The Ugly Ones

Not to be confused with Bounty Killer.
"The Bounty Killer" redirects here. For the 1965 American Western film, see The Bounty Killer (film).
"El precio de un hombre" redirects here. For the telenovela, see El precio de un hombre (telenovela).
The Ugly Ones

Directed by Eugenio Martín
Produced by José Gutiérrez Maesso
Screenplay by James Donald Prindle
José Gutiérrez Maesso
Eugenio Martín
Based on The Bounty Killer
by Marvin H. Albert
Starring Richard Wyler
Tomas Milian
Ella Karin
Mario Brega
Music by Stelvio Cipriani
Cinematography Enzo Barboni
Edited by José Antonio Rojo
Production
company
Tescia
Discobolo Film
Distributed by Vincit Films (Spain)
Indipendenti Regionali (Italy)
United Artists (US)
Release dates
9 February 1967 (West Germany)
17 April 1967 (Spain)
Running time
95 minutes
Country Spain
Italy
Language Spanish
Italian
English

The Ugly Ones (es: El precio de un hombre, lit. "The Price of a Man", it: The Bounty Killer, later La morte ti segue... ma non ha fretta, lit. "Death follows you... but not in a hurry") is a 1966 Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Eugenio Martín.[1]

The film marked the debut of Tomás Milián in the western genre[2] and was the first film score of composer Stelvio Cipriani. It was also the first Spanish western to receive a state funding for the "artistic interest of the work".[2]

It was shown as part of a retrospective on Spaghetti Western at the 64th Venice International Film Festival.[3]

Plot

The notorious bounty hunter Luke Chilson pursues the Mexican fugitive Jose Gomez. He follows him through the desert only to arrive in a Mexican village where Gomez achieves to turn the peasants against his hunter. Unaware of the danger Chilson finds himself trapped.

Cast

References

  1. Edger Driscoll Jr. (Oct 11, 1968). "'Ugly Ones' provides plenty of action". Boston Globe. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 Marco Giusti. Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. pp. 58–59. ISBN 88-04-57277-9.
  3. "La rassegna con Leone e Sergio Corbucci". La Repubblica. July 17, 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
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