A Taste of Death
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| Directed by | Sergio Merolle |
| Written by | Biagio Proietti |
| Produced by | Enzo Merolle Robert Dorfmann |
| Starring | Andrea Giordana John Ireland Raymond Pellegrin |
| Cinematography | Benito Frattari |
| Edited by | Antonietta Zita |
| Music by | Francesco De Masi |
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| Country | Italy |
A Taste of Death (Italian: Quanto costa morire, French: Les colts brillent au soleil, also known as Cost of Dying) is a 1968 Italian-French Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Merolle and starring Andrea Giordana, John Ireland and Raymond Pellegrin.
Plot
Cast
- Andrea Giordana as Tony
- John Ireland as Dan El
- Raymond Pellegrin as Bill Ransom
- Betsy Bell as Gladys
- Bruno Corazzari as Scaife
- Mireille Granelli as Scaife's girlfriend
Production
The film was co-produced by Italian Cine Azimut and French Les Films Corona.[1][2] It was mainly shot in the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park.[2] It was the only directorial effort by Sergio Merolle, who was mainly active as production manager in art films.[2]
Reception
Several critics noted the political subtext of the film, whose plot is a metaphor of the Italian resistance movement in the World War II.[2]
