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The Ruthless Four ( Italian: Ognuno per sé, lit. 'Everyone for Himself') is a 1968 Italian / West German feature motion picture about the American Frontier / Western film directed by Giorgio Capitani and starring famous American actors Van Heflin, and Gilbert Roland, along with an international cast (but generally unknown in the U.S.)..
Summaries. Four men embark on a mission to unearth a fortune in gold from a mine. In Nevada, prospector Sam Cooper and his partner strike gold. But Sam's greedy partner starts shooting at Sam who takes refuge inside the gold mine. His partner follows him inside the mine but is blown-up by a dynamite charge set-up by Sam on purpose.
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Film Details. Also Known As. Das Gold von Sam Cooper, Each Man for Himself, Ognuno per sè, Sam Cooper's Gold. Genre. Western. Release Date. Nov 1969. Premiere Information. not available.
- Giorgio Capitani, Marcello Crescenzi
- Van Heflin
The Ruthless Four (1967) Mark Franklin February 5, 2017 Spaghetti Westerns. Van Heflin plays Sam Cooper, who has spent most of his life searching for gold. Finally, he strikes it rich, only to discover that his partner is holding a gun on him, intending to take all the gold for himself, just as they’re about to head back to town.
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The Ruthless Four is an uncommonly well-acted, surprisingly psychologically complex spaghetti western, very much built upon the model of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. More of a character study than an action film or revenge drama, it explores the costs of greed and the meaning of loyalty as four men fall into an uneasy alliance around a ...
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- Richard Eichberg-Film Gmbh, PCM
- Giorgio Capitani
Ruthless Four, The (1968) *** (out of 4) Spaghetti Western take on The Treasure of the Sierra Madre has Van Heffin playing an elderly gold digger who finally hits it big but is betrayed by his partner who he has to kill. After being robbed by some bandits, Heffin must leave his gold behind and head back to the city where he asks his stepson ...
Ruthless Four follows four prospectors who are out to strike a big lode in the Nevada gold rush days. When one of the four hits the riches, he finds the other three are out to partake of the hard-earned find. Characteristics. Keywords. bad-guy, cowboy, gold, good-guy, hitman, killing, mine, prospector, robbery, weapons.
