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George Hilton in They Call Me Hallelujah
April 1, 2019

They Call Me Hallelujah

Despite featuring many of the same people both in front of and behind the cameras (cinematographer Stelvio Massi, scriptwriter Tito Carpi, actors Barberito, Sini & Southwood), They Call Me Hallelujah represents a considerable evolutionary step from the previous Carnimeo / Hilton production, A Fistful of Lead.

George Hilton in Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistols for a Coffin
May 21, 2018

Sartana’s Here… Trade Your Pistols for a Coffin

aka Vende la pistola y comprate la tumba (Es), Django arrive, préparez vos cerceuils (Fr), Django und Sabata – wie blutige Geier (WG), A…

A close shave for George Hilton in Dead for a Dollar
November 10, 2017

Dead for a Dollar

Roy (Gordon Mitchell) fakes his own death in order to bamboozle his old partners by burying their stolen booty in his coffin. He enlists Glenn (George Hilton) to help him. The Colonel (John Ireland) and Portugese (Piero Vida) are not so easily fooled.

Nothing like a bit of melon in the morning, One More in Hell
October 24, 2017

One More in Hell

“I could kill to get me a pretty woman, but not for money…”, a line which could well have been an epitaph for George Hilton, who displays his trademark easygoing charm in this likable oater with a technical crew that reads like a ‘Best Of’ compilation.

Van Heflin and Gil Roland in The Ruthless Four
September 25, 2017

The Ruthless Four

Here’s a neat little film that encapsulates just about everything that’s good about the Spaghetti Western. There’s a twisty, no-nonsense script (by the reliable Fernando Di Leo and Augusto Caminito, who also collaborated on the twisty, no-nonsense Poker With Pistols)

Unhappy families in The Dark Valley
September 3, 2017

The Dark Valley

Andreas Prochaska’s The Dark Valley has picked up a grand total of twenty five awards and five additional nominations since its release in 2014, as well as being the Austrian entry for the Oscar that year. So why is it, you have to ask, that it didn’t receive any kind of cinematic release in the UK…

George Hilton in The Greatest Robbery in the West
August 14, 2017

The Greatest Robbery in the West

aka La più grande rapina del West (It), Trois salopards… une poignée d’or (Fr), Ein Halleluja für Django (WG), Hallelujah for Django (US, unconfirmed)…

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