woman who is looking for those responsible for murdering her husband. The town is run by the corrupt Don Carlos who promises to help Alvira find those who killed her husband,in return for the gold reward Alvira is offering. Don Carlos has no idea where Aguila is or what Aguila looks like but he's prepared to do anything in order to collect the gold reward offered by Alvira. Everything is complicated by the sudden arrival of the Mexican Army led by a brutal Colonel whose face looks very familiar to the town priest.
Art Direction:
Julio Molina
Casting:
Maude Spector
Costume Design:
Ossie Clark
Alice Pollock
Director:
Robert Parrish
Irving Lerner
Director of Photography:
Manuel Berenguer
Original Music Composer:
Waldo de los Ríos
Producer:
Benjamin Fisz
Screenplay:
Richard Aubrey
Set Decoration:
Julio Molina
Germán Quejido Perrucha
Story:
Richard Aubrey
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