The Specialists (1969)

Original title

Gli specialisti

Directed by

Sergio Corbucci

Genre

Spaghetti Western

Country

Germany, France, Italy

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

16

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 60 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A stranger with a hidden past enters a corrupt town where the authorities have framed an innocent man for a crime he did not commit. The stranger takes on the powerful figures who control the town, using his skills with a gun to try to bring some kind of justice.

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What happens

The Specialists (Italian: Gli specialisti, also known as Drop Them or I'll Shoot) is a 1969 Spaghetti Western co-written and directed by Sergio Corbucci. It was an international co-production between Italy, France and West Germany. Retrospective critics and scholars of Corbucci's Westerns have deemed The Specialists to be the final film in the director's "Mud and Blood" trilogy, which also includes Django (1966) and The Great Silence (1968). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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