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Una pistola per cento bare (1968)

83 min · Western

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Directors

Umberto Lenzi

Cast

Peter Lee Lawrence, John Ireland, Gloria Osuna, Eduardo Fajardo, Calisto Calisti, Piero Lulli, Raf Baldassarre, Andrea Scotti, Paola Natale, Franco Pesce

A conscientious objector returns from war to find his parents dead and faces a choice between faith and revenge.

The story

Jim, a Jehovah’s Witness, refuses to take up arms because of his religious beliefs and is arrested as a deserter during a war. Pardoned after the conflict ends, he returns home expecting to resume his life. Instead, he discovers that his parents have been killed. Faced with this loss, Jim confronts a wrenching conflict between the faith that kept him from bearing arms and the desire to avenge his family.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

Jim is a Jehovah’s Witness who refuses to bear arms in keeping with his religion, and is therefore arrested as a deserter during a war. When the conflict ends, Jim is pardoned and returns home, where he discovers that his parents have been killed. At that moment, he decides to avenge his family, even if it means betraying his faith.

Genres

Western

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