A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (film)

A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
Italian film poster
Directed byFranco Giraldi
Screenplay by
Story by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAiace Parolin[2]
Edited byAlberto Gallitti[2]
Music byCarlo Rustichelli[2]
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • May 22, 1968 (1968-05-22) (New York City)
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Running time
  • 118 minutes (Italy)
  • 103 minutes (US)[3]
Countries
LanguagesEnglish, Italian
Budget$280,000[5]
Box office$885,000 (US)[5]

A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (Italian: Un minuto per pregare, un istante per morire) is a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western. It is the fourth and last western directed by Franco Giraldi.[6] It was originally intended as being directed by Sergio Corbucci and the cast was to include also Raffaella Carrà and Renzo Palmer.[6] The American version of the film was heavily cut, with a runtime 16 minutes shorter than the original version and featuring a different ending.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d "Un minuto per pregare, un istante per morire (1967)". BFI. Archived from the original on September 28, 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Un minuto per pregare, un istante per morire (1967)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1968)". AFI. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  4. ^ Grant 2011, p. 449.
  5. ^ a b "ABC's 5 Years of Film Production Profits & Losses". Variety. 31 May 1973. p. 3.
  6. ^ a b c Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. p. 546. ISBN 978-88-04-57277-0.