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Sabata (1969)
Director: Frank Kramer Gianfranco Parolini
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
This flamboyant spaghetti Western comes with acrobats, bearded knife-wielding drunks, a strolling minstrel with a banjo which doubles as a gun, pantomime villains and standard virtuoso gunplay. Van Cleef, all in black, looks mean and surly, but this doesn't stop him from standing up for the Texas small folk whose livelihoods are threatened by rapacious railroad tycoons. The sound editing is ludicrous, the costumes are absurdly gaudy, performances come close to caricature and the dubbing is always noticeable, but that doesn't lessen the entertainment value one jot.Author: GM
Cast & crew
Director: Frank Kramer Gianfranco Parolini
Producer: Alberto Grimaldi
Cast: Lee Van Cleef, William Berger, Franco Ressel, Linda Veras, Pedro Sanchez, Gianni Rizzi full cast
Genre(s): Westerns
Duration: 106 mins
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