Savage Guns (1961)

Original title

Tierra brutal

Directed by

Michael Carreras

Genre

drama film, Western film, romance film

Country

United States, Spain

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

16

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An American rancher in 1860s New Mexico faces conflict with a wealthy landowner and his hired gunmen. A former Confederate soldier and a Spanish doctor end up helping him defend his land.

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What happens

The Savage Guns (Spanish: Tierra brutal) is a 1961 Eurowestern film, an international co-production by British and Spanish producers. Based on a specially commissioned screenplay, The San Siado Killings, written by Peter R. Newman and directed by Michael Carreras, the film is credited as the first traditional Spaghetti Western. The film was noticeably set apart from previous "classic" American westerns starring an American leading cast (Richard Basehart, Don Taylor and Alex Nicol) and Spanish actors in supporting roles (José Manuel Martín, Paquita Rico, María Granada, Fernando Rey and José Nieto) as well as its unique use of the deserts, palm trees, agaves and whitewashed villages of southern Spain. It was also the first western to be shot on location in Almeria, Spain, an area which would be often used in later Spaghetti Westerns during the next two decades. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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