The Big Gundown
The Big Gundown

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Jonathan Corbett is a gunman so brave to have eliminated all the bandits of Texas. For this he is proposed for the candidacy to the Senate of the United States. In exchange he has only to support the construction of one railway line. Only after he accepts does he come to know that the Mexican Cuchillo has raped and killed a 12 year old girl. Corbett leaves on a long manhunt during which he gets to know his adversary better and discovers a variation on the crime for which the ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Big Gundown:

Lee Van Cleef
Tomas Milian
Walter Barnes
Gérard Herter
Manolita Barroso
Fernando Sancho

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Jonathan Corbett is a gunman so brave to have eliminated all the bandits of Texas. For this he is proposed for the candidacy to the Senate of the United States. In exchange he has only to support the construction of one railway line. Only after he accepts does he come to know that the Mexican Cuchillo has raped and killed a 12 year old girl. Corbett leaves on a long manhunt during which he gets to know his adversary better and discovers a variation on the crime for which the accused Cuchillo may not be as guilty as he first thought.

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Blu-ray.com - 6/10 by Brian OrndorfIt's a wonderful film, rich with style and loaded with surprises, with a fluid storytelling touch that brings substance to a genre that's often concerned solely with appearance.
User Review - 10/10 by Deadly VExcellent Spaghetti Western with a rousing score.
User Review - 10/10 by Marco SI was fortunate enough to see this hard to find classic just a few weeks ago. From all the spaghetti westerns ever made, this film I think comes closest to be the finest non-Leone italio western ever made. Easily Sollima's best crafted western and the best political spaghetti western ever made. Shots are beautifully crafted, there are some of the most memorable duels in any western out there, the Ennio Morricone music is some of the best outside his Leone work, and Lee Van Cleef and Thomas Milian put on some of their best performances ever. A must see for not only spaghetti western fans, but any western fan or film buff in general. Tarantino is obviously a fan as most of the music from Inglorious Basterds is taken from this movie.
User Review - 10/10 by David HHillarious Italowestern directed by the Master Sergio Sollima once again is everything perfect in this Movie Directions, Camera Work, Soundtrack, Atmosphere, Shootouts this Guy is a real Genius it's sad that he didn't work for 12 Years Lee van Cleef & Thomas Millian are a great Couple, the Movie show lot of Violence also Sexual Violence, Racial Conflicts between Gringos and Mexicans and Social Conflicts between Hidalgos and Chicanos and is close to the Truth of the Wild West
User Review - 10/10 by Sean LSadly, the version of this I own is cut, and there's never been an official U.S. DVD or VHS release. Still, a most enjoyable film, and Van Cleef and Milian are always a joy to watch.
User Review - 10/10 by Dean HThere were three directors with the first name Sergio who directed Italian Westerns (or Spaghetti Westerns if you prefer). Sergio Leone made the best films in the genre and actually made two of the best Western pictures, Italian or Hollywood, ever made. Sergio Corbucci made several very interesting Westerns and often dealt with themes of outsiders and racism. Sergio Sollima took Corbucci's also dealt with those themes but was more overtly political. One of the best in the genre, it has Lee Van Cleef as a bounty hunter hired by a power broker to hunt down Thomas Millian's character who is accused of raping and murdering a 12-year old girl. Chuchillo Sanchez (Millian) keeps getting the better of Jonathan Corbett (Van Cleef) who doggedly and professionally pursues his prey south from Colorado into Mexico. Along the way, Corbett begins to question Sanchez's guilt and the true motivations of his power-broker patron, Brockston (walter Barnes) as well as his own motivations. Van Cleef and Millian were two of the best actors working in Italian Westerns, watching the cat-and-mouse game between these two is lots of fun. And the soundtrack is by Ennio Morricone and is one of his best in this genre, a definite plus.
User Review - 10/10 by Olly HLegendary lawman is approached by a wealthy speculator with the offer of funding his campaign for senate. In order to secure backing he must hunt down a sex beast. The trilogy of shootouts at the end will make any spaghetti western fan cream their togs.
User Review - 10/10 by Casey HAn astoundingly polished Spaghetti Western, this is one of the best films the genre ever produced. Sollima's relentless pacing never allows for a dull moment, but still is able to capture the beautiful, rugged imagery we expect from a Spaghetti. The film is structured as a "chase" movie, with Van Cleef's Corbett in relentless pursuit of Milian's "Cuchillo", and they both turn in fantastic performances, especially Tomas Milian. The twist is delivered brilliantly about three quarters through the movie which leads to an epic stand-off between Corbett and his employer, Brockston. The back-to-back duel sequence during the final moments of the film are absolutely stunning, all timed to an excellent Ennio Morricone score. Classic Italian Western and is essential viewing for fans of Leone or Corbucci films.
User Review - 10/10 by Ian CLegendary lawmen is approached by a wealthy speculator with the offer of funding his campaign for senate. In order to secure backing he must hunt down a sex beast. The trilogy of shootouts at the end will make any spaghetti western fan cream their togs.
User Review - 10/10 by Van RThe Sergio Sollima-directed Tex/Mex manhunt horse opera THE BIG GUNDOWN qualifies as an above-average Spaghetti western with more elements of irony and social conscienceness than most Italian oaters. The themes of intolerance, racism, and greed are inextricately linked in the literate screenplay by Sergio Donati who contributed to the Sergio Leone pictures FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE and ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST. Furthermore, Donati and Sollima give the protagonist and the antagonist some engrossing dialogue exchanges that heighens the drama between the two adversaries. Basically, the story concerns the search for a footloose Mexican drifter who has been accused of raping and murdering a 12 old girl. This happens while the hero, Jonathan Corbett (LEE VAN CLEEF of SABATA), is at the home of a wealthy, influential Texas powerbroker. Brokston (Walter Barnes of RIO BRAVO) admires Corbett and compares him with Davy Crockett. Brokston wants to run Corbett for the Texas senate so that he can obtain his support for a railroad that Brokston dreams of building between Texas and Mexico. Brokston learns from his ranch hands that a Mexican, Cuchillo (Tomas Milian of COMPANEROS) and his heinous crime. Corbett promises Brokston that he will bring the rapist back to stand trial. THE BIG GUNDOWN amounts to a hare and the hound western with Corbett catching and then losing Cuchillo in a series of misadventures that take Cuchillo back to his native country. The Lee Van Cleef hero changes over the course of the action and suspects that something about the crime and the criminal may not add up. Sergio Sollima and Sergio Donati pay tribute to Sergio Leone by dressing their hero that same way that he looks when he played Colonel Mortimer. Indeed, the showdown at the end of THE BIG GUNDOWN when the son-in-law shoots it out with Cuchillo owes a little to the finale in FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE when the Man with No Name intervened and make a duel more fair. The slippery Mexican thief Cuchillo is rather thoughtful for a character of his kind. He lives by his wits and has a knack for improvisation. This trait is exemplified when he uses his feet to get a cactus thorn and scrape Corbett in the back and fooling him into believing that a snake bit him. The last shot looks like a variation on the Ricky Nelson & John Wayne scene from RIO BRAVO when Nelson pitched Wayne his Winchester repeating rifle. Here, Brokston fires away at Corbett from the top of a mountain knowing full well that no hand gun can reach him. Cuchillo notices this and kicks a Winchester up into the arms of Corbett. He knocks Brokston out of the saddle with one shot. Before they ride away to their different destinations, Cuchillo reminds Corbett that he never caught him.

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