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Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

zardoz-13 American actor Craig Hill made a name for himself in Europe in a variety of B-movies. He embarked on his acting career in Hollywood 1950, and in his first western "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" in 1952, he was billed fifth. Later, he played a cavalry officer in the 1954 Van Johnson oater "Siege at Red River." In "God Made Them... I Kill Them" director Paolo Bianchini's above-average but low-budget Spaghetti shoot'em up "I Want Him Dead," Hill plays a hard-luck wrangler named Clayton who finds himself in the middle of a secret plot to blow up a Union general and a Confederate general at a peace negotiation summit in the west. Initially, our hero rides into the action with a saddle bag filled with worthless Confederate States of America bank notes. Clayton wants to buy some valuable property so he can settle down, but the owner refuses to accept the CSA currency. If this weren't bad enough, a gang of ruffians kills his sister. If this were not enough, he inquires at a saloon about the men who killed his sister, and a drunken gunman tries to kill. Clayton guns him down with no problem. Afterward, he learns to his chagrin that the drunken was the brother of the local sheriff and he has to slug his way out of jail. Meantime, a local businessman hires one of the killers, Jack Blood (José Manuel Martín) to kill the generals because peace will be bad for his business. Blood and his cutthroat dastards ambush a Confederate wagon train, masquerade as rebels to attend the summit, and lay out the explosives. Clayton thwarts them, but he suffers repeatedly at their grimy hands. During one rough and tumble fistfight, they try to shove him headfirst into a fireplace. They wind up leaving him trussed up in a chair while the building burns, but he escapes with the help of a girl. The businessman meets an ill fate when he shows up at a rendezvous with Blood's men and threatens them with a fate worse than death if they don't make good on their commitment to kill the generals. What the villains don't know is that Clayton has eliminated Blood. In a surprise about-face, Blood's men man-handle the business, take the loot that he intend to pay them with, and skedaddle with it. During their escape, these dastards double-cross each other to obtain larger shares of the money. "I Want Him Dead" was lensed in scenic Almeria, Spain, and the settings are spectacular looking. As usual, Craig Hill makes a stalwart hero and he gets himself in lots of trouble throughout this sagebrusher. This is definitely a Spaghetti western to watch!

MARIO GAUCI I became aware of this Italian Spaghetti Western only recently; it turned up both on late-night Cable TV (which is how I watched the film, though the English-dubbed German print bore no title or credits whatsoever apart from the concluding "Ende"!) and online. I had been impressed with the same director's subsequent effort in the same vein i.e. GATLING GUN (1968) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064013/usercomments-3 which, likewise, dealt with the American Civil War.A far-fetched subplot here, in fact, sees unscrupulous weapons manufacturer Andrea Bosic attempt to thwart the Peace Treaty signing between Confederates and Unionists because in that way his otherwise lucrative business would plummet! This is tied in with the central narrative which, typically, has a young man go after the villains who callously raped and murdered his sister – these happen to be members of Bosic's gang who ultimately first turn on their boss and then, out of greed, kill each other off!; along the way, our hero also saves nominal heroine Lea Massari and her younger companion from much the same fate!As played by Craig Hill (from the recently-watched ASSIGNMENT TERROR [1970]), he evokes John Philip Law in the popular – and obviously superior – DEATH RIDES A HORSE (1967), proving an adept gunman but also getting a beating every so often (since he even has to contend with a corrupt sheriff, whose brash younger brother he had killed in self-defense, and his associates). The result, then, is a minor (and pretty forgettable) genre effort – but one that serves its purpose in the entertainment stakes; as is to be expected, the score (courtesy of Nico Fidenco) emerges as its main asset.

mcleodb32 The first time i watched this film i was surprised @ how good it was. We spag western fans are always searching for the next "good one" and let me tell you, there are many "bad ones" to wade through in the process. I want him dead has been called gritty in every review i have ever read about it and it is. It is also a kick but revenge western with a kick butt Craig Hill performance. He has also done a few other spags worth mention. The dirty fifteen aka. fifteen scaffolds for the killers and no graves on boot hill by Sergio Garrone being @ the top of my list. I want him dead has great camera work and the score is superb. It fits the film like a glove. Jose Manuel Martin plays the antagonist and many other spag regulars will be spotted by any fan of the genre. I have the Franco Cleef version of the film. To my knowledge it is the best English language version available. Franco Cleef is the man!! Go Franco Go!!!!!! He puts together English language versions of rare spag westerns for English speaking fans that would have no other way to watch these fantastic films. Thanks Franco for everything you do.

heybhc There's a typical scene in LO VOGLIO MORTO (I WANT HIM DEAD) where Clayton (Craig Hill) who is stalking the men who raped and killed his sister stands on a hill and watches five horsemen riding in the distance. The shot is low to the ground, all we see are his legs and boots and the riders in the distance as they approach a villa. Cut to the five bandits riding one by one; I was reminded of the samurai running to the village in Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI. Any spaghetti western which evokes this masterpiece is okay with me! Director Paolo Bianchini does a good job throughout; here and there may be a hole in the plot, but the style, music (by the great Nico Fidenco), and gritty performances by the actors carry this fine Eurowestern to another level. Any fan of the genre will be in ecstasy watching this one!