A Town Called Bastard

A Town Called Bastard
(or: A Town Called Hell)
Directed byRobert Parrish
Written byRichard Aubrey
Produced byBenjamin Fisz
StarringRobert Shaw
Telly Savalas
Stella Stevens
Martin Landau
Fernando Rey
Al Lettieri
CinematographyManuel Berenguer
Music byWaldo de los Rios
Production
companies
Benmar Productions
Zurbano Films
Distributed byScotia International (USA)
Release date
  • 1971 (1971)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Spain
LanguageEnglish
Budget£1 million[1]

A Town Called Bastard (also known as A Town Called Hell on DVD and Blu-ray) is a 1971 international co-production spaghetti Western. It was shot in Madrid with Robert Shaw, Telly Savalas, Stella Stevens and Martin Landau.[2][3][4]

It was released on blu-ray on 18 August 2015.[5] The film was retitled A Town Called Hell for US release as the word "bastard" was thought offensive.[6]

  1. ^ "City extra". Evening Standard. 12 September 1969. p. 4.
  2. ^ McBride, Joseph (24 August 2014). "Too Much Johnson: Recovering Orson Welles's Dream of Early Cinema". Bright Lights Film Journal. Retrieved 24 February 2019.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Mavis, Paul (15 September 2011). "Kojak: Season Two". DVD Talk. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Martin Landau". The Sunday Times. Times Newspapers Limited. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  5. ^ Tyner, Adam (27 July 2015). "A Town Called Hell (Blu-ray)". DVD Talk. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  6. ^ p.175 Joyner, C. Courtney The Westerners: Interviews with Actors, Directors, Writers and Producers; McFarland, 14 October 2009