The Hellbenders
The Hellbenders is a 1967 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Joseph Cotten, Norma Bengell, Julián Mateos, Gino Pernice and Ángel Aranda.
Plot
Colonel Jonas is a fanatical and unrepentant Confederate who led a regiment called the Hellbenders in the recently ended Civil War. He is determined to reorganise the Southern Army and defeat the Union. With his sons Ben, greedy Nat, and rapist Jeff, he massacres Union soldiers transporting a consignment of banknotes and conceals the loot in a coffin supposedly belonging to a deceased Confederate officer, Captain Ambrose Allen, who was killed in the Battle of Nashville.
More details
| author | Albert Band José Gutiérrez Maesso Ugo Liberatore |
|---|---|
| director | Sergio Corbucci |
| editor | Alberto Gallitti Nino Baragli |
| genre | western |
| keywords | american civil war attack bandido bandit battle of nashville belong bounty hunter bury buy civil war confederate confederate states of america kill murder pneumonia professional gambler rescue river sheriff's posse union union soldier wound |
| musicBy | Ennio Morricone |
| producer | Albert Band |
| recordedAt | Almería Madrid |
| theme | spaghetti western |