Western

Face to Face

- Facing death... a vigilante against an avenger.

History Professor Brad Fletcher heads west for his health, but falls in with Soloman Bennett's outlaw gang. Fascinated by their way of life, Fletcher finally takes over the gang, leading with a new 'efficient' ruthlessness.

Release Date : 1967-11-23

Language :Italian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : PEAArturo González PC

Production Country : ItalySpain

Alternative Titles : Face to Face

Cast

Character Name : Professor Brett Fletcher

Original Name : Gian Maria Volonté

Gender : Male

Character Name : Solomon 'Beauregard' Bennet

Original Name : Tomas Milian

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charley Siringo

Original Name : William Berger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maria

Original Name : Jolanda Modio

Gender : Female

Character Name : Williams

Original Name : Gianni Rizzo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elizabeth Wilkins

Original Name : Carole André

Gender : Female

Character Name : Maximilian de Winton

Original Name : Ángel del Pozo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Zachary Shawn

Original Name : Aldo Sambrell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vance

Original Name : Nello Pazzafini

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aaron Chase

Original Name : José Torres

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cathy

Original Name : Linda Veras

Gender : Female

Character Name : Leading Citizen of Puerto del Fuego

Original Name : Antonio Casas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jason

Original Name : Frank Braña

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wallace

Original Name : Lorenzo Robledo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff at de Winton Estate

Original Name : Guy Heron

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sandy / Sally

Original Name : Rossella D'Aquino

Gender : Female

Character Name : Taylor Henchman

Original Name : Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia

Gender : Male

Character Name : Belle de Winton

Original Name : Lidia Alfonsi

Gender : Female

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Reasons of state, Wallace. You studied history, so you know what I mean. Not out of hate... but with compassion. Faccia a facia (Face to face) is directed by Sergio Sollima and Sollima co-writes the screenplay with Sergio Donati. It stars Gian Maria Volontè, Tomas Milian and William Berger. Music is by Ennio Morricone and cinematography by Emilio Foriscot and Rafael Pacheco. Brad Fletcher (Volontè), a New England professor, is plagued by ill health and is advised to relocate to the West for better climate conditioning. Once in Texas he is unfortunately taken hostage by wounded outlaw Beauregard Bennet (Milian), the result of which begins a turning of the character based tables... Sergio Sollima followed his excellent La resa dei conti (The Big Gundown) with this similar, if more complex, classic piece of spag cinema. Often cited as a picture with deep political motives, which Sollima denied, it really is in simplified terms a story about a good man going bad and a bad man going good. There are of course political and social observations, coming as it does down in the South post the Civil War, while some of the literate philosophising rewards more on subsequent revisits to the pic. Very talky for sure, it does however contain some superb action sequences, particularly in the last quarter, which in turn is crowned by a very Leonesque finale of quality framing. The trio of lead actors, each a Spag Western legend, are on superb form, while Sollima and his cinematographers provide an epic location based scope to the piece. Be sure to not see any abridged or dubbed version, see it only in its full length with natural Italian accompanied by the various subtitle options. 8/10