| Long Days of Hate | |
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| Directed by | Gianfranco Baldanello |
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| Starring | See below |
| Cinematography | Claudio Cirillo |
| Edited by | Alberto Gallitti |
| Music by | Amedeo Tommasi |
| Distributed by | Variety Distribution |
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Running time | 90 minutes (American DVD) |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Long Days of Hate (Italian: I lunghi giorni dell'odio, also known as This Man Can't Die) is a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western film co-written and directed by Gianfranco Baldanello.
Martin Benson is a Civil War veteran and former outlaw earning money and clearing his name by working as an undercover agent for the US Army. His infiltration of a ring supplying firearms and firewater to Indians has led to the capture and execution of three of the gang, though they would not identify the gang's ringleader. Despite his monetary rewards and the three pistols and gun belts of the executed men that he has posted home to his father, who still believes him to be an outlaw, Benson wants no more of the undercover life. Benson's controller, an Army Captain still wants him to continue his work in order to identify the ringleader and gain the Captain promotion. Though the Captain has another agent, Tony Guy, the Captain prefers Benson's efficiency.
Outside the Army post Benson is unsuccessfully ambushed leading to more fatalities to the gang. The gang decides to revenge themselves on Benson and draw him out by massacring Benson's family. As Benson's sister Susy and two younger brothers are in town visiting Vic Graham who is romantically attracted to Susy, the gang strikes killing Benson's father and mother as well as a hired hand. They also rape Benson's young sister Jenny who is left mute due to shock. Upon their return Daniel, the older brother spies an unidentified wounded man who they take to a cave to nurse back to health so he can identify who was responsible for the outrage.
Martin Benson returns home and together with Daniel carry out their own revenge, retaliation and retribution as well as discovering the identity of the ringleader.
The film was the first score of Italian composer Amedeo Tommasi, [1] and his only Spaghetti Western. One of Tommasi's themes in the film features an unidentified vocalist, three themes are repeated throughout the film played by guitar and piano. As was the custom of several Spaghetti Westerns, a track from Ennio Morricone's A Fistful of Dollars features in the film.
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