A Man Called Sledge
A Man Called Sledge is a 1970 Italian Spaghetti Western film starring James Garner in an extremely offbeat role as a grimly hardened thief, and featuring Dennis Weaver, Claude Akins and Wayde Preston. The film was written by Vic Morrow and Frank Kowalski, and directed by Morrow in Techniscope.
Plot
Luther Sledge, a wanted outlaw, is visiting his prostitute girlfriend, Ria, when one of his gang is shot over a poker game. Sledge kills the murderers, and is recognized by an old man, who follows him. Sledge waylays the old man, who then relates a tale of a periodic gold shipment that is heavily guarded by forty riders, but stops at a prison where the old man was incarcerated for years.
Cast
- Allan Jones
- Angelo Infanti
- Barta Barri
- Bruno Corazzari
- Claude Akins
- Dennis Weaver
- Didi Perego
- Fausto Tozzi
- Franco Balducci
- Franco Giornelli
- James Garner
- John Marley
- Ken Clark
- Laura Antonelli
- Laura Betti
- Lorenzo Piani
- Luciano Rossi
- Mario Valgoi
- Orso Maria Guerrini
- Paola Barbara
- Remo De Angelis
- Riccardo Garrone
- Steffen Zacharias
- Tiberio Mitri
- Tony Young
- Vic Morrow
- Wayde Preston
More details
| author | Vic Morrow |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Italy |
| director | Giorgio Gentili Vic Morrow |
| editor | Renzo Lucidi |
| genre | crime western |
| keywords | create end fight gang war gold shipment horrify kidnap kill nearby prison old man open poker game remember run test want win wound |
| musicBy | Bill Martin Gianni Ferrio Phil Coulter |
| producer | Dino De Laurentiis |
| productionCompany | Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |
| theme | heist spaghetti western |