A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die

Dec 27, 1972

1h 32m

★ 6.2

A handful of condemned men on an impossible mission, against hopeless odds...

Overview

A dishonored Union Army officer leads a group of convicts to retake Fort Holman from the Confederate Army.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Atlántida Films

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Cast

Colonel Pembroke

James Coburn

Major Ward

Telly Savalas

Eli Sampson

Bud Spencer

Sergeant Spike

Georges Géret

Sergeant Brent

Reinhard Kolldehoff

Donald MacIvers

Guy Mairesse

Major Charles Ballard

José Suárez

Ted Randall

Ugo Fangareggi

Piggott

Benito Stefanelli

Will Colder

Adolfo Lastretti

Wards Sergeant

Fabrizio Moresco

Farmer

Francisco Sanz

Bandits ambush Capt. Roy Dexter of the U.S. Cavalry while he and his men escort a fortune in Confederate gold coins. Only Dexter survives the attack. He's subsequently sentenced to life in prison on the false belief he masterminded the ambush. Escaping from prison, Dexter sets about tracking down and exposing the true culprits.

5.0

Gunfight at Red Sands

Sep 19, 1963

An avenging stranger guns down a gang of ruthless bandits in revenge for the murder of his family.

0.0

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5.0

A Town Called Bastard

Oct 27, 1971

A group of Mexican revolutionaries murders a town priest and a number of his christian followers. Ten years later, a widow arrives in town intent to take revenge from her husband's killers.

5.8

Killer Kid

Sep 30, 1967

The ruthless and cruel Captain Ramirez hunts down and kills revolutionaries in his search for The Saint, the righteous leader of the Mexican insurrection against the Federales.

5.6

Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead

Aug 13, 1971

Dan Hogan and his gang have held up a bank for $100,000 in gold bars. They meet up at Jackal's Ranch, a weigh station for stage coaches. While waiting for the gold to arrive they encounter a stranger, John Webb, who wants half the gold in exchange for guiding them safely to Mexico. Reluctantly, Dan agrees and they set across the brutal desert for a race to the border with the Rangers hot on their tail. Is John who he says he is? Is he really after the gold or does he have an ulterior motive?

5.7

Adiós Gringo

Dec 22, 1965

A gunslinger on the run for a murder he didn't commit goes to New Mexico where he hopes to find a person who can exculpate him. While on his way he finds a girl who has been kidnapped and tortured, sets her free and then takes his revenge at gunpoint.

6.3

Silver Saddle

Apr 20, 1978

Young boy who sees his father gunned down kills the assassin. Years later, he has grown up to be a successful bounty hunter who is feared by many. And then one day he discovers secrets to his past...

5.9

California

Jul 16, 1977

At the end of the Civil War, a Union soldier is released from prison and travels with a fellow prisoner to Missouri where his travelling companion is shot and hung for horse stealing. California decides to take the dead companion's belongings to his family's ranch, where he falls in love with his friend's sister. But then the "ghosts" of the war return in an unexpected way haunting him again.

6.0

The Grand Duel

Dec 29, 1972

A grizzled ex-sheriff helps a man framed for murder to confront the powerful trio of brothers who want him dead.

6.0

Forgotten Pistolero

Oct 17, 1969

Mann is a gunman informed by a childhood friend that his father was murdered years earlier by his mother and her lover. To make matters worse, Mann's sister, who is in love with his friend, is held under the thumb of his murderous mom. The two gunmen ride off to have a reckoning with her.

5.8

Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot!

May 3, 1967

A Mexican outlaw known as "The Stranger" is part of a band of thieves that steal a cargo of gold from a stagecoach. However, the Americans in the band betray him, and shoot all the Mexicans. The Stranger is not completely dead though, and crawls his way out of his shallow grave, continuing his pursuit of the gold, and exacting a bloody vengeance.

4.5

Gunslinger's Revenge

Dec 18, 1998

The idealistic lifestyle of an old West farmer, his Indian wife, and half-breed son is interrupted when the boy's old gunslinger father returns. They are not happy with his return despite the old gunslinger's intention to retire. Things take a turn for the worse when another gunslinger arrives in town, trying to force a battle with the father.

7.0

Face to Face

Nov 23, 1967

History Professor Brad Fletcher heads west for his health, but falls in with Solomon Bennett's outlaw gang. Fascinated by their way of life, Fletcher finally takes over the gang, leading with a new 'efficient' ruthlessness.

5.2

Take a Hard Ride

Oct 29, 1975

After his cattle rancher boss dies, right-hand man Pike is given the job of returning $86,000 to some families who live across the border in Sonora, Mexico. Honest Pike is joined on the trip through the wilderness by a dishonest gambler named Tyree.

7.1

Viva! Django

Sep 29, 1971

Django is on the trail of some renegade outlaws who raped and killed his wife. En route, he rescues a horse thief from an impromptu hanging. He discovers the man knows who committed the murder. The men team up and head west for revenge.

4.9

Between God, The Devil and a Winchester

Oct 7, 1968

A man gains access to a treasure map and persuades a guide to accompany him in his search to recover it. Both are pursued by bandits.

7.0

Day of Anger

Dec 19, 1967

A scruffy garbage boy becomes the pupil of famed gunfighter Talby, and the stage for confrontation is set when the gunman overruns the boy's town through violence and corruption.

5.2

Gentleman Killer

Aug 14, 1967

In a disputed border town, the US Army waits for word from Washington as to the rightful country it belongs, while dealing with a rowdy pack of Mexican soldier/bandits. Into the mix rides seemingly mysterious stranger Anthony Steffan, who looks like a dandy but has a few deadly tricks up his sleeve.

6.5

Compañeros

Dec 18, 1970

Arms dealer Yolaf Peterson aims to make a sale to guerilla Mongo, but the money is locked in a bank safe, the combination known only to Professor Xantos, a prisoner of the Americans. Yolaf agrees to free Xantos, accompanied by reluctant guerilla Basco, but a former business partner of Yolaf's- John 'The Wooden Hand', has other ideas.