The Cold Killer

Rather than a traditional western, this one's more of a psych 101 course in sociopathy - complete with childhood trauma motivating the creep who runs the show. It's mostly set in a small Montana town, vaguely in the late 1800s, thereby meeting minimal requirements for a "western". As the starring psycho, Philippe March's Jose Desmet oozes through a quietly creepy zone between the upscale brute approach of a Broderick Crawford or Lyle Bettger, and the wild-eyed lunacy of Klaus Kinski. The result is unique for the genre, but not particularly interesting. The rest of the cast is filled with cookie-cutter characters, generating little interest in who will do what to whom. That's actually fortunate, since you'd really hate its cheesy ending if you were still emotionally invested in the outcome. No need for this notch on your oater-count gun handle.

José Desmet (Philippe March) kills his chief Mr. Salazar (Mario Feliciano) , a former judge who sentenced his father. He then goes to a little town , where he becomes the evil boss who kills and mistreats citizens and along the way he looks for a gold mine of his previous employer.

An inferior Spaghetti Western performed by Bruno Piergentili as Dan Harrison , though the real protagonist is Philippe March , as a revengeful servant who attempts to take , at whatever cost , a gold mine . Results to be a below average Macaroni Western , a so-so flick containing a story full of crosses as well as double-crosses , ups and downs pace , thrills and unadequate direction . Worthwhile seeing only for the final violent confrontation beetween the good guy and and bad guy at a mine , including plot twists . Weak acting by main starring Bruno Piergentili or Dan Harrison as an antihero who's wrongfully imprisoned accused of murder a man , he was a B-Italian actor who starred some westerns, such as : Seven Pistols for a Gringo , Bullets and Flesh , Giorni di sangue, Piluk el Timido, Belle Star story . His nasty contender is Phillippe March as the merciless avenger who kills the saloon owner and the doctor in cold blood , giving a better acting than Dan Harrison . They're accompanied by some briefly known secondaries , such as: Attilio Dottesio and Mario Feliciani.

It contains an attractive score with Spaghetti sounds and some catching songs from John Ireson and Wayne Parham . And the colorful and evocative cinematography by Angelo Baistrocchi , including a lot of snowy mountainous landscapes similar to other Spaghettis , as settings bear remarkable resemblance to other notorious Westerns such as ¨The great silence¨ , ¨Taste of death¨ and ¨Nine cutthroats¨. The motion picture was lousily directed by Guido Celano . He was an ordinary secondary actor who intervened in some films such as : Boccaccio, La blonde de Pékin, Agustine of Hippo, The Hills Run Red, Mark Shoots First Giurò... e li uccise : And he only directed two films : ¨uno ad uno... Piluk il timido¨ (1968) with Edmund Purdom and this Uccideva a freddo(1967) . Rating : 3.5/10 . Only for Spaghetti harcore aficionados.