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Hazard and his openly racist assistant (Michael Craig) explore the city's racially tense underground jazz scene as they interview suspects, including Sapphire's white fiancé (Paul Massie).
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- Basil Dearden
- Mystery & Thriller
- Nigel Patrick
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In the official Sartana films, Sartana is a gunfighter and gambler who appears to have supernatural abilities which he uses to trick his rivals. These include appearing in improbable and even physically impossible places, such as in I am Sartana, Your Angel of Death, when Sartana is seen by the banker Sims through a window in the distance, and then...
The character of Sartana was first created by screenwriters Ernesto Gastaldi and Vittorio Salerno for the film Blood at Sundown (1966), directed by Alberto Cardone. Played by Gianni Garko, Sartana is portrayed here as a villain who frames his brother for murder. The character of Sartana proved to be so popular that when Blood at Sundown was release...
The directors of the Sartana films would later declare their fondness for their entries in the series, with Carnimeo proclaiming that Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin was "perhaps [his] best film", describing Hilton as a better fit for the role than Garko due to the increasingly "absurd" situations Sartana would find himself in. Parol...
Comparing the character of Django to Sartana, Carnimeo noted that the former solves his issues with high levels of violence, and that while the latter was embroiled in revenge-themed storylines, his more ironic edge and use of humorous weapons served as a precursor to full-blown comedic Spaghetti Western characters such as Trinity.
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1. Curti, Roberto (2018). "If You Meet Sartana...". The Complete Sartana(Booklet). Arrow Video. FCD1762 / AV151. 2. Evans, James (November 7, 2018). "The Complete Sartana". Starburst. Retrieved March 20, 2021. 3. Grant, Kevin (2011). Any Gun Can Play. Fab Press. ISBN 9781903254615. 4. Longsdorf, Amy (August 19, 2018). "'Infinity War' is a lively, engaging action flick". Courier-Post. p. 6C. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
Directed by Basil Dearden. Written by Janet Green and Lukas Heller. 1959/UK. Artna Films/The Rank Organization. First viewing/FilmStruck. [box] Superintendent Robert Hazard: We didn’t solve anything, Phil. We just picked up the pieces. [/box] I enjoyed this both as a mystery and as a glimpse of race relations in late ’50’s Britain.
Sapphire is a 1959 film starring Nigel Patrick, Michael Craig, Yvonne Mitchell. Scotland Yard solves the murder of a black music student.
70. Watch on Apple iTunes. NR 1 hr 32 min Nov 2nd, 1959 Mystery, Thriller, Crime. Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white.
Directed by Basil Dearden. The sensational story of a girl who didn’t belong. Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white.
