Grand Duel

Director: Giancarlo Santi Giancarlo Santi

Overview

Il Grande Duello is the original title of this Italian/French/West German production. The titular duel pits hard-bitten gunslinger Clayton (Lee Van Cleef) against the equally gritty Saxon (Horst Frank). Before this takes place, however, Clayton champions the cause of Newland (Peter O'Brien) a young punk who'd been framed on a murder charge. One of the beauties of the spaghetti western genre is that there were seldom any clearly defined Good or Bad Guys. This helped to keep the audience guessing as to the ultimate outcome of the film, thereby increasing the entertainment value tenfold.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/21/2013
UPC:	0827058115490
Original Release:	1972
Rating:	R
Source:	Blue Underground
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:34:00
Sales rank:	36,278

Special Features

Closed Caption; Audio commentary with journalists C. Courtney Joyner and Henry Parke; Theatrical trailer; Spaghetti western trailer reel

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Lee Van Cleef	Clayton
Marc Mazza	Eli Saxon
Jess Hahn	Actor
Horst Frank	Saxon
Alberto Dentice	Actor
Klaus Grünberg	Actor
Dominique Darel	Actor
Alessandra Cardini	Actor
Gastone Pescucci	Actor
Elvira Cortese	Actor
Anna-Maria Gherardi	Actor
Hans Terofal	Actor
Mimmo Rizzo	Actor
Giovanni Filidoro	Actor
Antonio Casale	Hole the Bounty Hunter
Memè Perlini	Saxon's Henchman
Giancarlo Badessi	Publican with eye patch
Luigi Antonio Guerra	Actor
Maria Teresa Piaggio	Actor
Vittorio Sancisi	Actor
Giorgio Trestini	Bull
Peter O'Brien	Newland
Anthony Vernon	Actor
Marcel Iures	Actor
Sergio Bardotti	Composer
Luis Bacalov	Composer

Technical Credits

Ernesto Gastaldi

Albert Kantoff

Giancarlo Santi	Director
Ernesto Gastaldi	Screenwriter
Henryk Chroscicki	Producer
Alfonso Sansone	Producer
Ettore Rosboch	Producer
Albert Kantoff	Screenwriter
Pasquino Benassati	Special Effects
Giovanni Corridori	Special Effects