Underplayed Gems

A Town Called Bastard (1971)

A Town Called Bastard poster
Directed by
Irving Lerner, Robert Parrish
Genre
drama film, comedy film, Western film, action film
Country
United Kingdom, Spain
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
R
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of revolutionaries and a mysterious gunman converge on a small Spanish town. The town's brutal leader faces a reckoning from his violent past.

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What happens

A Town Called Bastard (also known as A Town Called Hell on DVD and Blu-ray) is a 1971 international co-production spaghetti Western. It was shot in Madrid with Robert Shaw, Telly Savalas, Stella Stevens and Martin Landau. It was released on blu-ray on 18 August 2015. The film was retitled A Town Called Hell for US release as the word "bastard" was thought offensive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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