1st watched 8/19/2007 - 7 out of 10(Dir-Sergio Sollima): Intriguing cat and mouse chase Italian-made western that keeps you guessing right up to the very end. Lee Van Cleef plays a cop that is doing his job by hunting down a Mexican who is accused of raping & murdering a 12-year old girl. As he catches and then loses this elusive fellow bits and pieces of the story begin to unravel that question the authenticity of the charge against him. We are brought along with the Lee Van Cleef character thru this interesting story that challenges our assumptions about who's right and who's wrong. To give any more away would ruin the movie for those who want to watch it, so I'll stop right there. The only real negative to this movie is the fact that it is dubbed and comes across a little corny at first, but once the story grabs you and the relationship between the two main characters becomes the central theme, you look over the mistake of not using subtitles and it doesn't bother you as much. Overall, this is a very well made spaghetti western that should be considered a classic in the genre.
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