Day of Anger

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Day of Anger
film poster by Frank McCarthy
Directed by	Tonino Valerii
Produced by	Henryk Chrosicki Alfonso Sansone
Written by	Ernesto Gastaldi Renzo Genta Tonino Valerii
Starring	Lee Van Cleef Giuliano Gemma
Music by	Riz Ortolani
Cinematography	Enzo Serafin
Editing by	Franco Fraticelli
Distributed by	National General Pictures
Release date(s)	1967
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Day of Anger (Italian: I giorni dell'ira), also known by its UK video title Gunlaw, is a 1967 spaghetti western film directed by Tonino Valerii. The film stars Lee Van Cleef and Giuliano Gemma, and features a musical score by Riz Ortolani. The film is based on the novel Der Tod Ritt Dienstags by Ron Barker.^[1]

Day of Anger was Valerii's second film, as well as his second spaghetti western, following Per il gusto di uccidere (Taste for Killing, 1966). Valerii went on to film his third spaghetti western, Il prezzo del potere (The Price of Power), also featuring Gemma, in 1969.

Story

Scott (Gemma) is a young man working as a street sweeper in a small town called Clifton. Scott is looked down upon by the town people, and he has never known his father and only knows his mother's first name was Mary. When Frank Talby (Van Cleef) rides into town and kills one of Scott's bullies, Scott realizes the opportunity to change his life, and decides to prove his worth as a gunfighter to him. Talby soon leaves town to go after Wild Jack (Al Mulock), his former associate who owes him 50,000 dollars. Scott follows him and Talby reluctantly lets him tag along and agrees to teach him a few rules about gunfighting.

Talby and Scott find Wild Jack, but the man tells the pair that he does not have the money anymore, as he was double-crossed by the seemingly respectable citizens of Clifton. A gunfight ensues and Scott manages to convince Talby of his skills with a revolver. After taking care of Wild Jack's gang, the pair return to Clifton. With the help of Scott "Mary", as he was named by Talby, Talby quickly takes over the town, but Scott's fast draw has now become a threat to him. After he kills Scott's former mentor, the two decide to settle things in a shoot-out. Scott kills all the members of Talby's gang, and then defeats Talby in a duel by taking advantage of the rules Talby once taught him.

Cast

• Lee Van Cleef - Frank Talby
• Giuliano Gemma - Scott Mary
• Walter Rilla - Murph Allan Short
• Christa Linder - Gwen
• Yvonne Sanson - Vivien Skill
• Lukas Ammann - Judge Cutchell
• Andrea Bosic - Abel Murray
• Al Mulock - Wild Jack
• Giorgio Gargiullo - Killer
• José Calvo - Blind Bill
• Hans-Otto Alberty - Sam Corbitt
• Anna Orso - Eileen (Judge Cutchell's daughter)
• Benito Stefanelli - Owen White
• Nino Nini - Marshall / Sheriff Nigel
• Franco Balducci - Slim
• Virgilio Gazzolo - Mr. Barton
• Eleonora Morana - Mrs. Barton

References

1. ^ "Day of Anger". DVD Talk. http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s616anger.html. Retrieved 2007-04-13. 

External links

• Day of Anger at the Internet Movie Database.