The Five Man Army

Missione: Impossibile
Warner Archive delivers a solid Action yarn posing as a Spaghetti Western in Director Don Taylor's 'THE FIVE MAN ARMY- aka 'UN ESERCITO DI CINQUE UOMINI'- 1969. Released over a decade ago by the Shaorma Digital label in a hazy transfer which is now discontinued and going for big bucks on the collectors market, you can be rest assured that this release is the real deal so you can save your money. Americano Peter Graves in between his 'MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE' series leads a band of men with special talents including James Daly, burly Bud Spencer right before his mega hit Director Enzo Barboni's 'THEY CALL ME TRINITY' aka 'LO CHIAMAVANO TRINITA'- 1970 of which Barboni does the wonderful photography in this film , Tesuro Tamba coming off his role of Tiger Tanaka in Director Lewis Gilbert's 'YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE'- 1967 , Nino Castelnuovo, and Claudio Gora. The film also has the great Piero Lulli, the beautiful Daniela Giordano and genre great Giacomo Rossi Stuart holding down the fort. The...

Benedictus
- I'm a fan of westerns concerning the Mexican revolution made in the sixties, and the "Five man army" is one of them.
- I saw this movie in the early seventies, and remenbered parts of it.
- Predictable but good story, performed bij exellent actors like Peter Graves.
- Good dialogs witch are not too long, and good action scenes (for me that is).
- It's a movie that belongs in the past (end of the sixties) for people of my generation.
- I don't think that the young generation of today will buy this item, because violent acts and the special effects of today are much
better and more realistic.

Drifter 8
Never had seen or heard of this movie and bought it based on reviews here. Rest of reviewers were spot on as movie was highly entertaining with twists here and there. Great transfer, 1 of the best looking older movies i've seen. Beautiful scenery, good acting, lots of action on the train and Ennio Morricones outstanding score equals a 5 star rating in my book.

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