Dio non paga il sabato

Larry Ward is toplined in this low budget Italian/Spanish oater for some reason; he has less screen time than the other male leads, except for Robert Mark, who disappears early on only to reappear toward the end. Ward was an American actor who had quite a few TV appearances, mostly in westerns, and appears suited to play the town storekeeper, or priest, or councilman, hardly a wandering adventurer. Mark has plenty of charisma as Randall, one of a quartet of killers who hole up in a wonderfully dilapidated ghost town, hiding out until they can escape over the border. Ben (Ward) and Judy, recently widowed, ride into town and are taken prisoner by the gang, who enjoy toying with them. Meanwhile the money has disappeared, Braddock (the fine Furio Meniconi), the leader, is growing agitated, and his lover Shelley is looking around for a better deal. This script was the blueprint for the later MATALO! which is virtually identical, with the addition of boomerangs. The remake is a little crazier, with the women dressing like hippies and wild camera-work, psychedelic music, and a Gothic atmosphere, but KILL THE WICKEDS is a good time for western buffs, available on a nice double feature from Wild East, teamed with KILL OR BE KILLED, also starring Robert Mark.

"Kill the Wicked!" (that's the title I watched it under) is an excellent spaghetti western. Spaghetti westerns can be hit hit or miss but "Kill the Wicked!" gets a hit on almost ever level. The movie looks great. The sets and locations are just right. The cast is also good with the standouts being Furio Meniconi and Maria Silva. Meniconi delivers a very strong performance and Silva is so wildly dreamy it's impossible to take your eyes off her. The only character that doesn't really work is the old lady. It doesn't work because the actress is obviously much younger than the character. An actress closer to the character's age would have been a lot less distracting. Other than that small demerit, "Kill the Wicked!" was a very satisfying watch that I plan on watching again very soon.

Outlandish as well as violent Pasta/Paella Western that packs crossfire , rare events , action-filled with fierce fights , twists , turns , betrayal and exciting final . Saved his skin from gallows by two hoodlums , Braddock (Furio Meniconi as Men Fury) joins his saviours, Randall (Rodd Dana as Robert Mark) and Laglan (Massimo Righi as Max Dean) , along with his fianceé, Shelley (Maria Silva) . After robbing a golden-laden stagecoach, the bunch arrives in a scrawny village and they decide to hide the loot in a hidden location , where they perceive that there is something weird about it and only to realise that its only inhabitant is watching their every step. Meantime , a drifter (Larry Ward) helps a stranded widow and they accidentally walk into a band's hideout in the ghost town and he finds himself being tortured by the heinous cutthroats . Soon after , the band finds out that there only lives a suspicious old woman, crazy old Molly Verner (Vivi Gioi) , the authentic owner of the mysterious ghost town where dangers lurk and strange shadows show up . For money, for pleasure, for revenge, he doesn't care why he kills or how !

Atypical Spaghetti /Paella Western co-produced between Spain and Italy , plenty of thrills , violence , treason , and shootouts . Director Amerigo Anton achieved possibly his best work in a modest career , with some memorable scenes and shaky camera movement as the initial prologue and during the successive confrontations . Surreal Spaghetti mayhem at its finest , this meaty Western contains an interesting but twisted plot , violence , shoot'em up and results to be quite entertaining , though drags at times , balancing in ups and downs . It turns out to be a strange spaghetti Western , as you can bone up on the bloodier side of that genre ; including bloody , grisly killings in cold blood , crosses and double-crosses and anything else . It relies heavily on a complex narrative , a modern narration and an uneven screenplay , in which a former member of the gang bent on revenge, while a number of roles appearing and confronting along the picture such as a mysterious stranger, a beautiful widow, a nasty gang leader , a gunfighter woman , all of them having their hidden agendas. A good example of Latino western genre from Italy and Spain ; it is a daring , surreal scenario with an atmospheric God-forsaken ghost town . Being a notoriously exciting Spaghetti , so extreme in every way , it is one of the handful of great Italian/Spain Westerns that characterize for its peculiarity , rareness and offbeat events , such as : "Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot!" (67) by Giulio Questi , "Matalo¡" or "Kill Him!" by Cesare Canevari" , ¨And God Said to Cain" (70) by Antonio Margheritti or "Cut-Throats Nine" (72) by Joaquin Romero Marchent , most of them including eerie and terrifying elements . Stars the American actor Larry Ward as a fine Samaritan drifter who takes on the really villains at a ghastly town. Ward was a B-actor in a lot TV episodes from famous series as Cannon, FBI , MASH , Bonanza , Invaders or Gunsmoke . Then he emigrated to Italy and Spain to find fame and fortune , like Clint Eastwood and Richard Harrison , and where he played thrillers as Shadow of Death , Non sta bene rubare il tesoro and two Spaghettis : I'll Die for Vengeance and this Dio non paga il sabato(1967). Larry even wrote some films as The Deadhead virgin (1974) , Alfred Hitchcock presents (1955), Crackdown (1988) and The Dakotas (1962). Co-stars the attractive Maria Silva , a beautiful Spanish actress who at the time starred various Spaghetti/Paella Westerns such as : Los Cuatreros , Shades of Zorro ,Zorro the Avenger, Cavalry Charge , El Sheriff Terrible , Fedra West, Sartana Kills Them All .

Colorful Cinematogaphy in Eastmancolor by Giuseppe Aquari , being the exterior locations as the stage coach robbery and others filmed in Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain, while the ghost town where much action takes place was shot in S. C. O. Studios, Acilia, Rome, Italy. As well as a thrilling and evocative musical score by prolific Angelo Francesco Lavagnino , including catching song : Il prezzo dell'oro composed by C. Danels and A. F. Lavagnino sung by Roberto Matano. The motion picture was professionally directed by Tanio Boccia , whose pseudonym was Amerigo Anton . "Peplum icon" Tanio Boccia hasn't exactly shown a lucky hand with his spaghetti westerns aside from the decent "They Shoot Themselves to Shreds" He made his SW debut with "For a Handful of Lead" , a western that can best be described as an average "A Fistful of Dollars" imitation. This was followed by "My Life for Revenge" and this ¨Deadly Trackers¨ . Boccia made all kinds of genres as Peplums, adventures and mini-epics , such as : Vendetta of Ivanhoe , La valle dell'eco tonante , Il dominatore del deserto , Maciste alla corte dello zar , I predoni della steppe , Sanson against pirates , Julio César,conqueror Gaul , Il trionfo di Maciste , Il conquistatore d'Orient , among others and of course , Spaghettis : Saguara , Kill or be Killed , Deadly Trackers and this Dio non paga il sabato (1967) . Rating : 5.5/10 . Average but acceptable and passable Spaghetti Western.

If you are a fan of spaghetti westerns, chances are that several of the ingredients in "Kill The Wicked" will be very pleasing to you. The movie is greatly atmospheric, for one thing, with the ghost town setting providing an eerie backdrop. Much of the movie's violent sequences pack a real punch as well. Also, Angelo Francesco contributes a musical score that is very flavorable, adding to the movie's grim and eerie mood.

The movie is not without fault, though. Actually, there is only one problem, but that problem is a pretty big one. The fault is that the movie is VERY slow and drawn out. There is probably only enough plot for about sixty or so minutes, but the movie is stretched out to almost ninety minutes in length.

While I am recommending the movie, it's under the conditions that you are a fan of the spaghetti western genre and can accept some faults, plus you happen to be patient. If you fit those two categories, then the movie definitely will have some rewards.

After a bloody stagecoach robbery, a nasty gang of cutthroats leave a wounded compatriot to die on the plains while they go hide out in a ghost-town and begin making hostages out of whoever comes along.

A shoestring spaghetti western with a fairly thin plot, this benefits from it's bright, colorful look and the fact that this is pretty interesting visually. The story is told primarily in pictures, with only sparse dialog for the most part. If you turn off the sound, you'd still get the gist of what's going on.

One thing I particularly enjoyed was the gang's lone female member. She was really cute and looked great in and out of her leather pants! There's definitely better Italian westerns out there, but a lot worse too. This is worth a look for fans who've seen everything.