The Hellbenders

Buy This Item The Hellbenders by Starz / Anchor Bay  Available from Amazon  $17.99  on 11-26-2008     FROM THE DIRECTOR OF DJANGO, THE GREAT SILENCE AND COMPAÑEROS Screen legend Joseph Cotten (THE THIRD MAN, SHADOW OF A DOUBT) stars as the fanatical patriarch of a family of ex-Confederate killers who massacre an army convoy to finance an invasion of the North. But before they can re-ignite the Civil War, they’ll have to smuggle a coffin crammed with stolen cash across a frontier enflamed by lust, violence and extreme vengeance. Norma Bengell (PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES), Aldo Sambrell (A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS) and Al Mulloch (THE GOOD,THE BAD AND THE UGLY) co-star in this now fully restored western shocker – also known as THE CRUEL ONES – directed by the renowned Sergio Corbucci and featuring a classic score by Ennio Morricone. Features: Widescreen Presentation enhanced for 16x9 TVs,Theatrical Trailer,Sergio Corbucci Bio Reader Reviews Joseph Cotten, along with his three sons and a female accomplice, wipe out an army convoy, steal their money and stuff it into a coffin. They plan on travelling across the country to get back home and use the cash to restart the civil war and hopefully have the South win this time. Sounds easy enough, right? Nope! Making it across the country under the guise of transporting a dead soldier for burial turns out to be no easy task, as it seems everything is destined to screw up their plans. They overcome many of these obstacles for the most part however until their newly hired "widow" starts making things more difficult. This is another satisfying western from Sergio Corbucci who gave us the great spaghetti westerns Django, Companeros, and The Great Silence. And lets not forget he made Superfuzz too!! This one is different from his other westerns in the sense that there is no lone gunslinging outlaw, but rather a determined family of murderers. This is a very entertaining western with good music, good performances(by Cotten especially) and an ending worthy of a Tales From The Crypt episode. Awesome stuff.

The Hellbenders Available from Amazon Price: $17.99 Updated on 11-26-2008.

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