Death Rides a Horse
Death Rides a Horse (aka Da uomo a uomo, or As Man to Man) is a 1967 spaghetti western directed by Giulio Petroni, written by Luciano Vincenzoni, and starring Lee Van Cleef and John Phillip Law. Bill Meceita, a boy whose family was murdered in front of him by a gang, sets out 15 years later to exact revenge. On his journey, he finds himself continually sparring and occasionally cooperating with Ryan, a gunfighter on his own quest for vengeance, who knows more than he says about Bill's tragedy. The film has lapsed into public domain.[1]
Cast
- Lee Van Cleef – Ryan
- John Phillip Law – Bill Meceita
- Carlo Pisacane – Holly Spring Station Master
- Luigi Pistilli – Walcott
- Anthony Dawson – Bert Cavanaugh/Manina/4 Aces
- Jose Torres – Pedro
- Carla Cassola – Betsy
- Archie Savage – Negro Soldier
- Mario Brega – One-Eye
- Guglielmo Spoletini – Manuel
- Angelo Susani – Paco
- Giuseppe Castellano – Sheriff
- Franco Balducci – Lyndon City Sheriff
- Romano Puppo – Lyndon City Deputy
- Walter Giulangeli – Mr. Meceita
- Elena Hall – Mrs. Meceita
- Bruno Corazzari – bartender
- Natale Nazzareno – member of Pedro's gang
- Felicita Fanny – Marita
- Ignazio Leone – minister
- Nerina Montagnani – minister's wife
- Carlo Pisacane – Holly Spring's station master
- Nino Vingelli – card player
- Remo Capitani – member of gold escort
- Giovanni Scarciofolo – Cavanaugh henchman
- Jose Terron – Walcott henchman
- Mario Mandalari – Walcott henchman
- Ennio Pagliani – Walcott henchman
- Giovanni Petrucci – Walcott henchman
- Claudio Rufini – Warden
- Vivienne Bocca – Richard Watson
In popular culture
- Whenever the angered hero encountered one of the bandits who wronged him and killed his family, footage of the wrong being avenged is superimposed over the hero's face. As a homage, this technique was used by Quentin Tarantino in Kill Bill whenever The Bride confronted one of the Deadly Vipers.
- The main theme of Death Rides a Horse is used in Kill Bill. It is the trilling flute and mixed choral piece played when The Bride calls out O-Ren Ishii and her bodyguards at the House of Blue Leaves.
- The scene when the main character, Bill, watches his family being murdered is referenced in the animated scene of Kill Bill. Here the skull necklace is depicted as a skull ring, worn by the man who kills O-rens father.
- "Death rides a Horse" is a 1970 reggae single from the Hippy Boys. It appears on the B-side of Max Romeos single "melting pot" on the Pama Unity label
- "Death Rides a Horse" is a name of a track on the Russian Circles album Enter
See also
Notes
- ^ These public domain repositories store and offer this film for download: [1][2][3].
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