The Moment to Kill

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The Moment to Kill
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Directed by Giuliano Carmineo [1]
Screenplay by
  • Francesco Scardamaglia
  • Tito Carpi
  • Fabio Piccioni
  • Bruno Leder [1]
Produced byPier Ludovico Pavoni [1]
Starring
Cinematography Stelvio Massi [1]
Edited by
Music by Francesco de Masi [1]
Production
companies
  • Terra-Filmkunst GmbH
  • Produzione Cinematografiche Europe [1]
Release date
  • 28 November 1968 (1968-11-28)(West Germany)
Running time
95 minutes [1]
Countries
  • West Germany
  • Italy [1]

The Moment to Kill (Italian : Il momento di uccidere) is a 1968 Spaghetti Western film.

Contents

It was the first film entirely directed by Giuliano Carnimeo. [2]

Cast

Release

The film was released in West Germany on 28 November 1968 as Django: Ein Sarg voll Blut ("Django: A Coffin Full of Blood"). [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Django – Ein Sarg voll Blut". Filmportal.de . Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  2. Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. pp. 313–314. ISBN   978-88-04-57277-0.