Welcome to Blood City

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Welcome to Blood City
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Directed by Peter Sasdy
Written by Michael Winder
Stephen Schneck
Starring Jack Palance
Keir Dullea
Samantha Eggar
Cinematography Reginald H. Morris
Edited by Keith Palmer
Music by Roy Budd
Production
companies
EMI Films
Stanley Chase Productions
Release date
  • 23 August 1977 (1977-08-23)
Running time
96 mins.
CountriesCanada [1]
United Kingdom [2]
LanguageEnglish
Box office$CAD900,000

Welcome to Blood City is a 1977 science fiction Western film directed by Peter Sasdy and starring Jack Palance, Keir Dullea and Samantha Eggar. [3] [4]

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Plot

Five strangers awake finding themselves with no memory in a world resembling the wild west. Their task is to become exempt from being killed – what the townspeople refer to as being "immortal" – by killing twenty of the other inhabitants of the town under the scrutiny of the sheriff (Jack Palance), otherwise they will spend their lives in slavery.

Cast

Production

Shot in Cinespace Film Studios in Kleinburg, a village north of Toronto, Welcome to Blood City was an early Canada/U.K. co-production.

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References

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  2. "Welcome to Blood City (1977)". BFI. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. "Welcome to Blood City - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie". www.allrovi.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  4. "Welcome to Blood City (1977). Western in Virtual Reality. Director – Peter Sasdy. Stars: Keir Dullea, Jack Palance, Samantha Eggar. Moria – The Science-Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review". moria.co.nz. 31 July 2000.