The best Dan Vadis’s movies

Dan Vadis

Dan Vadis

03/01/1938- 11/06/1987
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High Plains Drifter

High Plains Drifter
7.4/10
A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.

Every Which Way but Loose

Every Which Way but Loose
6.3/10
Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west of the Rockies. And he lives with a 165-pound orangutan named Clyde. Like other guys, Philo finally falls in love - with a flighty singer who leads him on a screwball chase across the American Southwest. Nothing's in the way except a motorcycle gang, and legendary brawler Tank Murdock.

Bronco Billy

Bronco Billy
6.1/10
An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.

The White Buffalo

The White Buffalo
6.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/05/1977
  • Character: Tall Man (uncredited)
In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations - dim, filthy, makeshift taverns; freezing, slaughterhouse-like frontier towns and beautifully desolate high country - before improbably teaming up with a young Crazy Horse to pursue the creature.

Cahill U.S. Marshal

Cahill U.S. Marshal
6.4/10
  • Genre: DramaWestern
  • Release: 11/07/1973
  • Character: Brownie
J.D. Cahill is the toughest U.S. Marshal they've got, just the sound of his name makes bad guys stop in their tracks, so when his two young boy's want to get his attention they decide to rob a bank. They end up getting more than they bargained for.

The Scalphunters

The Scalphunters
6.7/10
Trapper Joe is on his way to the town with all of his gain of hides of the last winter. However a group of Indians stops him and takes all of his hides, leaving him the escaped slave Joseph instead. But Joe has no use for Joseph and is determined to get his property back and follows them. Before he can do anything, the Indians are raided themselves by a group of scalphunters under the greedy Howie. Not only the hides, but also Joseph falls into their hands. Now Joe follows them alone and tries to trick the numerical superior group out of his hides

The Seven Magnificent Gladiators

The Seven Magnificent Gladiators
3.7/10
A bandit leader endowed with supernatural powers by his sorceress mother makes yearly raids on a peasant village. However, the women of the village come into possession of a magic sword, and go in search of a hero who is able to wield it and save their village from the evil bandit.

Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators

Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators
4.3/10
The story of Spartacus and 10 other gladiators who rebelled against the bloody coliseum sports. They escape and are faced at every turn by Roman soldiers bent on taking them back to the Coliseum - dead or alive!

For a Few Extra Dollars

For a Few Extra Dollars
6/10
  • Genre: WarWestern
  • Release: 07/10/1966
  • Character: Riggs
Near the end of the Civil War, imprisoned Confederate raider Giuliano Gemma is sent under guard to warn both his men and the Army at Fort Yuma that an impending rebel raid is really nothing but a ruse by scoundrels from both sides, in cahoots to take the fort's gold for themselves during the chaos. Soon Gemma slips his treacherous escort and attempts to complete the mission himself.

The Stranger Returns

The Stranger Returns
6.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 17/08/1967
  • Character: En Plein
The Stranger happens across a murdered postal inspector and a gang of bandits set on a prize of stolen gold which should be transported in a stagecoach. The Stranger, a sharpshooter named En plein and a treacherous postal agent try to get their hands on the gold. Source: SWDB www.spaghetti-western.net

Colossus of the Arena

Colossus of the Arena
5.2/10
A powerful man posing as a gladiator in Rome's fourth century discovers a plan to put the beautiful Queen in prison, which he thwarts by exposing a sinister duke as a traitor.

Mr. Horn

Mr. Horn
6.5/10
The story of frontiersman Tom Horn, and his career as a cavalry scout, a tracker, a Pinkerton agent and a range detective, and the final events in his life that led to his tragic death.

Deguello

Deguello
6.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 04/02/1966
  • Character: Ramon
Ramon and his bandit gang launch an attack on Danger City, searching for rumoured hidden treasure and unable to find the loot either kill or take as hostage all the men, leaving only the women and children to produce the treasure or face 'Deguello' - an attack with no quarter. Four men arrive in town searching for Ramon and agree to help protect the town from the bandits.

The Ten Gladiators

The Ten Gladiators
4.4/10
Roccia and a band of fellow gladiators join forces with a patrician named Glaucus Valerius to replace Nero, (and his evil henchman, Tigelinus), with a new emperor: Servius Galba. During the course of this bloody struggle, the gladiators lose their mentor and trainer - Resius - and then must rescue Lidia, Resius' beautiful niece, from death on the cross.

The Pirates of the Mississippi

The Pirates of the Mississippi
5.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 17/10/1963
  • Character: Blackfoot
European produced Western based on the novel by Friedrich Gerstäcker, set in the 19th century in a town on the banks of the Mississippi River. The area is plagued by a gang of pirates under the leadership of Captain Kelly, who live on an island in the river, from where they operate raids on passing steamboats and traders rafts, robbing them of their cargo and murdering the crews. Townspeople and settlers do their best to put an end to the crimes and rid themselves of the pirates and their daring leader.

Triumph of the Ten Gladiators

Triumph of the Ten Gladiators
4.7/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 26/11/1964
  • Character: Roccia
The ten gladiators are hired to travel to Arbela, a small country on the outskirts of the Roman Empire to learn if Parthia is planning to war with Rome. Upon arriving, the heroes decide to kidnap the beautiful Parthian queen and spirit her to Syria to serve as a hostage.

Son of Hercules in the Land of Darkness

Son of Hercules in the Land of Darkness
3.6/10
Hercules battles to save the population from a giant dragon.

Death Is Nimble, Death Is Quick

Death Is Nimble, Death Is Quick
5.5/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 17/05/1966
  • Character: King
Two Yanks are hired to protect a rich lady from a sinister underworld group. Lots of jungle thrills, martial arts, ancient temples, huge explosions, & even sci-fi elements. Watch for Harris' great karate fight inside a crumbling temple, surrounded by masked members of an ancient sect.

Hercules vs. the Giant Warriors

Hercules vs. the Giant Warriors
4.4/10
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Release: 30/01/1964
  • Character: Ercole
Hercules, having agreed to restore justice to Mycenae, confronts evil Prince Myles. The villain is invested with power over giant bronze warriors by his mother Pasiphaë, a sorceress in Hades. Myles assassinates the king and abducts his cousin, Queen Ate, through whom he plans to inherit the throne. Although Zeus temporarily removes Hercules' strength for killing Eurystheus, an innocent man framed by Myles, the god restores his powers. Hercules then saves Ate and destroys Myles, Pasiphaë, and the giant warriors.

The Rebel Gladiators

The Rebel Gladiators
5.4/10
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Release: 15/11/1962
  • Character: Ursus
In order to persuade the Emperor to spare his village, the mighty Ursus is forced to fight the greatest gladiator in Rome in the Roman Arena.

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