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Guest reviewer Lee Broughton tackles Tonino Valerii’s Spaghetti Western-cum-political conspiracy thriller. By brazenly transposing key aspects of John F. Kennedy’s assassination onto the assassination of James A. Garfield in 1881, Valerii gives both western and conspiracy film fans much food for thought. A career best performance by Giuliano Gemma, repurposed sets from Once Upon a Time in the West and great turns by a plethora of Sergio Leone’s regular supporting actors bring a sense of gravitas to this intriguing show.

A Bullet for the President

Region Free Blu-ray

Wild East

1969 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 112 min. / Il prezzo del potere, The Price of Power / Street Date November 25, 2019 / 18.45

Starring: Giuliano Gemma, Warren Vanders, Van Johnson, Maria Cuadra, Ray Saunders, Fernando Rey, Antonio Casas, Benito Stefanelli, Jose Suarez, Jose Calvo, Manuel Zarzo, Michael Harvey, Norma Jordan, Angel Alvarez.

Cinematography: Stelvio Massi

Film Editor: Franco Fraticelli

Original Music: Luis Bacalov

Production Designer: Carlo Leva...

Warren Vanders was best known for his roles as bad guys in a host of western television series and films, including Rooster Cogburn (1975) starring John Wayne.  He also appeared in a handful of television sci-fi and fantasy productions.

He was born Warren John Vanderschuit in San Fernando, California, on May 23, 1930.  He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War.  A boxer and football star, injuries ended hopes of an athletic career.  He also studied drama, and soon began appearing on television.

He was featured in the recurring role of Chuck Davis in the western series Empire in 1963.  His other television credits include episodes of Mission: Impossible, The Invaders, Search, Kung Fu, and The Amazing Spider-Man.  Vanders also appeared in the prehistoric tele-film The Tribe (1974), and the sci-fi mystery The Space-Watch Murders (1975).  He was also seen in the 1979 docudrama The Bermuda Triangle.

Vanders died of lung cancer in a Pasadena,...