The Bounty Killer (1966)

Original title

El precio de un hombre

Directed by

Eugenio Martín

Genre

Spaghetti Western

Country

Italy, Spain

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

AP

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A feared bounty hunter tracks outlaws for money in a harsh Western landscape. The film follows his encounters with criminals and the violent cycle of pursuit and revenge.

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What happens

The Ugly Ones (es: El precio de un hombre, lit. "The Price of a Man", it: The Bounty Killer, later La morte ti segue... ma non ha fretta, lit. "Death follows you... but not in a hurry") is a 1966 Spanish-Italian spaghetti Western film directed by Eugenio Martín. The film marked the debut of Tomas Milian in the western genre and was the first film score of composer Stelvio Cipriani. It was also the first Spanish western to receive a state funding for the "artistic interest of the work". The film was based on the 1958 novel The Bounty Killer by Marvin H. Albert. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Spaghetti Western at the 64th Venice International Film Festival. On October 11, 2017 Eugenio Martín was honored for the fiftieth anniversary of this at the 7º Almería Western Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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