Inspired by the American Western Garden of Evil, this Italian Western was directed by Giuliano Carnimeo (Anthony Ascott), who also made Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming, Have a Nice Funeral On Me, Amigo… Sartana, Sartana’s Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin, I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death, The Case of the Bloody Iris, They Call Him Cemetery, Ratman and many more. It was written by Lamberto Benvenuti, Giuliano Carnimeo and Hugo Fregonese. Some scenes were also directed by its producer, Hugo Fregonese, who directed Assignment Terror.

In Italy, it was known as Joe… cercati un posto per morire! (Joe…Find a Place to Die!). That title refers to Joe Collins, the hero of this movie, played by Jeffrey Hunter, who also produced and handled the initial distribution in the U.S.

After a long fight with a gang of killers led by Chanto (Mario Dardanelli), Lisa (Pascale Petit, Four Times That Night) escapes with her life while her geologist husband does not. She hires Collins, a former Confederate officer, and another gang to gain revenge. But all that gold Lisa and her husband had found, and her beauty put everyone against each other.

There’s also the crazy character of Reverend Riley, a man of the cloth who doesn’t deny himself the pleasures of the flesh. Played by Alfredo Lastretti he’s the best part of this movie. There’s also the fantastic scene where Daniela Giordano (Four Times That Night, Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key) sings the theme song inside a saloon that was once a church.

Sadly, a year after this movie, Hunter was injured in an explosion gone wrong while making the crime movie Cry Chicago (¡Viva América!). On his way back to the U.S., he went into shock and couldn’t speak or move. Doctors could only find a displaced vertebra and a concussion, yet within seven months, he would suffer an intracranial hemorrhage while walking down the stairs at his home, crack his skull and die after brain surgery was not successful. He was only 42.

The Arrow Blood Money: Four Western Classics Vol. 2 set offers a thrilling viewing experience with 2K restorations of all four films from the original 35mm camera negatives by Arrow Films. The set also includes original Italian and English front and end titles, restored lossless original Italian and English soundtracks, English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks, brand new introductions to each film by journalist and critic Fabio Melelli, galleries for all four films, and an illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by author and critic Howard Hughes. The limited edition packaging with reversible sleeves featuring original artwork and a slipcover featuring newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx adds to the excitement of owning this set.

Find A Place to Die features extras such as brand new audio commentary by author and critic Howard Hughes, a newly edited archival interview with director Giuliano Carnimeo and an in-depth appreciation of the soundtrack and its composer, Gianni Ferrio, by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon.

You can get it from MVD.