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Watch: Il grande duello 1972 123movies, Full Movie Online – Philipp Wermeer has been framed for the murder of a powerful figure known as The Patriarch. Wermeer escapes, but the three Saxon brothers, sons of The Patriarch, have arranged for a large bounty on Wermeer’s head. Clayton is a grizzled ex-sheriff stripped of his office in Jefferson after refusing to acknowledge Wermeer’s guilt. During a series of fire-fights, Clayton contrives to help Wermeer escape from attacks of bounty-hunters. Together, the two make their way to Jefferson, where they can confront the three powerful Saxon brothers, and reveal the surprising truth about who killed The Patriarch..
Plot: A grizzled ex-sheriff helps a man framed for murder to confront the powerful trio of brothers who want him dead.
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English and Italian versions
The best English version on DVD is the Wild East release. The Italian print has been released on Japanese DVD by Imagica. Contentwise, these versions appear identical. Both run 90 minutes, give or take a few seconds, attributable to print damage and abrupt reel changes. The ‘bloody hand print’ shot present in the US trailer is missing from both versions. Presumably, the director or producers felt it was too hokey. Given the bloody gunfights, it’s unlikely the shot was cut for being too gory. The film was shot in English – albeit without direct sound – making this the preferred audio choice. While Lee Van Cleef and Jess Hahn dubbed themselves, the rest of the cast have the usual ‘spaghetti’ dubbing, with some English accents thrown in. The Wild East DVD is taken from a faded, battered print, with plenty of dirt and scratches. Curiously, the credits are in Italian, apart from the awkwardly inserted title card. The Imagica DVD has superior picture quality, despite some heavy print damage early on. The image is sharper, the colours stronger. Question: what’s the shoe-banging scene all about?

Isn’t that Grand
“The Grand Duel” directed by Giancarlo Santi is a movie that failed to properly use it’s star power and great score. Partial blame for that can be equally divided between the bad editing and annoying female lead. But the biggest and most crucial reason goes to the highly unsatisfying final showdown that fails to keep to the movie’s name.

The film stars Lee Van Cleef as a lawman named Clayton who is on the trails of Philipp Wermeer played by Alberto Dentice. Framed for the murder of a high profile person, Wermeer is constantly chased by bounty hunters and only Clayton’s timely intervention saves him from death and further, sets him on a course to prove his innocence. From then on the usual bloodbaths begin as both Clayton and Wermeer make their way through hordes of bounty hunters, hired guns and finally the vengeance minded sons of the man Wermeer allegedly killed. To his credit Santi shows great competence when dealing with the shootouts. The opening scenes are especially memorable as Dentice’s character shows moves that would later become standard part in action movies. It’s a shame only he couldn’t be more creative during the final duel, which was borderline ridiculous, lacking in atmosphere and a proper location. Problems don’t end with that though, as seen through several moments, the film could have used an extra month in post-production. Scene to scene transition is shabby a good example of that happens shortly after the shootout at the inn in the beginning, with the scene directly cutting into the chase between Wermeer and the bounty hunters, spontaneously changing the music. Ruining the mood. Luis Bacalov made a great score for this film and it wasn’t edited well enough in, again as an example take the opening scene when Van Cleef’s character is walking to the inn.

On the good side, we have Lee Van Cleef who is his usual “Man In Black” self, delivering a great performance as Sheriff Clayton. The same thing can’t be said about the rest of the cast though. Alberto Dentice is average at best but still tolerable. What really got to me was the completely useless and downright annoying female lead. Not only was she testing my patience with horrid dialogue but she was also completely devoid of any sort of characterization. Spaghetti westerns often lack decent female leads and “The Grand Duel” is a typical example of that.

I felt disappointed with “The Grand Duel”, because it could have been a good movie had it only been given more time for post-production and a few minor changes to the script. But most of all I was disappointed because Santi failed to make a grand duel in “The Grand Duel”.

Other Information:

Original Language it
Runtime 1 hr 38 min (98 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Western
Director Giancarlo Santi
Writer Ernesto Gastaldi
Actors Lee Van Cleef, Alberto Dentice, Jess Hahn
Country Italy, West Germany, France, Monaco
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arriflex 35 IIC, Zeiss Lenses
Laboratory Technospes S.p.a., Roma, Italy (processing)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Techniscope (2-perf)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic)