FlixOlé pays tribute to the “chorizo ​​western” with the premiere of five western films directed by Spaniards

This August, FlixOlé delivers to the “Chorizo western“and pays tribute to the wild west movies directed and produced by spanish in the 60s and 70s with five releases. this friday August 14 the reference streaming platform for Spanish cinema adds to its catalog of ‘Barbed wire of violence’ (1966), ‘Requiem for the gringo (1968), ‘Clumsy hands’ (1970), ‘The death seeks a man (1970) y ‘Twenty steps to death’ (1970).

These five premieres will be integrated into one FlixOlé collection which also contains other titles from the platform such as ‘Fort lost’ (1964), by José Maríe Elorrieta, or ‘Texas Five Guns’ (1965), by Ignacio F. Iquino, Juan Xiol. In addition to iconic national western films such as ‘Death comes first’ (1964) by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent, ‘Long live Carrancho!’ (1965), by Alfonso Balcázal, or ‘A dollar for Sartana’ (1971), by León Klimovsky.

In total, they will be 25 titles those that make up the collection focused on “chorizo western” o “paella western“, a label that sought to highlight the spanish job compared to the success of the “spaghetti western” associated with Italy.

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Directed by Rafael Romero Marchent and with a script by his brother Joaquín Luis, ‘Clumsy hands’ It begins with the murder of a man at the hands of a bounty hunter that causes the deceased’s young son, played by Peter Lee Lawrence, to carry resentment and rage. After marrying his beloved, she very close to dying. His savior is, precisely, the man who murdered his father. They complete the cast Alberto de Mendoza and Pilar Velázquez.

The Spanish-Italian connection in the direction between León Klimovsky y Enzo G. Castellari resulted ‘Barbed wire of violence’a film starring Anthony Steffen that follows the footsteps of a bandit hunter hired by a mining company to recover a significant sum stolen by outlaws.

The adventures of the bounty hunters do not stop, but in ‘Death seeks a man’under the direction of Jose Luis Merinoit is not a single man who dedicates himself to this profession, but it is a marriage. However, the domineering husband sees his life turn upside down after the murder of his wife in one of his usual skirmishes with outlaws. Peter Lee Lawrence repeats in a cast with national faces such as Carlos Quiney, María Mahor and Antonio Mayans.

The last of FlixOlé’s releases for its “chorizo ​​western” collection is ‘Twenty steps to death’another alliance between a Spanish director Manuel Esteba and an Italian Antonio Mollica. Framed after the peace signing that ended the Civil Warthis title introduces us to a Confederate sergeant who saves a half-breed child half buried in the ground from death. Fernando Sancho, the famous specialist in the genre, was the protagonist of this western along with Marisa Paredes, Femi Benussi and Lang Jeffries.