''Long Days of Hate'' (Italian: ''I lunghi giorni dell'odio'', also known as ''This Man Can't Die'') is a 1968 Italian

Spaghetti Western The Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ...

film co-written and directed by

Gianfranco Baldanello Gianfranco Baldanello (born 13 November 1928) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and second unit director. He sometimes used the alias Frank G. Carroll. Baldanello is the son of actors Emilio Baldanello and Vanda Vianello (also known as ...

Plot summary

Martin Benson is a Civil War veteran and former outlaw earning money and clearing his name by working as an undercover agent for the US Army. His infiltration of a ring supplying firearms and firewater to Indians has led to the capture and execution of three of the gang, though they would not identify the gang's ringleader. Despite his monetary rewards and the three pistols and gun belts of the executed men that he has posted home to his father, who still believes him to be an outlaw, Benson wants no more of the undercover life. Benson's controller, an Army Captain still wants him to continue his work in order to identify the ringleader and gain the Captain promotion. Though the Captain has another agent, Tony Guy, the Captain prefers Benson's efficiency. Outside the Army post Benson is unsuccessfully ambushed leading to more fatalities to the gang. The gang decides to revenge themselves on Benson and draw him out by massacring Benson's family. As Benson's sister Susy and two younger brothers are in town visiting Vic Graham who is romantically attracted to Susy, the gang strikes killing Benson's father and mother as well as a hired hand. They also rape Benson's young sister Jenny who is left mute due to shock. Upon their return Daniel, the older brother spies an unidentified wounded man who they take to a cave to nurse back to health so he can identify who was responsible for the outrage. Martin Benson returns home and together with Daniel carry out their own revenge, retaliation and retribution as well as discovering the identity of the ringleader.

Cast

Guy Madison Guy Madison (born Robert Ozell Moseley; January 19, 1922 – February 6, 1996) was an American film, television, and radio actor. He is best known for playing Wild Bill Hickok in the Western television series ''The Adventures of Wild Bill Hicko ...

as Martin Benson * Lucienne Bridou as Susy Benson *

Rik Battaglia Rik Battaglia (byname of Caterino Bertaglia; 18 February 1927 – 27 March 2015) was an Italian film actor. He was born at Corbola, near Rovigo, Veneto. He mainly used the stage name of Rik Battaglia although alternate names he used for his fi ...

as Vic Graham * Anna Liotti as Jenny Benson * Steve Merrick as Daniel Benson *

Rosalba Neri Rosalba Neri (born 19 June 1939) is a retired Italian actress. Early life Born in Forlì, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Neri was regarded for her beauty even in youth, winning a beauty pageant when she was still young. Eventually pursuing an acting ca ...

as Melina (Martin's Girl) *

Gioia Desideri Gioia can refer to: Given names * Gioia Bruno * Gioia Marconi Braga Surnames * Anthony H. Gioia * Carl Daniel Gioia * Dana Gioia * Eric Gioia * Flavio Gioia * (1764 or 1768-1826) – Italian dancer and choreographer (Teatro di San Carlo and La ...

as Lillian *

Alberto Dell'Acqua Alberto Dell'Acqua (born 14 March 1938) is an Italian actor and stuntman. He appeared in more than forty films since 1955 mostly Italian Spaghetti Western The Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerge ...

as Rooney *

Pietro Martellanza Pietro Martellanza (30 September 1938 – 1 February 2010), best known as Peter Martell, was an Italian film actor who had numerous bigger roles in Spaghetti westerns. Sometimes he was credited as Pete Martell or Peter Martel. Born in Bolzano, h ...

as Tony Guy *

Silvana Jachino Silvana Jachino (2 February 1916 – 28 August 2004) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 65 films between 1936 and 1970. She was born in Milan, Italy and died in Rimini, Italy. Partial filmography * ''Cuor di vagabondo'' (1936) * ...

as Barnaby's wife * Daniele Riccardi as Christine *

Attilio Dottesio Attilio Dottesio (16 July 1909 – 12 February 1989) was an Italian film character actor and singer. He appeared in 170 films between 1940 and 1985. Born in Brescia, Dottesio began his career in France, where first he obtained some success ...

as Doctor Parker *

John Bartha János Bartha (6 February 1915 – 1991), better known as John Bartha, was a Hungarian film actor who appeared primarily in Spaghetti Westerns in the 1960s and 1970s. He is probably most recognizable in western cinema for his role as the Sheriff ...

as Sheriff *

Gaetano Scala Gaetano Scala (born 6 December 1932) is an Italian modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi del ...

as Jack *

Franco Gulà Franco may refer to: Name * Franco (name) * Francisco Franco (1892–1975), Spanish general and dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975 * Franco Luambo (1938–1989), Congolese musician, the "Grand Maître" Prefix * Franco, a prefix used when ...

as John Benson *

Franco Pesce Franco Pesce (11 August 1890 – 6 December 1975) was an Italian actor and cinematographer. Life and career Franco Pesce was born in Naples. He was the son of the actor Ettore. At a young age Pesce studied lyric singing with the intention of ...

as Barnaby * Jlse Scholzel as Sergeant Major *

Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...

as Captain * Giovanni Querrel as Freight Clerk *

Fortunato Arena Fortunato Arena (23 May 1922 – 7 March 1994) was an Italian stuntman and actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1954 to 1989. Selected filmography * ''Blood for a Silver Dollar'' (1965) * '' Conqueror of Atlantis'' (1965) * ...

as Carl

Soundtrack

The film was the first score of Italian composer Amedeo Tommasi, and his only Spaghetti Western. One of Tommasi's themes in the film features an unidentified vocalist, three themes are repeated throughout the film played by guitar and piano. As was the custom of several Spaghetti Westerns, a track from

Ennio Morricone Ennio Morricone (; 10 November 19286 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpeter who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classica ...

's ''

A Fistful of Dollars ''A Fistful of Dollars'' ( it, Per un pugno di dollari, lit=For a Fistful of Dollars titled on-screen as ''Fistful of Dollars'') is a 1964 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role, a ...

'' features in the film.

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* 1968 films 1960s Italian-language films 1968 Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films Films directed by Gianfranco Baldanello 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub