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The Hellbenders

1967 · 90 min

A grim, tense road trip through the Old West, where greed and fanaticism poison every mile.

Tagline
A coffin without a corpse... crammed with millions in cash!
Overview
A Southern Colonel, his three sons, and a card shark embark on an odyssey through the Southwest carrying a coffin full of stolen money with which the Colonel plans to revive the Confederacy.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • betrayal
  • obsession
  • violence
  • family
Places
  • road trip
  • wilderness
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror3
Humour2
Realism6
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
western
Directed by
Sergio Corbucci
Written by
Ugo Liberatore, José Gutiérrez Maesso
Starring
Joseph Cotten, Norma Bengell, Julián Mateos, Gino Pernice, Ángel Aranda, Claudio Gora, María Martín, Ennio Girolami
Music
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Cinematography
Enzo Barboni
Runtime
90 min
Country
Italy, Spain
Languages
Italian, Spanish

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