A Man Called Sledge (1970)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Vic Morrow

Writers:

Vic Morrow (writer) and
Frank Kowalski (writer) ...

Release Date:

9 June 1971 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

Savage. Ornery, Beautiful!

Plot Keywords:

Greed | Beautiful Woman | Jail Break | Poker | Gunfight

Cast

James Garner	...	Luther Sledge
Dennis Weaver	...	Erwin Ward
Claude Akins	...	Hooker
John Marley	...	Old Man
Laura Antonelli	...	Ria
Wayde Preston	...	Sheriff Ripley
Ken Clark	...	Floyd
Tony Young	...	Mallory
Allan Jones
Herman Reynoso	...	Simms
Steffen Zacharias	...	Red - Prison Guard
Didi Perego	...	Elizabeth
Paola Barbara	...	Jade
Mario Valgoi	...	Beetle
Laura Betti	...	Sister

Also Known As:

Sledge

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (1972) | Sweden:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Italy

Company:

Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica

Trivia:

Average Shot Length = ~4.7 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~4.5 seconds.

Soundtrack:

OTHER MEN'S GOLD

A Spaghetti Western Noir

If you have read my profile I am a huge fan of Spaghetti Westerns, Film Noir, and Italian Giallo..this film has a mixture of all 3....in many ways this film does not look like a Spaghetti Western, almost like the recent film Open Range about average cowpokes who are very human and have to get by the best they can....Soundwise it is a very Spaghetti i.e. the high-pitched carbine sounds of the weapons and in an Italian Western it could be anything from a Derringer, rifle or Gatling Gun or even a small cannon, but that is what gives the Spaghetti Western its own identity, like bad effects are novel for a Godzilla film....anyway the storyline is very nourish especially James Garner who is quite excellent in this atypical role of a ruthless and merciless outlaw.....The Giallo comes in at 2 points, the creepy and ghoulish way one of his men ride thru town sacrificing his life shooting from his horse a la EL CID...and all 3 of the genres in the latter 3rd of the film.....the score by Gianni Ferrio is quite moody and hip for its day, today it is a little dated, but hey I like dated, again it gives it an identity...I am very proud to own the film finally on DVD in its original widescreen format of 2:40 to 1 ratio....and I enjoy anything that Dino De Laurentiis has produced, from Ulysses 1954 to most recently RED DRAGON with Anthony Hopkins...if you are a Italian Western buff I highly recommend this film..p.s. this film was shot in English but as most Italian productions most of the audio is Post Production, that explains why actors like Tony Young was evidently not available for post ADR and they had to re-voice it with another actor....