A Taste of Death

Not to be confused with A Taste for Death.

A Taste of Death
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
Release date	1968 (1968)
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.

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]

References

1. Poppi, Roberto; Pecorari, Mario (2007). "Quanto costa morire". Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore. p. 151. ISBN   978-88-8440-503-6.
2. Giusti, Marco (2007). "Quanto costa morire". Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori. pp. 397–8. ISBN   978-88-04-57277-0.

External links

• A Taste of Death at IMDb