This two part celebration of Spaghetti Western poster designs is by no means definitive. This is a purely subjective selection, so if your favourites are not amongst the images I apologise. Without further ado I invite you to explore some wonderful art work for one of my favourite popular European film cycles.
"There are two kinds of people in the world, my friend: Those with a rope around their neck, and the people who have the job of doing the cutting" - Tuco ("The Good, The Bad and the Ugly")
A Fistful of Dollars (Sergio Leone, 1964) - Italian Poster
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Minnesota Clay (Sergio Corbucci, 1964) - US Poster
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A Pistol for Ringo (Duccio Tessari, 1965) - Italian Poster
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For a Few Dollars More (Sergio Leone, 1965) - Italian Poster
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A Coffin for the Sherrif (Mario Caino, 1965) - Italian poster)
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Django (Sergio Corbucci, 1966) - Spanish Poster
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The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966) - Spanish Poster
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Navajo Joe (Sergio Corbucci, 1966) - Spanish Poster
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Johnny Yuma (Romolo Guerrieri, 1966) - US Poster
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A Bullet for the General (Damiano Damiani, 1966) - West German Poster
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Massacre Time (Lucio Fulci, 1966) - US Poster
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Texas, Adios (Ferdinando Baldi, 1967) - Italian Poster
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The Hills Run Red (Carlo Lizzani, 1967) - US Poster
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Death Rides a Horse (Giulio Petroni, 1967) - US Poster
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Django Kill...If You Live, Shoot! (Giulio Questi, 1967) - Japanese Poster
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God Forgives...I Don't! (Giuseppe Colizzi, 1967) - US Poster
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Face to Face (Sergio Sollima, 1967) - Spanish Poster
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Day of Anger (Tonino Valerii, 1967) - US Poster
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The Ugly Ones (Eugenio Martin, 1967) - Spanish Quad Poster
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Any Gun Can Play (Enzo G. Castellari, 1967) - US Poster
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The Hellbenders (Sergio Corbucci, 1967) - Spanish Poster
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Run, Man, Run (Sergio Sollima, 1968) - US Poster
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Guns for San Sebastian (Henri Verneuil, 1968) - US Poster
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Beyond the Law (Giorgio Stegani, 1968) - Spanish Poster
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If You Meet Sartana, Pray For Your Death (Gianfranco Parolini, 1968) - US Poster
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A Hole in the Forehead (Giuseppe Vari, 1968) - Italian Poster
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A Long Ride from Hell (Camillo Bazzoni, 1968) - Italian Poster
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A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof (Giulio Petroni, 1968) - Italian Poster
"When a man's got money in his pocket he begins to appreciate peace" - A Fistful of Dollars
oh my god such a cool post. right on brother well done
ReplyDeleteNice selection, Shaun. There's some great examples of the genre in there not counting the talked about to death Leone movies.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by Brian - two more parts to come! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the encouragement Dave...very much appreciated buddy!
ReplyDelete"They carry their hate in their holsters and name every bullet in their belts!" Oh, how I love it so... let me count the ways: one Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi, four... and so on and so on and so on until the end of time...
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