Spaghetti Western with Lee Van Cleef in the mold of Sergio Leone’s Man with No Name trilogy. RELEASED IN 1969 and directed by Gianfranco Parolini, “Sabata” chronicles events in a west Texas town when a black-clad gunfighter named Sabata (Lee Van Cleef) teams-up with an alcoholic ex-soldier named Carrincha (Ignazio Spalla) and an acrobatic Indian (Bruno Ukmar) to thwart the town leaders (Antonio Gradoli & Gianni…
Top Cast
Lee Van Cleef
Sabata
William Berger
Banjo
Ignazio Spalla
Carrincha
Aldo Canti
Indio
Franco Ressel
Stengel
Antonio Gradoli
Ferguson
Linda Veras
Jane
Claudio Undari
Oswald
Gianni Rizzo
Judge O'Hara
Spartaco Conversi
Slim
Carlo Tamberlani
Nichols
Luciano Pigozzi
False Father Brown
Marco Zuanelli
Sharky
Franco Marletta
Captain
Andrea Aureli
Daniel
John Bartha
Daugherty City Sheriff
Reviews
He's the man with the gunsight eyes! Sabata is directed by Gianfranco Parolini (AKA: Frank Kramer) and Parolini co-writes the screenplay with Renato Izzo. It stars Lee Van Cleef, William Berger, Ignazio Spalla, Aldo Canti, Franco Ressel and Antonio Gradoli. Music is by Marcello Giombini and the Technicope/technicolor cinematography is by Sadro Mancori. Ace marksman Sabata (Cleef) teams up with a banjo-playing…
This isn’t so much a spaghetti western as a ravioli one. It’s full of lots of individually wrapped escapades that allow Lee Van Cleef to don his black suit and play a lovely game of cat and mouse with some quite shrewd townsfolk. It all starts when the army deposit $100,000 in the town’s bank. Barely half an hour after it is locked up for the night, the safe is on the back of a wagon heading out into the desert.…
FAQ about Sabata
What is Sabata about?
Several pillars of society have robbed an Army safe containing $100,000 so they can buy the land upon which the coming railroad will be built. But they haven't reckoned on the presence of the master gunslinger, Sabata.
When was Sabata released?
Sabata was released in 1969.
What genres does Sabata belong to?
Sabata is categorised as Western.
Who stars in Sabata?
The cast of Sabata includes Lee Van Cleef, William Berger, Ignazio Spalla, Aldo Canti, Franco Ressel.