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attack. As the refugees escape, Fletcher and Bennet prepare to hold Zachary's gang off. Siringo arrives to stop the posse, killing Zachary and a vigilante to prevent further bloodshed, and confronts Bennet and Fletcher alone. Fletcher, angry at Siringo for his betrayal of the Raiders and the people of Puerto del Fuego, prepares to kill him, but he is shot by Bennet. Expressing regret over his unfulfilled plans for Bennet's Raiders, Fletcher dies. Bennet allows Siringo to execute him, but Siringo, noticing Bennet's desire for
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carrying several lawmen and Solomon "Beauregard" Bennet, a captured criminal, stops by Fletcher's hotel. When Fletcher tries to give Bennet a drink of water, he is taken hostage, and they escape on the stagecoach before becoming lost in the desert. Under Bennet's instructions, Fletcher takes him to a
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As Fletcher attempts to take the other refugees across a desert, one of the transport wagons breaks down, and the people on board are forced to travel on foot. Upon being separated, the group is wiped out by Zachary's vigilantes. Bennet meets Fletcher and the others just as the vigilantes prepare to
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is organized to eliminate Bennet's Raiders, as they are cutting a swathe through their profits. Siringo and Bennet, who has lost his passion for violence as a result of his friendship with Fletcher and the death of the peasant boy during the robbery, refuse to lead the vigilantes, but Zachary Shawn,
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gang; in exchange, Aaron Chase, a Raider, will be freed from prison. A gunfight between Bennet and the gunmen ensues, and Fletcher saves Bennet's life by killing one of them. Later, as Fletcher prepares to board his train, he decides to follow Bennet and Aaron; they are soon joined by fellow Raiders
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agent, captures Bennet and aids the local authorities in killing Jason, Maximillian and Aaron. Fletcher and Maria return to Puerto del Fuego with the stolen money, but Maria dies from wounds sustained in the battle. Driven to madness by Maria's death and Siringo's betrayal, Fletcher declares
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Maximillian de Winton. Siringo returns and proves his loyalty by killing a sheriff attempting to capture Bennet and the gang. Bennet's Raiders ride to their main hideout of Puerto de Fuego, an
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a former, jailed member of the Raiders, agrees. The next morning, Bennet escapes from his prison cell and rides to Puerto del Fuego, where he finds many innocent people massacred.
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has received praise from critics and scholars of the Spaghetti Western genre for its story and acting, although some criticism has been leveled at the execution of Fletcher's
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noted that the "script is so tediously predictable that interest fades well before the halfway mark" stating that "some very obvious cuts may be partly to blame".
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hideout in the forest, where Bennet recovers from his wounds. During this time, Fletcher learns from Bennet how to fire a
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experiences, and his personal beliefs on the role of environments and societies in the shaping of a person's character.
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train, Fletcher finds Bennet again, who has been hired by businessman Williams to dispatch Sam Taylor's
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community of outsiders and desperados. When Bennet and the other Raiders leave to partake in a
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Radical Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western: Politics, Violence and Popular Italian Cinema
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The film portrays the unlikely partnership of Professor Fletcher (Volonté), a
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A contemporary review, reviewing a 102-minute version of the film in the
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Vance confronts Maria and Fletcher; the latter subsequently kills him in
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Hughes, Howard (2018). "Westerns, Italian Style: Once Upon a Timeline".
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leadership of Bennet's Raiders, turning Puerto del Fuego into a
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who opposes violence and human suffering. While taking a
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Rossella D'Aquino as Sally, Purgatory City Hotel Maid
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Index

Faccia a faccia

film poster
Sergio Sollima
Sergio Donati
Alberto Grimaldi
Gian Maria Volonté
Tomas Milian
William Berger
Carole André
Gianni Rizzo
Aldo Sanbrell
Lidya Alfonsi
Eugenio Alabiso
Ennio Morricone
Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA)
ITL
Italian
Spanish
‹See Tfd›
German
international co-production
Spaghetti Western
Sergio Sollima
Alberto Grimaldi
Gian Maria Volonté
Tomas Milian
William Berger
Ennio Morricone
The Big Gundown

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