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A martial artist joins a hard-hitting gunfighter in the search for treasure while bandits step into their way.A martial artist joins a hard-hitting gunfighter in the search for treasure while bandits step into their way.A martial artist joins a hard-hitting gunfighter in the search for treasure while bandits step into their way.
Tung-Kua Ai
- Uncle Wang
- (uncredited)
Barta Barri
- Sheriff
- (uncredited)
Agustín Bescos
- Train Porter
- (uncredited)
Shen Chan
- Warlord's Commanding Officer
- (uncredited)
Ping Chen
- Wang's sister
- (uncredited)
Shao-Chia Chen
- Royal guard
- (uncredited)
Yang Chiang
- Temple Abbott
- (uncredited)
Miao Ching
- Mr. Wang
- (uncredited)
Gene Collins
- Fight Promoter
- (uncredited)
Paul Costello
- Wang's Lawyer
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Barth Jules Sussman
- Miguel de Echarri(only credited in Spanish version)
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Did you know
- TriviaLee Van Cleef met his last wife Barbara Havelone on the set of the movie. She appeared as the Pianist in the bar during the scene where Lee sings his second and last song as part of the movie soundtrack. She also appeared as another one of the girls in the bar.
- GoofsWhen Ho Chiang is approaching the Mission alone, a motor vehicle can be seen moving in the distant background.
- SoundtracksRye Whiskey
Sung by Lee Van Cleef
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Neat little film - a combination of the spaghetti western genre and the chop socky.
Lee Van Cleef stars as a rugged cowboy who arrives in the town of Monterey seeking the fortune of the Chinese Mr Wang. Blowing open the four safes in the bank, he discovers nothing more than photos of women in all four of them. But Mr Wang walks in on the fourth explosion and is killed. Van Cleef is charged with the murder of Wang and sentenced to hang. Back in China, warlords are furious to learn that Wang's money is missing and send forth Wang Ho Kian, a young warrior and Wang's nephew, in search of it... Wang Ho arrives in time for the hanging and saves Van Cleef from the noose. Together, the two form a friendship and set off in pursuit of the late Mr Wang's bounty...
The film plays as more of a kung fu action than a western, but is none the worse for it. Utilising the acting talents (and one or two other features) of various lovely ladies - and a plot device used in Dick Emery's 1972 film "Ooh... You Are Awful" (namely that the tattoos on four women's backsides hold the key to a fortune) - the film shows that while the golden age of spaghetti westerns was beginning to come to an end, the industry could still produce little gems like this.
While the final showdown isn't exactly a Dance of Death, with both bullets AND karate kicks flying you can't really go wrong, can you? Whilst the music isn't exactly memorable, and at times the dialogue is awful (yea, yea, it's all lost in the translation, I know), the majority of the action scenes are good, although at times the synchronisation of the kung fu kicking and the "Ow!"s are on par with the dubbing of the worst spaghetti western. A decent time-filler.
The film plays as more of a kung fu action than a western, but is none the worse for it. Utilising the acting talents (and one or two other features) of various lovely ladies - and a plot device used in Dick Emery's 1972 film "Ooh... You Are Awful" (namely that the tattoos on four women's backsides hold the key to a fortune) - the film shows that while the golden age of spaghetti westerns was beginning to come to an end, the industry could still produce little gems like this.
While the final showdown isn't exactly a Dance of Death, with both bullets AND karate kicks flying you can't really go wrong, can you? Whilst the music isn't exactly memorable, and at times the dialogue is awful (yea, yea, it's all lost in the translation, I know), the majority of the action scenes are good, although at times the synchronisation of the kung fu kicking and the "Ow!"s are on par with the dubbing of the worst spaghetti western. A decent time-filler.
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- johnwaynefreak
- Sep 23, 2002
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- Blood Money
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- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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By what name was The Stranger and the Gunfighter (1974) officially released in India in English?
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