The Moment to Kill
1968 film by Giuliano Carnimeo
The Moment to Kill (Italian: Il momento di uccidere) is a 1968 Spaghetti Western film.
It was the first film entirely directed by Giuliano Carnimeo.
Cast
George Hilton: Lord
Walt Barnes: Bull
Loni von Friedl: Regina Forrester
Horst Frank: Jason Forrester
Rudolf Schündler: Thomas B. Warren
Arturo Dominici: Innkeeper
Release
The film was released in West Germany on 28 November 1968 as Django: Ein Sarg voll Blut ("Django: A Coffin Full of Blood").
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