Special Birthdays

Albert Band (producer, director, screenwriter) would have been 95 today, he died in 2002.

Ruggero Deodato (director) is 80 today.

Marie Baumer (actress) is 50 today.

New Blu-ray Release

The Grand Duel

(1972)

Director: Giancarlo Santi

Starring: Lee Van Cleef, Alberto Dentice, Horst Frank

Country: U.K.

Label: Label: Arrow Video

Discs: 1

Region: A/1

Format: Anamorphic, NTSC, Widescreen

2K restoration

HD 1080p

Audio: Mono 1.0 LPCM English, Italian

Subtitles: English

ASIN: B07P6H4T92

Running time: 94 minutes

Extras: New audio commentary by film critic, historian and theorist Stephen Prince; An Unconventional Western, a newly filmed interview with director Giancarlo Santi; The Last of the Great Westerns, a newly filmed interview with screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi; Cowboy Chance a newly filmed interview with Alberto Dentice; Out of the Box, a newly filmed interview with producer Ettore Rosboch; The Day of the Big Showdown, a newly filmed interview with assistant director Harald Buggenig; Saxon City Showdown, a newly filmed video appreciation by the academic Austin Fisher; The Different Duels, a comparison between the original and the longer German cut of the film; Game over, an obscure short film by Bernard Villiot and starring Marc Mazza; a video essay by Marc Mazza by Mike Malloy; Original Italian and international theatrical trailers; Extensive image gallery featuring stills, posters, lobby cards and home video sleeves, drawn from the Mike Siegel Archive and other collections; Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matt Griffin

FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Kevin Grant and original reviews

UK version will be cut by 3 seconds

Release date: May 6, 7 2019

European Western Comic Books ~ The Texas Hawk

Series Eight: Falco del Texas (The Texas Hawk)

CARTOON GUIDE ALBI HEADS (West Bandits> Inspector Skelton> Red Eagle> Rocket Bill> Jane Calamity> Little King> Hello Jim> Frisco Jim> Colorado Kid> The Texas Hawk> The Prairie Solitary> Joe Colt> Jimmy and Johnny> Okey Jim> Red Brandon)

 

Series VIII: THE TEXAS HAWK is a western adventure series with the executioner Ted Nolan designed by Lina Buffolente, it came out in 18 strip format numbers, featuring Sheriff Red Cameron. Drawings by Walter Acquenza.

Series VIII The Texas Hawk titles

01 [37] (11.10.51) - “Una buona pistola” (A Good Gun)

02 [38] (18.10.51) - “Tragica sorpresa” (Tragic Surprise)

03 [39] (25.10.51) - “I volontari della legge” (The Volunteers of the Law)

04 [40] (01.11.51) - “La banda del Nueces” (The Nueces Band)

05 [41] (08.11.51) - “Doppio gioco” (Double Play)

06 [42] (15.11.51) - “Un vecchio debito” (An Old Debt)

07 [43] (22.11.51) - “L’artiglio del falco” (The Claw of the Hawk)

08 [44] (29.11.51) - “Al confine del Texas” (On the Texas Border)

09 [45] (06.12.51) - “Rapimento”

10 [46] (13.12.51) - “Faccia a faccia” (Face to Face)

11 [47] (20.12.51) - “Il villaggio deserto” (The Desert Village)

12 [48] (27.12.51) - “Occhio infallibile” (Infallible Eye)

13 [49] (03.01.52) - “Incontro a Las Cuevas” (Meeting in Las Cruces)

14 [50] (10.01.52) - “Cavalieri della morte” (Knights of Death)

15 [51] (17.01.52) - “Al servizio della legge” (At the Service of the Law)

16 [52] (24.01.52) - “Il fortino del deserto” (The Desert Fort)

17 [53] (31.01.52) - “La disperata impresa” (The Desperate Enterprise)

18 [54] (07.02.52) - “Il segreto di Valle Fredda” (The Secret of Valle Fredda)

Special Birthdays

Mirko Kraljev (actor) is 80 today.

Salvatore Baccaro (actor) would have been 75 today, he died in 1984.