Calibre 32

I spent the entire movie trying to find out what film it was using Morricone's music from Pistols Don't Argue. The guide was advertising it as Whispering Smith with Alan Ladd 1948, which it definitely wasn't. Anyway, I eventually found out during the closing credits by the casting.

Coincidentally, the movie also uses Maurizio Graf to sing the theme song 'Amica Colt'. Maurizio also sang a few Morricone theme songs such as 'Angel Face' and 'The Return of Ringo'. Also during the film there was the familiar uncredited whistle of Alessandro Alessandroni used a couple of times I'm sure.

This helped to elevate the movie naturally, like many Morricone soundtracks, but the film was actually very entertaining if you like westerns.

It had style.

KILLER CALIBER .32 is a somewhat average spaghetti western that features a dull lead and a done to death revenge plot that doesn't really go very far in holding the viewer's attention. I'll lay a lot of the blame for that at the door of director Alfonso Brescia, a guy never known for making classy cinema; a lot of his later films fall into the so-bad-they're-good category, but this one's plain ordinary.

The miscast Peter Lee Lawrence plays a gunslinger who goes after an evil gang, taking down the members one at a time. A lot of the running time is preoccupied with genre staples like good time girls, poker games, and bar-room brawls. The characterisation is virtually nil and the wooden Lawrence doesn't breathe any life into his character. There's not even much in the way of action, although that which does take place is acceptable enough; a pity that Brescia didn't make more effort as director.

Alfonso Brescia's "Killer Calibro 32" is a decent, although not exceptionally breathtaking Spaghetti Western, which does not get boring for a minute and shouldn't be missed by fans of the genre. "Killer Caliber .32" doesn't contain any new, or very imaginative elements, but the story of an antihero, a contract killer in this case, is delivered very well and although the movie is certainly no genre-highlight or masterpiece, lovers of the Italian Western should be pleased with this solid and very entertaining film.

Hired gun Silver (Peter Lee Lawrence) is a contract killer with style. He will kill a man for 1000 dollars, but he wouldn't quite take any job. He proudly says that he only kills people who deserve to die, he uses silver bullets, and he insists on being called 'Mr. Silver' not just 'Silver'. His paying customers include poor Mexican workers, who want him to get rid of their despotic boss, a sadistic landowner, or a saloon owner who needs him to kill a brutal bandit. Silver always waits for his target person to draw his gun out, so he can always claim self-defense. After doing a job in a little town, Silver gets hired by the owners of a local bank to eliminate a gang of outlaws who constantly rob the stagecoaches, and who killed all the passengers on their last raid.

When I first saw this film, I wasn't quite sure if Peter Lee Lawrence was the right man to play the role of contract killer Silver, since he just looked too young (early 20s), in my opinion. One must say, however, that he played his role well, and after seeing the movie I had changed my mind. Beautiful Hélène Chanel, who plays the daughter of a murder victim, also delivers a nice performance. The cast furthermore contains Alberto Dell'Acqua, whom Spaghetti Western fans might know for playing Franco Nero's younger brother in Ferdinando Baldi's "Texas Addio" of 1966. The rest of the performances are not bad either, but I can't say any of them were particularly worth mentioning. What I really liked about "Killer Caliber .32" was the fact that Silver stays an antihero throughout the whole movie, he doesn't have a problem to shoot people, even if they are already wounded and lying on the ground. The score by Robby Poitevin is also quite good, again, nothing phenomenal, but decent.

All said, "Killer Calibro 32" is a solid and very entertaining Spaghetti Western with a fair amount of violence, nothing spectacular, but certainly a film that my fellow fans of the genre should not miss. Recommended. 7/10

Silver( Peter Lee Lawrence) is a skilled and cunning killer; for a good price, he'll make sure it's a fair killing - one done in self-defense. After all, that's part of his code.

The managers of a bank decide to entrust him with the task of eliminating a gang of seven masked men, who have robbed the stagecoach shipment destined for the Carson City bank several times. But it's not an easy job, as for one thing, the bandits apparently don't know all of the other gang members, so finding one doesn't necessarily lead to the rest.

Peter Lee Lawrence is one cool dude as the Professional assassin with ethics- he kills in self defence and only those who deserve to die and that with silver bullets (maybe he thinks they are werewolves!). He holds a tight rein in his role, leading quite well in this solid western that flows well, has enough mystery, decent brawls and shootouts. There's some good humour to keep things from turning totally dark. Some things can be confusing but it's enjoyable enough and ends satisfyingly with the unmasking of the head honcho of the masked gang.

Alfonso Breschia's not an Italian director that makes you sit up and go "Yeah!" - He's more like Mike Bennett and his involvement with The Fall's Light User Syndrome album as in, he's part of something cool, but on his own he's 'not up to much'....wait that's not on that album.

What I mean to say is Mike Bennett I mean Alfonso Breschia is more famous for releasing four or five Italian Star Wars rip offs: War of the Robots, The Beast in Space, Cosmos: War of the Planets, Star Oddesy and Battle of the Planets although I think that one is also Cosmos. In the large universe of Italian genre films, these are the Fall's receiver compilations and ENOUGH WITH THE FALL ANALOGIES!

This one stars Peter Lee Lawrence (from Long Arm of the Godfather and whom died at the age of 30 of cancer) as the charming hired killer Silver, who is hired to find a bunch of masked guys who robbed a stagecoach. He does this by playing cards a lot, smoking a lot, and shooting people but only if they shoot first.

However, someone seems to be either covering up their tracks or setting silver up for a fall as a lot of witnesses turn up dead, other members of the gang think Silver was part of the gang, and one of three main suspects could be the main gang leader, but who is it? This is as good an Alfonso Breschia film as you're going to get. It's much better than White Fang and the Hunter, the other Western of his I've watched. Very well made and looks great, with a slightly pedestrian story, bland hero and not much by way of great gunfights (although the last showdown is nice on the eyes, it's not very exciting).

Remember: I won't go berserk if you don't scratch my nice blue stagecoach.