Lee Van Cleef — Actor (43)
Power Kill (1973) [Movie] IMDb Douban
Dio, sei proprio un padreterno!
other title: 贼王杀手 / Il suo nome faceva tremare
Frankie Dio (Lee VanCleef) is a high-ranking mobster who turns himself in to the police or illegal gambling (for reasons that seem unclear to me). Tony (Tony Lo Bianco) is a low-level thug who frequents a pool hall and spends his free time envying Frankie. By being in the right place at the right time, Tony gets arrested with Frankie and is sent to jail... where they form a bond that may not quite be friendship, but it will do for now.
This film came to me under the title of "Frank and Tony", which is disappointing because I see an alternate name is "Mean Frank and Crazy Tony", which would have helped sell the film more effectively. I presume that's an homage to "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry" but what do I know? I watched it shortly after another Italian crime film, "Violent Professionals", and I must say the two complement each other very well.
Italians have always lagged behind Americans in their budgets and production values, which is a real shame with this film. It is considered a "grindhouse" film, which unfairly demotes it to a b-movie (or worse). With a cleaner sound and picture, this could have been a Hollywood hit, I suspect. I found the story very interesting, the characters (and actors) better than average and unlike "Violent Professionals" the plot is fairly clear -- not too many secondary characters.
Last Stagecoach West (1957) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Last Stagecoach West
director: Joseph Kane actor: Jim Davis / Mary Castle
other title: The Last Stagecoach West / La ultima diligencia del Oeste
The coming of the railroad to Cedar City spells the end of the stagecoach as the government gives the mail contract to the fastest means of delivery. McCord loses the stagecoach line gambling with the new buyer, but has enough hidden money to buy a ranch and some cattle. To make more money, he starts a gang to rob the railroad, express offices and steal cattle. But the railroads send out special agent Cameron to end his reign of violence.
The Road to Denver (1955) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Road to Denver
director: Joseph Kane actor: John Payne / Mona Freeman
other title: Postraub in Central City / La ruta de Denver
The Mayhew brothers flee from one Texas town to another as older brother Bill repeatedly attempts to keep younger brother Sam out of jail. Bill finally gives up on his younger brother and heads for Colorado. He gets a job and all is well until his brother shows up and takes a job that puts them on opposite sides of the law.
The Desperado (1954) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Desperado
director: Thomas Carr actor: Wayne Morris / Jimmy Lydon
other title: Der graue Reiter
"Only a fool sticks his neck out for somebody else. Don't get in the habit of it." Outlaw gunslinger Sam Garrett offers that sage wisdom to fellow fugitive Tom Cameron, who's on the run from the "Bluebellies," Texas State Police officers who wield a brutal iron fist of enforcement in the early 1870s. But quick-draw, hard-bitten Garrett soon decides not to take his own advice after young Cameron heads home to surrender - and instead gets framed for a revenge murder by a jealous rival for the affections of his girl.
Untamed Frontier (1952) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Untamed Frontier
other title: Der Tag der Vergeltung / Passage interdit
The Denbow family denies access across their land to homesteaders. To evade a murder charge, Glenn Denbow marries Jane, the only witness who's in love with him. But the woman favors the settlers...
Tumbleweed (1953) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Tumbleweed
director: Nathan Juran actor: Audie Murphy / Lori Nelson
other title: Drei waren Verräter / Qui est le traître?
Jim Harvey is hired to guard a small wagon train as it makes its way west. The train is attacked by Indians and Harvey, hoping to persuade Aguila, the chief, to call off the attack due to Harvey's having saved his son's life, leaves the train to negotiate. He is captured and the rest of the train is wiped out except for two sisters. Escaping and showing up in town later, Harvey is nearly hanged as a deserter, but gets away. Eventually caught by the sheriff and his posse, they are attacked by Indians. This time the Indians are defeated and Aguila, captured and dying, reveals the identity of the white man who engineered the initial attack on the wagon train, just as the perpetrator rides up behind them.
Guns Girls and Gangsters (1959) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Guns Girls and Gangsters
director: Edward L. Cahn actor: Mamie Van Doren / Gerald Mohr
other title: Gangster, Gin und scharfe Hasen / Armes à feu, les filles et les Gangsters
Chuck Wheeler gets out of the Pen and sets up an elaborate heist of Vegas casino money travelling by armored truck. He enlists the help of shady club owner Joe Darren and his ex-cellmate's wife, Vi. Vi's husband Mike is a trigger happy and jealous hothead and will not grant her a divorce. Mike escapes from prison right before the armored truck job goes into motion and promises trouble as he tries to locate his associates and his wandering wife.
Master Ninja II (1984) [Movie] TMDB
Master Ninja II
Lee Van Cleef and Timoty Van Patten are back in this "sequel" to their last "movie" about a ninja and his apprentice battling evil wherever they go. In reality, it's two episodes of failed TV show 'The Master' repackaged as a movie. Also featured in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
A Man Alone (1955) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
A Man Alone
director: 雷·米兰德 actor: 雷·米兰德 / Mary Murphy
other title: Ein Mann allein / Un homme traqué
A gunfighter, stranded in the desert, comes across the aftermath of a stage robbery, in which all the passengers were killed. He takes one of the horses to ride to town to report the massacre, but finds himself accused of it. He also finds himself accused of the murder of the local banker, and winds up hiding in the basement of a house where the local sheriff, who is very sick, lives with his daughter.
Pardners (1956) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Pardners
other title: Wo Männer noch Männer sind / Le trouillard du far-west
Rich momma's boy Wade Kingsley Jr. an Eastern dude, tries to follow in his murdered father's footsteps by returning to the West to partner up with Slim Moseley Jr.,the son of his father's former partner. Wade overcomes Slim's initial reluctance to accept him by using his fortune to buy a prize cow and new car to help Slim in his job as foreman on the Kingsley family ranch, currently under siege by a gang of outlaws called "masked raiders." Wade generously tries to pay off the ranch's mortgage with $15,000 of his own money, but unfortunately neither "pardner" realizes that respected banker Dan Hollis, the son of their fathers' murderer, is the leader of the gang.
Return of Sabata (1971) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta!
other title: 리턴 오브 사바타 / 西部決闘史
Master gunslinger Sabata arrives in Hobsonville, a town completely owned by McIntock, a robber baron who is taxing the inhabitants for the cost of future improvements to the town. Or that's what McIntock says he'll do with the money...
The Hard Way (1980) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Eggplant.place
The Hard Way
other title: Profi-Killer - The Hard Way / Der Profi-Killer
John Connor is a soon-to-retire hitman that agrees to take on one last job. After years plying his deadly trade, he has finally had enough. Seeking to retire to Dublin and maybe salvage his dying marriage, Connor wants to leave the lonely world of the marksman behind him and melt into the background. Unfortunately, his handler O'Neal is reluctant to let him go, and, after much coertion, manages to talk him into accepting one final job.
The Octagon (1980) [Movie]
The Octagon
director: Eric Karson actor: Chuck Norris / Karen Carlson
other title: Mænd uden nåde / A Fortaleza Secreta
Scott James, a veteran martial arts expert, is recruited as the protector of the wealthy and beautiful Justine after she becomes the target of a ninja clan. When Scott finds out that his ruthless arch-nemesis, McCarn , is involved with the stealthy and dangerous criminals, he is eager to settle old scores. Soon Scott is facing off against McCarn and the entire ninja horde in an effort to take them all down.
Sabata (1969) [Movie] Douban
Ehi amico... c'è Sabata, hai chiuso!
director: 吉安弗兰科·帕洛里尼 actor: 李·范·克里夫 / 威廉姆·伯格
other title: 一代枪王 / Ehi amico... c'è Sabata, hai chiuso!