Death Rides a Horse
Death Rides a Horse is a 1967 film from Italy, directed by Giulio Petroni, running 120 minutes. reelscum files it under spaghetti western.
- Year
- 1967 · 1960s films
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Director
- Giulio Petroni
- Updated
- 29 Oct 2026
- Obscurity
- known (18/100)
- Also known as
- As Man to Man
Defined in the glossary: Spaghetti western
Revenge, Van Cleef, and a score Tarantino lifted wholesale.
A revenge western built on a strong hook: a young man who watched his family murdered as a child, and an older ex-con who was there that night, circling the same targets from opposite directions. Lee Van Cleef mentors John Phillip Law toward a reckoning that implicates them both.
Giulio Petroni directs it with real style, and Morricone's score is so good that Tarantino lifted its central cue wholesale for Kill Bill. The flashback structure, each killing triggering a fragment of memory, is elegantly handled.
A model revenge western, elevated by one of Morricone's best scores.
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