The Hell of Manitoba

The Hell of Manitoba (German: Die Hölle von Manitoba) is a 1965 West-German-Spanish-Italian western film directed by Sheldon Reynolds and starring Lex Barker, Pierre Brice and Gérard Tichy.[1] In the United States it was released under the alternative title of A Place Called Glory.

The Hell of Manitoba
Directed bySheldon Reynolds
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyFederico G. Larraya
Edited by
Music byÁngel Arteaga
Production
companies
Distributed byGloria Film
Release date
27 July 1965
Running time
92 minutes
Countries
  • West Germany
  • Spain
  • Italy
Languages
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Italian

Production

The production re-teamed Barker and Brice who were currently starring in a series of popular Karl May westerns. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Enrique Alarcón and Heinrich Weidemann. It was shot at studios in Barcelona as well as on location in Andalucía.

Synopsis

Two celebrated gunfighters are separately hired to come to a small Canadian town in Manitoba named "Glory" and fight each other. Instead they join forces and take on a bandit gang that dominates the area.

Cast

References
  1. Pitts, Michael R. (28 November 2012). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films (2nd ed.). McFarland Publishing. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-7864-6372-5.

Bibliography
  • Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.


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