Cinematheque: Spaghetti Westerns

Heading west for his health, a New England school teacher (Volonté) falls in with an outlaw gang, eventually becoming leader of the bandits. This unusual European western from director Sollima (The Big Gundown) and screenwriter Sergio Donati (Once Upon a Time in the West), features a particularly memorable performance by Volonté as an intellectual who is slowly transformed into a fascistic killer. Ennio Morricone contributes another excellent score.