Underplayed Gems

Deadlock (1970)

Deadlock poster
Directed by
Roland Klick
Genre
drama film, Spaghetti Western, crime film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
16
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 54 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A wounded outlaw seeks refuge in a remote desert mining town. The film follows his tense interactions with the town's lone inhabitant and a mysterious woman.

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What happens

Deadlock is a 1970 West German neo-Western film directed by Roland Klick. It is perhaps best known for the soundtrack supplied by the German rock band Can. The songs Can wrote for this film appear on their 1970 album, Soundtracks. Today Deadlock is considered a cult classic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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