Movie Review: Day of Anger (1967)

You can’t really go wrong with a Lee Van Cleef spaghetti western. I don’t know what it is about his face, or about his voice, or about his acting ability, but dammit, is he perfect.

He plays Frank Talby, an aging gunman, who becomes mentor to the young Scott (Giluiano Gemma). It’s a neat relationship the two of them have, and it’s really the heart of the movie.

Or at least it is for the first half. After a while, the movie kind of loses track of Scott, and the film suffers for it. It’s at its best with the two of them on screen, interacting.

Scott does come back, though, for a pretty decent finale. By then, it’s not so much about the story, but the character stuff is still nice.

This is a good looking spaghetti western that unusually has a fairly weak score, I’d say. Or a weak score for a spaghetti western, anyway. It’s by Riz Ortolani, who composed the fantastic theme to Cannibal Holocaust. It’s unimpressive, but just okay.

Rating: 7/10