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[LANZETTA]

Italian title: Su le Mani, Cadavere! Sei agli Arresti.

Its the end of the Civil War,a sadistic Union captain is systematically gunning down in cold blood the helpless Confederate remnants.A medic tries to prevent the captain from butchering hospital inmates so mockingly the captain offers him his pistol but  the medic is pathetically unable to take his chance.

Fast forward and the medic having  learnt his gun craft is now Kid Johnson(Peter Lee Lawrence) an altogether more cocky and self assured character.He joins the Texas Rangers and is immediately assigned to Springfield where a land baron Clayton(Aldo Sambrell),previously the Union Captain,has been terrorising the local ranchers into selling their properties in anticipation of the impending railroad.Posing as a perfume salesman,and aided by the cool mysterious black clad Dollars(Espartaco Santoni),the Kid uses his guile as well as his pistol in outsmarting Clayton at every turn.

This is a very entertaining sw incorporating plenty of humour amongst the excellent gun play and action throughout with the big final gun battle being particularly memorable.I'm now getting to be a fan of Lawrence who utterly convinces here and its also great to see Sambrell playing a substantial role as the bad guy in which he always delivers.To top it all we have a brilliantly cool musical score provided by Alessandro Alessandroni.

A very recommended 8 out of 10.  

[R-T-C Tim]

I was very surprised, and impressed by this film, which I know best under its German title of Die Sando Kid spricht das letzte Halleluja - I certainly did not expect such a good film to come from Leon Klimovsky! There is nothing particularly new here (although the hand-held shooting of the final fight is very impressive), but it does everything well, and is a rare, serious post-1970 SW - not resorting to slapstick or all-out comedy. Lawrence was a great choice for the role and convinces as someone who was too weak to shoot at the film's start.

The Koch Media disc is certainly the way to go: reviewed - Raise Your Hands Dead Man.

[Inspector Tanzi]

Great film, i enjoyed all the films in the "Hallajujah" box set, it's a shame kotch aren't doing any more boxes.

[Gary B.]

Just watched this one over the weekend, and really loved it.  Although the storyline is nothing new at all, the film still has a strange vibe to it (maybe the fact that southern confederate soldiers are played by clearly Italian actors) and the soundtrack (that just came out from GDM) is amazing. 

On a sad note, I looked up the actor who played Sando Kid (Peter Lee Lawrence) and found out that he committed suicide only a few years after this film was made...

[Inspector Tanzi]

Hands Up Dead Man! You're Under Arrest / Su le mani, cadavere! Sei in arresto  (León Klimovsky, 1971)



I watched the Wild East dvd of this this afternoon.

Peter Lee Lawrence stars as The Sando Kid whose mission is to put a stop to vicous land grabber Grayton (Aldo Sambrell), he is helped by Dollar, a Bounty Hunter who is also a Captain (played convincingly by Venezuelan actor Espartaco Santoni).

The pleasing to the ear score is by Alessandro Alessandroni which pops up quite often through the film.

[Inspector Tanzi]

Here are some screenshots I took from the Wild east dvd.