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A Town Called Hell
''A Town Called Bastard'' (also known as ''A Town Called Hell'' on DVD and Blu-ray) is a 1971 international co-production spaghetti Western. It was shot in Madrid with Robert Shaw, Telly Savalas, Stella Stevens and Martin Landau. It was released on blu-ray on 18 August 2015. The film was retitled ''A Town Called Hell'' for US release as the word "bastard" was thought offensive.p.175 Joyner, C. Courtney ''The Westerners: Interviews with Actors, Directors, Writers and Producers''; McFarland, 14 October 2009 Plot During the Mexican Revolution a small town is presided over by a tyrant (Telly Savalas) who commands a grizzled outlaw (Al Lettieri) and his men. Also in town is a priest ( Robert Shaw) with a violent past, who has abandoned his clerical duties. A widow (Stella Stevens) arrives with her faithful servant ( Dudley Sutton) promising to pay $20,000 in gold if the man who killed her husband is found and delivered to her. Further violence erupts when a brutal army Colonel (Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Parrish
Robert R. Parrish (January 4, 1916December 4, 1995) was an American film director, screenwriter, editor and former child actor. He received an Academy Award for Best Film Editing for his contribution to '' Body and Soul'' (1947). Life and career Born in Columbus, Georgia, Parrish was the son of Coca-Cola salesman Gordon R. Parrish and actress Laura R. Parrish. The Parrish siblings, including Beverly and Helen, entered into acting in the 1920s when the family moved to Los Angeles. Acting Parrish made his debut film appearance in the Our Gang short ''Olympic Games'' (1927). He then appeared in the classic '' Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans'' (1927); '' Yale vs. Harvard'' (1928), another Our Gang short; ''Mother Machree'' (1928) and ''Four Sons'' (1928) from John Ford; ''Speedy'' (1928) with Harold Lloyd; ''Riley the Cop'' (1928) for Ford; ''The Iron Mask'' (1929) with Douglas Fairbanks; ''The Divine Lady'' (1929); '' The Racketeer'' (1929); ''Anna Christie'' (1930) with Greta Gar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blu-ray
The Blu-ray Disc (BD), often known simply as Blu-ray, is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 2005 and released on June 20, 2006 worldwide. It is designed to supersede the DVD format, and capable of storing several hours of high-definition video (HDTV 720p and 1080p). The main application of Blu-ray is as a medium for video material such as feature films and for the physical distribution of video games for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. The name "Blu-ray" refers to the blue laser (which is actually a violet laser) used to read the disc, which allows information to be stored at a greater density than is possible with the longer-wavelength red laser used for DVDs. The polycarbonate disc is in diameter and thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Conventional or pre-BD-XL Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual-layer discs (50 GB) being the industry standard for f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Vogel
Antony Leslie 'Tony' Vogel (29 June 1942 – 27 July 2015) was an English actor. He played Andrew in the mini-series of Franco Zeffirelli's ''Jesus of Nazareth'' (1977), Aquila in '' A.D. Anno Domini'' (1985) and the title role in the 1979 television adaptation of ''Dick Barton''. He graduated from RADA in 1963 and died of asthma complications at his Normandy holiday home in France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ... on 27 July 2015. The actor was 73 and was cremated. TV and filmography References External links * 1942 births 2015 deaths Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art English male film actors English male television actors {{UK-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Layton (actor)
William Layton (December 23, 1914, Kansas City, Missouri – June 15, 1995) was an American playwright and actor. He trained under Sanford Meisner and subsequently. Education and early career Layton trained as an actor at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He became interested in European theater on a trip to London with his friend, Thornton Wilder. On his return to the United States, Layton joined the American Theatre Wing in New York. It was at the Neighbourhood Playhouse in New York, where he met his mentor, Sanford Meisner Sanford Meisner (August 31, 1905 – February 2, 1997) was an American actor and acting teacher who developed an approach to acting instruction that is now known as the Meisner technique. While Meisner was exposed to method acting at the Grou .... Hearing loss and death Layton returned from the Second World War with hearing loss which accompanied him throughout his life. It seemed to Layton that his old age was preventing him from the normalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cris Huerta
Crisanto Huerta Brieva (26 January 1935 – 28 November 2004), better known as Cris Huerta, was a Portuguese actor. He was sometimes credited as Chris Huerta. Life and career Born in Lisbon, Huerta grew up in Madrid and he studied economics before giving up studies in favor of an acting career. He was one of the busiest character actors of the 1960s and 1970s and worked his way up from uncredited bit parts to leading roles even if usually in low budget films.Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano. Attori stranieri del nostro cinema''. Gremese 2006, pp. 99-100. . The portly, bearded and bald actor appeared in more than 100 films, mainly spaghetti western films, splitting his time between leading roles as the sympathetic sidekick of the hero and character roles such as Mexican bandits, bartenders and sleazy businessmen. Declined the spaghetti western genre, after 1977 he significantly slowed his activities. Selected filmography * '' Ursus'' (1961) - C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce M
The English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix, Manche in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of king Robert the Bruce (1274−1329), it has been a Scottish surname since medieval times; it is now a common given name. The variant ''Lebrix'' and ''Le Brix'' are French variations of the surname. Actors * Bruce Bennett (1906–2007), American actor and athlete * Bruce Boxleitner (born 1950), American actor * Bruce Campbell (born 1958), American actor, director, writer, producer and author * Bruce Davison (born 1946), American actor and director * Bruce Dern (born 1936), American actor * Bruce Gray (1936–2017), American-Canadian actor * Bruce Greenwood (born 1956), Canadian actor and musician * Bruce Herbelin-Earle (born 1998), English-French actor and model * Bruce Jones (born 1953), English actor * Bruce Kirby (1925–2021), American actor * Bruce Lee (1940–1973), marti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Rietty
Robert Rietti, (born Lucio Rietti; 8 February 1923 – 3 April 2015), was an actor, and Oscar-nominated director of Anglo-Italian descent. With over 200 credits to his name, he had a highly prolific career in the American, British and Italian entertainment industries. He was particularly prominent in post-production dubbing both foreign and domestic, often overseeing the English-language dubbing of foreign actors' dialogue. He is known for his dubbing work in the ''James Bond'' series, ''Lawrence of Arabia'', ''Once Upon a Time in America'', and ''The Guns of Navarone''. He is often credited under the variant name spelling Robert Rietty. Early life Born in 1923, Rietti was the younger of two sons of Italian-Jewish actor Victor Rietti and Rachel Rosenay. In 1932, at the age of nine, he joined his father's company ''Teatro Italiano'', making his stage debut in ''Mysterious Currents''. His father (under whom Ida Lupino and June Duprez had studied acting) developed his so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Rigaud
Pedro Jorge Rigato Delissetche, inenacional.com better known by his s George Rigaud, Georges Rigaud or Jorge Rigaud (11 August 1905 – 17 January 1984), was an Argentine film actor who appeared in 194 films between 1932 and 1981. Born in , he went to live in with his parents. He started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tito García
Pablo García González, known as Tito García (1931–2003) was a Spanish actor. Biography Working as a torero in his youth, he played a minor role in ''Pelusa'' (1961). After this, he intended to dedicate himself to an acting career, and came to be one of the most frequently featured supporting actor in the Spanish cinema of the 1960s and 1970s. He often played villains in the '' Spaghetti Western'' genre of the 1960s. During his later career, during the 1980s and 1990s, he reduced his activity in cinema productions and appeared more frequently on television. He died in April 2003 aged 71. Filmography Films * ''La quiniela'' (1960) as Ayudante del locutor de radio (uncredited) * '' Pelusa'' (1960) * '' Bello recuerdo'' (1961) * ''Salto mortal'' (1962) * '' The Awful Dr. Orlof'' (1962) * '' Héroes de blanco'' (1962) * '' Accidente 703'' (1962) as Pedro * '' The Twin Girls'' (1963) * '' Harbor Lights'' (1963) as Cardinal's Man (uncredited) * ''Han robado una estrella'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Rivera (actor)
Luis Rivera may refer to: *Luis Rivera (athlete) (born 1987), Mexican long jumper * Luis Rivera (gymnast) (born 1986), Puerto Rican gymnast *Luis Rivera (infielder) (born 1964), former player and a coach in Major League Baseball *Luis Rivera (pitcher) (born 1978), MLB pitcher * Luis Antonio Rivera (born 1930), Puerto Rican comedian * Luis Collazo Rivera, Puerto Rican politician, former mayor of Toa Alta *Luis Daniel Rivera, Puerto Rican politician, former member of the Puerto Rican senate * Luis Guillermo Rivera (born 1975), Colombian footballer * Luis Mariano Rivera (1906–2002), Venezuelan singer, composer, poet and dramatist *Luis Muñoz Rivera (1859–1916), Puerto Rican politician or the park named after him * Luis Padrón Rivera (1892–1960), Puerto Rican politician * Ramón Luis Rivera (born c. 1925), former mayor of the city of Bayamón * Luis Rivera (actor), actor whose films include '' I'll Kill Him and Return Alone'' (1967) * Luis Castro Rivera (born 1991), Puerto Rican ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clark (American Actor)
John Clark (January 18, 1933 in New Jersey – September 9, 2011 in St. Augustine, Florida) was an American actor who had minor roles in mainly western films. He made an appearance in " The Silence" episode of '' Twilight Zone'' as a club member alongside Franchot Tone, Liam Sullivan, and Jonathan Harris which was broadcast on CBS on 28 April 1961. Clark appeared in ''Battle of the Bulge'' in 1965 and had an extensive run in Spaghetti Westerns of the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1968 he had a minor role as Hockett in the British western film of that year, '' Shalako'', starring Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot. In 1970, Clark had a role as a prison captain in John Guillermin's Spaghetti Western picture '' El Condor''. The film, like most of his other films of this period, was shot on location in Almería, Spain. Other Western film credits include '' A Town Called Hell'', ''Cannon for Cordoba'', '' Captain Apache'','' Catlow'', '' Custer of the West'', ''Four Rode Out'', an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldo Sambrell
Alfredo Sánchez Brell (23 February 1931 – 10 July 2010), known as Aldo Sambrell, was a Spanish actor, director, and producer who appeared in over 150 films between 1961 and 1996. Biography Sambrell was born in Vallecas, Madrid, on 23 February 1931. He travelled to Mexico because his parents were exiled there, beginning a football career in Puebla F.C., where he was known as ''Madrileño Sánchez'', and also in '' C.F. Monterrey''. When he returned to Spain he played for Alcoyano and Rayo Vallecano, and finally worked as an actor. Career Sambrell was best known in the world of cinema for his roles as henchmen in Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western films, portraying gang members in the trilogy of films ''A Fistful of Dollars'' (1964), ''For a Few Dollars More'', (1965) and ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' (1966), as well as in '' Once Upon a Time in the West'' in 1968, and ''100 Rifles'' in 1969. He also played the part of firing squad leader in ''A Fistful of Dynamite'' (1971) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
