A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972) Reviews & Ratings

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A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die reviews

A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die holds a 6.3/10 average from 73 TMDB ratings.

The Dirty Seven. Una ragione per vivere e una per morire (AKA: A Reason to Live, A Reason to Die & Massacre at Fort Holman) is directed by Tonino Valerii, who also co-writes with Rafael Azcona and Ernesto Gastaldi. It stars James Coburn, Telly Savalas & Bud Spencer. Cinematographer is Alejandro Ulloa and the music is scored by Riz Ortolani. Plot sees Coburn as Union Colonel Pembroke, who during the Civil War is give…
— John Chard (7/10)

This might have worked better had it not taken us forty-five minutes to get to the business end - there is just way too much explanatory preamble telling us why disgraced “Pembroke” (James Coburn) is determined to recapture a fortress he was compelled to surrender during the US Civil War. It’s now occupied by “Maj. Ward” (Telly Savalas) and a platoon of very heavily armed Confederate soldiers. What does “Pembroke” h…
— CinemaSerf (6/10)

A dishonored Union Army officer leads a group of convicts to retake Fort Holman from the Confederate Army.

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