A Town Called Hell (1971) [R]

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

Vengeance's fire is raging.

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.

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Rankings and Honors

A Town Called Hell (1971) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 5.0/10

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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