Face to Face

"Facing death... a vigilante against an avenger."

1967 1h 52m IT

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★7.0TMDB · 114★7.1IMDB · 3,464

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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.

“Facing death... a vigilante against an avenger.”

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Cast

Gian Maria Volonté
Professor Brett Fletcher
Tomas Milian
Solomon 'Beauregard' Bennet
William Berger
Charley Siringo
Jolanda Modio
Maria
Gianni Rizzo
Williams
Carole André
Cattle Annie
Ángel del Pozo
Maximilian de Winton
Aldo Sambrell
Zachary Shawn

Credits

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Director: Sergio Sollima
Writers: Sergio Sollima, Sergio Donati, Sergio Sollima
Languages: Italian
Countries: Italy, Spain

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ERA

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59 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Italy, Spain.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sergio Sollima, shot by Rafael Pacheco. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Ennio Morricone. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Eugenio Alabiso shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Gian Maria Volonté and Tomas Milian and William Berger carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Facing death... a vigilante against an avenger.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0061636 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Sergio Sollima directs. Rafael Pacheco behind the camera. Ennio Morricone scores. Eugenio Alabiso cuts. Produced in Italy, Spain. Dialogue in Italian.

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159 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2International production across 2 countries: Italy, Spain.
3Directed by Sergio Sollima, shot by Rafael Pacheco. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Ennio Morricone. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Eugenio Alabiso shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Gian Maria Volonté and Tomas Milian and William Berger carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Facing death... a vigilante against an avenger.".
8IMDB entry: tt0061636 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Rafael Pacheco
Original score: Ennio Morricone
Editing: Eugenio Alabiso
Costume design: Carlo Simi
Makeup / hair: Rino Carboni
Runtime: 112 min · 1h 52m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: IT
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Face to Face (1967)
IMDB rating: 7.1/10 · 3,464 votes
MPAA: R

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John Chard2019-11-24
★ 7/10
Reasons of state, Wallace. You studied history, so you know what I mean. Not out of hate... but with compassion. Faccia a facia (Face to face) is directed by Sergio Sollima and Sollima co-writes the screenplay with Sergio Donati. It stars Gian Maria Volontè, Tomas Milian and William Berger. Music is by Ennio Morricone and cinematography by Emilio Foriscot and Rafael Pacheco. Brad Fletcher (Volontè), a New England professor, is plagued by ill health and is advised to relocate to the West for better climate conditioning. Once in Texas he is unfortunately taken hostage by wounded outlaw Beauregard Bennet (Milian), the result of which begins a turning of the character based tables... Sergio Sollima followed his excellent La resa dei conti (The Big Gundown) with this similar, if more complex, classic piece of spag cinema. Often cited as a picture with deep political motives, which Sollima denied, it really is in simplified terms a story about a good man going bad and a bad man going good. There are of course political and social observations, coming as it does down in the South post the Civil War, while some of the literate philosophising rewards more on subsequent revisits to the pic. Very talky for sure, it does however contain some superb action sequences, particularly in the last quarter, which in turn is crowned by a very Leonesque finale of quality framing. The trio of lead actors, each a Spag Western legend, are on superb form, while Sollima and his cinematographers provide an epic location based scope to the piece. Be sure to not see any abridged or dubbed version, see it only in its full length with natural Italian accompanied by the various subtitle options. 8/10

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