The Price of Death (Italian: Il venditore di morte) is a 1971 Italian Western film directed by Lorenzo Gicca Palli and starring Klaus Kinski and Gianni Garko. Some DVD releases use the title Der Galgen wartet schon, Amigo!.
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Plot
Silver, who is elegantly dressed and lives in a hacienda with beautiful senoritas, is hired to find out if the accused Chester Conway, the black sheep of the town, really is guilty of the murder charge that he is to hang for. By investigating clues and arranging a trap, Silver discloses some respected citizens as the guilty parties. However, when Conway is released Silver shows that he had raped and killed a Mexican girl while the murder he was charged with took place, and he kills Conway in a duel.
Cast
Gianni Garko as Silver
Klaus Kinski as Chester Conway
Gely Genka as Polly
Franco Abbiana as Jeff Plummer
Luciano Catenacci as Sheriff Tom Stanton
Laura Gianoli as Polly's sister
Giancarlo Prete as Reverend Adam Tiller
Luigi Casellato as Abacuc Randall
Luciano Pigozzi as Doctor Rosenthal
Franca De Stratis as Carmen
Andrea Scotti as the prosecutor's lawyer
Alfredo Rizzo as Judge Atwell
Giuseppe Castellano as Grant
Reception
In his investigation of narrative structures in Spaghetti Western films, Fridlund ranges The Price of Death among Spaghetti Westerns heavily influenced by secret-agent films, because the hero is shown in company with beautiful women and in luxurious surroundings, works to uncover a mystery and - unlike the protagonists in A Fistful of Dollars and Django - does not have any complicating secondary motive.
Release
Wild East announced they would be releasing "The Price of Death" on DVD in a double feature with Killer Caliber 32. The release was canceled due to rights issues. Killer Caliber 32 is now scheduled to be released in a double feature with Killer Adios instead.