Product Description

With its horror-movie styling and ultra-violent nature, this perfect example of an Euro gothic western garnered an "X" rating on its initial Italian release. During the Civil War, three Confederate officers, leaders of a Confederate regiment, sell out to the Yankees, kill the sentries and allow the enemy troops to slaughter their whole company. One of their men, however, does not die... Left for dead, the Stranger (Anthony Steffen, Italy's answer to Clint Eastwood!) lies unconscious on the ground, severely wounded. Several years go by and, as though coming back from hell, the Stranger begins hunting down his enemies - the men that left him for dead. Is he a ghost, or just a man - hell-bent on revenge! Bonus Features: Widescreen Transfer Enhanced for 16x9 monitors| Spaghetti Western Trailers| Scene Selection. Specs: DVD5; Dolby Digital Stereo; 99 minutes; Color; 2.35:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - PG; Year - 1974; SRP - $14.99.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #99641 in DVD
• Released on: 2002-07-30
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 107 minutes

Customer Reviews

Excellent Spaghetti Western for 'Django' Fans
'Strangers Gundown' of 1968 does not appear in director Sergio Garrone's film bio, however 'Tre croci per non morire' or 'No Graves on Boot Hill' does and may have been the original title. Garrone is better known for his Italian murder films in the Giallo tradition. It is easy to call 'Strangers Gundown' a successful film since it succeeds very well as one of the better films in this genre. Some of the technical ideas in the movie seem to have been borrowed by Leone himself for the making of 'Once Upon a Time in the West'. Anyway the plot is quite simple: a former confederate soldier named Django tracks down three CSA officers who conspired with Yankees to murder his company during a civil war battle, and he guns them down one-by-one [in gothic horror fashion btw] after tracking them to a desert town many years later. One traitor-officer happens to have a psychotic homicidal brother and this character is included to brilliant effect and the role is played very well. This film benefits from typical spaghetti gritty realism teamed with stylish gothic horror filmmaking which [amazingly] works well. Only complaint is with Garrone's direction of Anthony Steffen - Steffen plays the Stranger role in such a wooden manner it seems as though he could catch on fire at any moment. But Garrone accidentally saves the day with this idea of a stilted stranger when the character is compared to the earlier ebullient confederate soldier prior to the battle tragedy. Whether Garrone intended to or not he makes menaingful statements on how extreme violence can deeply effect personality. The movie is a little slow in places but spaghetti fans of european westerns will probably love this film in spite of it's faults -- for example why did it take Django 15 years to seek revenge and in the first Django film he was a Yankee, NOT a Confederate -- but traditional American western fans will probably hate it. Ponitora

Not even close to a Eastwood performance
Thought the movie and the performance by Anthony Steffen could have been better. Probably could have enjoyed the film if the anoying back ground noice durning the last 30 minutes of the film wasn't their. Eastwood doesn't have to worry about Steffen making his day.

Paybacks Are Hell..
Anthony Steffen in his best performance as the steely - eyed phantom who is seeking bloody revenge for the confederate officers responsible for the slaying of their own troops and the stranger being one of the unfortunate soldiers. Sergio Garrone directs this Italiano western with authority to a T ,displaying a prime example of the spaghetti western with an assortment of various conspicuous characters filling the screen in this dark,dingy,and dusty town atmosphere revealing all those who are guilty and involved in the strangers revenge. Steffen doesn't say alot and uses his "Eastwood" presence to draw the lines and fire his fast .44. THE STRANGERS GUNDOWN, an entertaining western. A VCI release,16x9 widescreen,and a mediocre transfer - periodoc lines up and down the picture in some parts of the film,this dvd is out of print and don't pay a thousand dollars for this or any other dvd,buy it cheaper on vhs.