Rotten Tomatoes

Movies / TV

    Celebrity

      No Results Found

       View All       Movies Tv shows Shop News Showtimes

      A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die

      R 1968 1h 37m Western List
      Reviews 41% 500+ Ratings Audience Score An outlaw (Alex Cord) hides out from good guys and bad guys, seeking amnesty, trying to go straight. Read More Read Less

      Critics Reviews

      View All (1) Critics Reviews
      Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times [A] bad, artless, stupid movie. Rated: 1/4 Jul 9, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

      Audience Reviews

      View All (14) audience reviews
      Audience Member (***): [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Minor Spaghetti Western Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member This was quite a splendid find for me. Maybe it was serendipity or something like that. Regardless, the film is a forgotten little masterpiece. It's definitely a spaghetti western and definitely reeks of Leone and Eastwood. It doesn't matter much though. This film does its own thing without directly ripping off anything that came before or after it. There are some parts of it that don't jive very well with the rest of it tonally, but in the overall scheme of things, it's an effective story with a nice style to match. The opening minutes are the best in my opinion and should hook you in. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member A decent serving of pasta A Minute to Pray a Second to Die might not fill you up but it's pretty tasty on its own. The title is enough to chew on. Clay McCord has a $10, 000 bounty on his head but wants to put his outlaw days behind him. Unfortunately it's never really explored why the bounty is so fucking high but he has a quick gun so you can pretty well deduce that he has killed a lot of men. Amnesty is being offered but Mario Brega is more intent on setting McCord up & serving justice then granting it. Governor Robert Ryan comes to McCord's aid but the $50 that you get w/ your amnesty seems a little low for McCord's liking to lay down his guns. How much is an top notch outlaw really worth..if it was Lee Van Cleef I would say about a million dollars Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Minor Spaghetti Western Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Aka Dead or Alive. Reasonably enjoyable Spaghetti Western starring Alex Cord as McCord, Robert Ryan and Arthur Kennedy. This film is well directed with good good acting the lead roles. A local town decides to give amnesty and $50 to gunfighters that give themselves up. However, McCord runs into trouble along the way. This film seems to struggle to get going and is a bit bland in parts, but overall it is ok. The ending was really good with McCord and others besieged inside a blazing cabin. I watched the English-dubbed italian version of the film which runs to 118 mins in which Cord's character is killed. Be warned that English-dubbed version of the film on MGM/UA's R1 DVD is cut! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

      Cast & Crew

      Show Less Cast & Crew Show More Cast & Crew

      Photos

      View All A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die photos

      A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die

      A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1968) A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1968) View more photos

      Movie Info

      Synopsis An outlaw (Alex Cord) hides out from good guys and bad guys, seeking amnesty, trying to go straight.
      Director
      Franco Giraldi
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Western
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 37m