| Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead | |
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 Italian theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Giuseppe Vari |
| Written by | Adriano Bolzoni |
| Starring | Klaus Kinski Dante Maggio |
| Cinematography | Franco Villa |
| Edited by | Giuseppe Vari |
| Music by | Mario Migliardi |
Production company | Castor Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead (Italian: Prega il Morto e Ammazza il Vivo) is the original release title of the 1971 Italian dramatic Spaghetti Western film directed by Giuseppe Vari, and starring Klaus Kinski and Dante Maggio.[1][2][3] With its many international releases, the film had additional English titles of Pray to Kill and Return Alive, To Kill a Jackal, and Renegade Gun.[4] The script by Adriano Bolzoni is inspired by American noir-crime films of the 1930s and 1940s, and Kinski's entry into the scene reprises Edward G. Robinson's presence in Key Largo (1948).[5]
- ^ Weisser, Thomas (2005). Spaghetti Westerns: the Good, the Bad And the Violent. McFarland & Company. pp. 244, 291. ISBN 0786424427.
- ^ Iotis Erlewine (2007). "New York Times: Pray to Kill and Return Alive". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
- ^ Gerbode, Dirk (12 May 2005). "DVD review: MÖRDER DES KLANS (Italien 1971)". Das Filmmagazin (in German). Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ "Prega il morto e ammazza il vivo". Spaghetti Western Database. spaghetti-western.net. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ Marco Giusti. Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. pp. 389–390, 537.