A Long Ride from Hell

A Long Ride from Hell (Italian: Vivo per la tua morte, lit. "I live for your death") is a 1968 Spaghetti Western film directed by Camillo Bazzoni. It is based on the novel Judas Gun by Gordon D. Shirreffs.^[1] The film was bodybuilder Steve Reeves' final film prior to his retirement. Reeves, who turned down the lead of A Fistful of Dollars^[2] financed and co-wrote the film himself upon seeing the successful box office returns of the Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns at the time. The film did poorly and Reeves retired from filmmaking that year.

A Long Ride from Hell
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Directed by	Alex Burks
Screenplay by	Roberto Natale Steve Reeves
Based on	Judas Gun by Gordon D. Shirreffs
Produced by	Manolo Bolognini
Starring	Steve Reeves Wayde Preston Dick Palmer Silvana Venturelli Lee Burton Ted Carter Rosalba Neri
Cinematography	Enzo Barboni
Edited by	Roberto Perpignani
Music by	Carlo Savina
Production company	B.R.C. Produzione Film
Distributed by	Titanus
Release date	1968 (1968)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Plot

Reeves portrays cowboy Mike Sturges, who, along with his younger brother, Roy, is sentenced to Yuma Territorial Prison on a trumped-up train robbery charge. Both endure cruel treatment before Mike escapes to exact revenge on their enemies.

Cast

• Steve Reeves - Mike Sturges
• Wayde Preston - Marlin Mayner
• Guido Lollobrigida - Deputy Sheriff Harry
• Domenico Palmara - Sheriff Max Freeman
• Silvana Venturelli - Ruth Harper
• Giovanni Pazzafini - Bill Savage
• Ivan Scratuglia - Roy Sturges
• Rosalba Neri - Encarnacion
• Spartaco Conversi - Bobcat Bates
• Franco Balducci - Mason
• Bruno Corazzari - Shorty
• Franco Fantasia - Castleman
• Aldo Sambrell - Mexican bounty hunter
• Silvan Bacci - Felicias
• Mario Maranzana - Naco bartender
• Emma Baron Cerlesi - Mrs. Sturges
• Enzo Fiermonte

Releases

Wild East originally released this in a limited edition R0 NTSC DVD in 2008. In 2011 Code Red, after settling a distribution rights dispute with Wild East, re-released the film with Wild East's special features, an interview with Mimmo Palmara and a feature with Steve Reeves. Both are out-of-print.