They Call Me Hallelujah | |
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Directed by | Giuliano Carnimeo |
Written by | Tito Carpi |
Produced by | Dario Sabatello |
Starring | George Hilton Charles Southwood |
Cinematography | Stelvio Massi |
Music by | Stelvio Cipriani |
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Language | Italian |
They Call Me Hallelujah (Italian : Testa t'ammazzo, croce... sei morto - Mi chiamano Alleluja, also known as Guns for Dollars, Deep West and Heads I Kill You, Tails You're Dead! They Call Me Hallalujah) is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo and starring George Hilton. [1] [2] The film spawned a 1972 sequel, Return of Hallelujah , also directed by Carnimeo and starring many of the same actors as in the original.
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