Face to Face (1967 film)

Face to Face
Italian film poster by Morini
Directed by	Sergio Sollima
Produced by	Alberto Grimaldi
Written by	Sergio Donati Sergio Sollima
Story by	Sergio Sollima
Starring	Gian Maria Volontè Tomas Milian William Berger Jolanda Modio Carole André Gianni Rizzo Lydia Alfonsi
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Cinematography	Rafael Pacheco
Edited by	Eugenio Alabiso
Production company	Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA) Arturo González Producciones Cinematográficas
Distributed by	PEA (Italy) Peppercorn-Wormser Film Enterprises (US)
Release dates	23 November 1967
Running time	112 minutes (Italy) 93 minutes (US)
Country	Italy Spain
Language	Italian Spanish

Face to Face (Italian: Faccia a facciacode: it is deprecated , Spanish title: Cara a cara) is a 1967 Italian Political Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Sergio Sollima. The film stars Gian Maria Volontè and Tomas Milian, and features a musical score by Ennio Morricone.

Face to Face is the second of Sollima's three westerns, following The Big Gundown and predating Run, Man, Run, a sequel to the former. Milian stars in a lead role in all three films.

Plot

Professor Brad Fletcher (Volontè), a teacher from New England, leaves his job and travels to Texas due to his ill health. After arriving in the west, he ends up taken hostage by a wounded outlaw, Solomon "Beauregard" Bennet (Milian). Fletcher helps Bennet regain his health and manages to convince Bennet that he is more valuable to him alive than dead. Through their uneasy friendship, Fletcher takes an interest in the outlaw way of life. Instead of returning home, he decides to join the "Bennet's Raiders".

Fletcher's influence on Bennet soon causes the formerly cold-blooded killer to rethink his violent behaviour, whereas Fletcher's transformation from a peaceful professor to a confident and greedy criminal makes him break his own moral codes. Due to his intellect and ambition, Fletcher becomes a key member of the gang and soon challenges Bennet for the leader's position. After proving his worth in a duel, Fletcher plans and executes his first bank robbery. After one of the gang members turns out to be Charlie Siringo (William Berger), a Pinkerton detective, Fletcher and Bennet find out there is a vigilante group after them.

Cast

• Gian Maria Volontè as Professor Brad Fletcher (Brett Fletcher in Italian)
• Tomas Milian as Solomon "Beauregard" Bennet
• William Berger as Charlie Siringo
• Jolanda Modio as Maria
• Carole André as Cattle Annie
• Gianni Rizzo as Williams
• Ángel del Pozo as Maximilian de Winton
• Aldo Sanbrell as Zachary Shawn (Zachary Shot in Italian)
• Nello Pazzafini as Vance
• José Torres as Aaron Chase
• Lydia Alfonsi as Belle de Winton
• Rick Boyd as Sheriff of Purgatory City
• Guy Heron as Sheriff at de Winton Estate
• Linda Veras as Fletcher's Mistress
• Antonio Casas as Leading Member of Bennet's Raiders
• Frank Braña as Jason
• Rossella D'Aquino as Elizabeth Wilkins/Purgatory City Hotel maid
• Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia as Taylor Henchman
• Calisto Calisti as Sheriff of Willow Creek (uncredited)
• Andrea Fantasia as Leading Citizen of Willow Creek (uncredited)
• Antonio Gradoli as Carson (uncredited)
• John Karlsen as University Dean (uncredited)
• Nicoletta Machiavelli (cameo appearance, uncredited)
• Filippo Perego as Bank Clerk (uncredited)
• Osiride Pevarello as Blacksmith of Willow Creek (uncredited)
• Lorenzo Robledo as Wallace (uncredited)
• Alfonso Rojas as Sheriff that convoys Bennet (uncredited)
• Francisco Sanz as Rusty Rogers (uncredited)
• Goffredo Unger as Gunslinger in Purgatory City Hotel (uncredited)

External links

• Face to Face at IMDb
• Face to Face at the Spaghetti Western Database