GRAND DUEL (BLU-RAY)

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• Release Year: 1972
• Genre: Western
• Plot: The Grand Duel is an archetypal spaghetti western which boasts many of the genre's classic hallmarks including action-packed gunfights, wild stunts and an impressive climactic showdown...; ; Genre stalwart Lee Van Cleef (The Big Combo, Day of Anger) stars as a gnarled ex-sheriff called Clayton who comes to the aid of young Philipp Wermeer (Alberto Dentice), a fugitive framed for the murder of a powerful figure called The Patriarch. Clayton helps Philipp fend off attacks from bounty hunters in a series of thrilling shootouts before the two make their way to Jefferson to confront three villains known as the Saxon brothers, and reveal who really killed The Patriarch.; ; A complex tale of revenge penned by prolific giallo writer Ernesto Gastaldi (Torso, The Case of the Scorpion's Tail), The Grand Duel benefits from a beguiling central performance from Lee Van Cleef and assured helmsmanship from Giancarlo Santi (assistant director to Sergio Leone on The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West). Add to this brew a memorable and tuneful score by composer Luis Bacalov (Django, Milano Calibro 9) and the stage is set for one of the grandest of all the Italian westerns.
• Cast: Angelo Susani, Giorgio Trestini, Alessandra Cardini, Franco Balducci, Bob Clark, Ottorino Polentini, Hans Terofal, Giancarlo Badessi, Klaus Grünberg, Antonio Casale, Dominique Darel, Jess Hahn, Marc Mazza, Horst Frank, Lee Van Cleef, Giovanni Filidoro, Alberto Dentice, Anna Maria Gherardi, Elvira Cortese, Remo Capitani, Gastone Pescucci, Furio Meniconi, Salvatore Baccaro, Franco Fantasia, Giancarlo Santi, Ernesto Gastaldi, Henryk Chroscicki, Alfonso Sansone, Mario Vulpiani, Roberto Perpignani, Luis Bacalov, Sergio Bardotti, Elio Pacella, Francesco D'Andria
• Director: Giancarlo Santi
• Runtime: 1:33
• Company: Constantin Film AG, Mount Street Film, Corona Filmproduktion, Terra-Filmkunst, Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC), B.R.C. Produzione S.r.l., Surf Film S.r.l., Arrow Films
• Media Format: Movie