| China 9 Liberty 37 (Amore, piombo e furore) |
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| Directed by | Monte Hellman |
| Produced by | Gianni Bozzacchi Valerio De Paolis Monte Hellman |
| Written by | Ennio de Concini Vicente Escrivá Soriano Jerry Harvey Douglas Venturelli Alberto Liberati |
| Starring | Fabio Testi Warren Oates Jenny Agutter |
| Music by | Pino Donaggio |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe Rotunno Technicolor, Techniscope |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists Pictures Corporation (U.S. Release) |
| Running time | 92 Mins Cut Version 103 Mins Director's Cut |
| Language | Italian |
China 9, Liberty 37 (Italian: Amore, piombo e furore) is an Italian-Spanish 1978 western film directed by Monte Hellman, starring Warren Oates, Jenny Agutter, and Fabio Testi. The film was shot in locations in Spain and Italy by cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno. Pino Donaggio composed the musical score. The film had a very sparse theatrical release in the United States, and did not play in some cities until as late as 1984.
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Gunslinger Clayton Drumm (Testi) is about to be hanged when he is given a chance to live if he will agree to murder Matthew (Oates), a miner who has steadfastly refused to sell his land to the railroad company. Matthew’s refusal is a major obstacle to the railroad’s plans for expansion.
Although he naturally accepts the assignment, Clayton has become weary of killing and wants to try to build a new life for himself. The would-be killer and his potential victim meet and quickly become close friends. Matthew is married to the beautiful Catherine (Agutter), who greatly complicates matters by promptly falling in love with Clayton. Clayton, despite his growing loyalty to Matthew, gives in to lust and sleeps with his new friend’s wife. When Matthew discovers his wife’s infidelity, he becomes infuriated and beats her. She leaves him and runs off with Clayton. The enraged Matthew asks his mentally unstable brothers to help him track down his wife and her lover.
Meanwhile, the railroad hasn’t failed to notice that Clayton has not lived up to his part of the bargain. Consequently, they’ve changed their plans and now want everybody who gets in their way dead, including Clayton.
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China 9, Liberty 37 was released on Region 0 DVD by Alpha Video on July 27, 2010.[1]
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