Face to Face [Faccia a faccia] (Original Italian poster from the 1967 film)

Rome: Produzioni Europee Associate [PEA], 1967. Vintage Italian locandino poster from the 1967 film. Text in Italian.

An Italian and Spanish production, the film is widely acknowledged as a classic of the spaghetti western genre and was a favorite of director and screenwriter Sergio Sollima. The second film of Sollima's political western trilogy, sequel to the 1967 film "The Big Gundown," starring Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian, and followed by his 1968 film "Run, Man, Run," starring Tomas Milian and Donal O'Brien.

A history professor, Brad Fletcher (Gian Maria Volonté), forced into retirement due to poor health, moves out west for the climate, and is soon taken hostage by famed bandit Solomon Bennet (Tomas Milian), where he is gradually seduced from his initial disdain for the outlaws to joining the group, eventually becoming their calculating and ruthless leader. Largely acknowledged as a critique of the rise of European fascism, and influenced by Sollima's experience in the Italian Resistance during World War II.

Shot on location in Andalucía and Madrid, Spain.

13 x 27.5 inches. Very Good plus, with some light horizontal creasing, pinholes to the corners, and a .75 inch closed tear on the top left.

Cox, 10,000 Ways to Die. Grant, Any Gun Can Play: The Essential Guide to Euro-Westerns.