Il Grande duello (The Grand Duel)(Hell's Fighters)(Storm Rider)(The Big Showdown) (1973)
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54% of users liked it
(431 ratings)
Il Grande Duello is the original title of this Italian/French/West German production. The titular duel pits hard-bitten gunslinger Clayton (Lee Van Cleef) against the equally gritty Saxon (Horst Frank). Before this takes place, however, Clayton champions the cause of Newland (Peter O'Brien) a… More Il Grande Duello is the original title of this Italian/French/West German production. The titular duel pits hard-bitten gunslinger Clayton (Lee Van Cleef) against the equally gritty Saxon (Horst Frank). Before this takes place, however, Clayton champions the cause of Newland (Peter O'Brien) a young punk who'd been framed on a murder charge. One of the beauties of the spaghetti western genre is that there were seldom any clearly defined Good or Bad Guys. This helped to keep the audience guessing as to the ultimate outcome of the film, thereby increasing the entertainment value tenfold. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Giancarlo Santi
- Genres
- Art House & International, Western
R,
- In Theaters
- Dec 29, 1972 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
The pacing is fine, and the action is clean.
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Cast
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Lee Van Cleef
as Clayton
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Peter O'Brien
as Newland
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Marc Mazza
as Eli Saxon
- Jess Hahn
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Horst Frank
as Saxon
- Klaus Grunberg
- Anthony Vernon
- Gastone Pescucci
- Dominique Darel
- Marcel Iures
