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(195) LAST RIDE TO SANTA CRUZ (1964) Marisa Mell/Klaus Kinski

5020DVD

"#1 MARISA MELL'S BEST PERFORMANCE IN A MOVIE"
---TOP 10 MOVIES OF MARISA MELL
SOURCE: CINEMARK BEST MOVIES AND SERIES

original German title: DER LEIZTE RITT NACH SANTA CRUZ

director: Rolf Olsen
starring: Mario Adorf · Marisa Mell · Klaus Kinski · Edmund Purdom · Marianne Koch · Sieghardt Rupp

An early - yet dynamic - role for Marisa Mell [considered her best performance by CineMark Best Movies series]; she makes this a marvelously entertaining Spaghetti Western from 1964. It's the story of crooked lawman Rex Kelly (Edmund Pudom) responsible for sending an innocent man to prison. When Pedro Ortez (Mario Adorf) breaks out of jail he becomes a cult hero and organizes a gang of outlaws. Pedro goes for revenge against Rex Kelly, now a retired sheriff. The Ortez gang raids his ranch and kidnaps his wife. Rex decides to take vengeance on his own.

Rolf Olsen was a studio alias, a director's name attached to projects for a variety of reasons. In this case, "Rolf Olsen" is believed to be Italian filmmaker Giorgio Stegani [who often made Spaghetti Westerns under the name George Finley (GENTLEMAN KILLER, BEYOND THE LAW, ADIOS GRINGO, et al)]. Reportedly, the West German production company was only permitted to hire technicians from that country, a condition insisted upon by the firm's major investor. Scriptwriter Fernando Di Leo and cinematographer Enzo Serafin also adopted German monikers to guarantee their paychecks.

A German film, with optional ON/OFF English subtitles; 99 min, widescreen,
DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT; extras include selected trailers.

Violence, Sexual Brutality, Adult Situations
for Mature Audiences

$19.95
Sale Price: $17.50