A Fistful of Lead

A Fistful of Lead

A Fistful of Lead – English title

Горсть свинца – Russian title

A 2018 British film production [Dead Pixel Productions (Manchester), Independent

     Moving Pictures (London), Posterity Pictures (Rayleigh)]

Producers: Robert Graham, Michelle Parkyn, Jonathan Willis 

Director: Marc Price

Story: Philip Dyas, Marc Price, Richard Sandling

Screenplay: Philip Dyas, Marc Price, Richard Sandling

Cinematography: Sam Walker [color]

Music: Brad Watson, Adam Langston

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Cast:

Billy – James Groom

Casey – Tom Nolan (Bernard Girouard)

Dallas – Cuncan Casey

Sheriff Noone – Chris Rogers

Jesse – Kaitlyn Riordan

Annie – Emily Andrews

Cassidy – Jordan Kanner

Limey Joe – Phil Deguara

Sawin – Marcus Skakesheff

Mr. Mulgrew – Christian Patterson

Mr. Johnson – Daniel Hawksford

Bojack – Sam Coleman

Sheriff Nolan – Richard Corgan (Richard Taylor)

Johnny Hickles – Danny Darwin (Daniel Kawahigashi-Darwin

Robard – Les Kenny-Green

Mrs. Timms – Charlotte Mounter

Mrs. Romford – Stephanie Napier

Johnny Romford – Richard Sandling

Wyatt – Leon Vong

Lily – Amelie Willis

Matilda – Sophie Willis

Stunt coordinator: Marcus Shakesheff

Stunts: Billy Bilham, Paul Ginns, Chris Waite 

Story: Hired gun Billy (James Groom) and brothes Casey (Tom Nolan) and Dallas (Duncan Casey) pull off a bloody bank robbery in the town of Bath Water. They head out of town, Dallas badly wounded, a partner dead on the street back in town and a posse on their trail. Casey decides they’ll split up in an attempt to lose the posse. He’ll head in one direction with the gold and try to get the posse to follow him. Billy, who left the bank empty handed, will head in another with the wounded Dallas as part of a simple agreement. If Billy gets Dallas to the rendevous point — an old mine — alive, he’ll get a share of the gold. If not, he’ll get a showdown with Casey. They make it to the mine only to find a waiting posse left by Sheriff Noone and three would-be bank robbers — Annie, Jessie and Cassidy — who are being blamed for a holdup they didn’t commit.

Review:
One of the first signs of a low-budget Western is a lack of horses. In this film, the bandits ride out of town, but quickly decide to elude the posse on foot (huh?). Strange thing is, the posse opts to head off into the wilds on foot too! Fortunately, there’s a clever plot with Spaghetti overtones, lots of blood-letting and lots of snarling performances. Perhaps too much of the blood-letting, and all the blood can’t hide the lack of character development. But, hey, that title winds up being pretty clever as well. Worth a watch for Western fans. ~ Once Upon a Time in a Western

Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZhXNa4qXzc

[Special thanks to Mike Ferguson for finding and bringing this film to my attention.]