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Storm Rider (1972)

Storm Rider poster
Original title
Il grande duello
Directed by
Giancarlo Santi
Genre
Spaghetti Western
Country
Germany, France, Italy
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
R
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 112 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A sheriff tries to prove a man is innocent of murder. The story follows their fight against powerful enemies in a dusty frontier.

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What happens

The Grand Duel (Italian: Il Grande duello), also known as Storm Rider and The Big Showdown, is a 1972 Italian-language spaghetti Western film directed by Giancarlo Santi, who had previously worked as Sergio Leone's assistant director on The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West. The film stars Lee Van Cleef as a sheriff who seeks justice for a man accused of murder. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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