Day of Anger
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| Day of Anger | |
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 Poster for Day of Anger. |
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| Directed by | Tonino Valerii |
| Produced by | Henryk Chrosicki Alfonso Sansone |
| Written by | Ernesto Gastaldi Renzo Genta Tonino Valerii |
| Starring | Lee Van Cleef Giuliano Gemma |
| Music by | Riz Ortolani |
| Cinematography | Enzo Serafin |
| Release date(s) | 1967 |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country |  Italy |
| Language | Italian |
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Day of Anger (Italian: I giorni dell'ira), also known by its UK video title Gunlaw, is a 1967 spaghetti western film directed by Tonino Valerii. The film stars Lee Van Cleef and Giuliano Gemma, and features a musical score by Riz Ortolani. The film is based on the novel Der Tod Ritt Dienstags by Ron Barker.[1]
Day of Anger was Valerii's second film, as well as his second spaghetti western, following Per il gusto di uccidere (Taste for Killing, 1966). Valerii went on to film his third spaghetti western, Il prezzo del potere (The Price of Power), also featuring Gemma, in 1969.
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[edit] Plot
Scott (Gemma) is a young man working as a street sweeper in a small town called Clifton. Scott is looked down upon by the town people, and he has never known his father and only knows his mother's first name was Mary. When Frank Talby (Van Cleef) rides into town and kills one of Scott's bullies, Scott realizes the opportunity to change his life, and decides to prove his worth as a gunfighter to him. Talby soon leaves town to go after Wild Jack (Al Mulock), his former associate who owes him 50,000 dollars. Scott follows him and Talby reluctantly lets him tag along and agrees to teach him a few rules about gunfighting.
Talby and Scott find Wild Jack, but the man tells the pair that he does not have the money anymore, as he was double-crossed by the seemingly respectable citizens of Clifton. A gunfight ensues and Scott manages to convince Talby of his skills with a revolver. After taking care of Wild Jack's gang, the pair return to Clifton. With the help of Scott "Mary", as he was named by Talby, Talby quickly takes over the town, but Scott's fast draw has now become a threat to him. After he kills Scott's former mentor, the two decide to settle things in a shoot-out. Scott kills all the members of Talby's gang, and then defeats Talby in a duel by taking advantage of the rules Talby once taught him.
[edit] Cultural references
The movie's cover refers to Cleef as "The Ugly" from his appearance in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" when actually Cleef was "The Bad" and Eli Wallach was "The Ugly".
[edit] References
- ^ Day of Anger. DVD Talk. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
[edit] External links
- Day of Anger at the Internet Movie Database.
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