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      The Price of Power

      1969 1h 48m Western List
      Reviews 45% Audience Score 100+ Ratings A frontier town in the 1890s is the setting for this tale of a presidential assassination. Read More Read Less Watch on Prime Video Stream Now

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      Audience Member Nicely photographed spaghetti western with a stale plot. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member In post civil war America the President, (Van Johnson), travels to Dallas and is assassinated by corrupt officials and businessman interested in installing the vice President whom they can blackmail due to incriminating documents. A gunman (Guiliano Gemma) convinced that his black friend is wrongly accused of the assassination aims to uncover the truth. Tonino Valeri directed this fascinating, if flawed film which obviously is an allegory for the Kennedy assassination. The film may wrongly present blacks as slaves working on plantations in Texas but the film is nonetheless enjoyable and presents an interesting interpretation - that Kennedy's death was the result of a coup de tat- which many Americans could not accept at the time. Oswald's murder is replayed here as the black accused of the assassination is murdered by the men responsible, on route to Fort Worth prison. This moment in the film is more melodramatic than Oswald's death with his various escorts shot down before his over the top death scene. Nonetheless this is definitely one of the more interesting and worthwhile spaghetti westerns. Worth a look! 2 1/2 stars 4-18-14 Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review dave j Monday, March 17, 2014 (1970) The Price Of Power/ Il Prezzo del potere/ A Bullet for the President DUBBED SPAGHETTI WESTERN This is the Spaghetti Western equivalent of the assassination of JFK and, perhaps Lincoln. Stars Giuliano Gemma as Billy, stumbling onto more than a few assignation attempts by some conspirators, especially from the town's local sheriff, after hearing about the President's passing through Dallas. Played by movie veteran, Van Johnson as President James Garfield, as he assumes that after the civil war revolution between the north and south that everything was okay. Spanish movie veteran Fernando Rey is one of few main baddies as Pinkerton, along with psychopath Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member I like the plot of this Spaghetti Western alot going on. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member An interesting spaghetti western that mirrors the Kennedy assassination. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member About as subtle as a sledgehammer, "The Price of Power" is nonetheless is avery entertaining political Spaghetti Western which deals interestingly with the JFK Assassination in allegorical fashion. The movie scores points for its portrayal of 1881 Texas, and the conceit that a group a bitter ex-Confederates would target the reform-minded President Garfield (a very dignified Van Johnson) out of anger towards Reconstruction. The movie's racial and political aspects are well-done, but the more conventional revenge plot and Western plot conventions are hit-or-miss. The staging of the assassination is amusingly done, as is the dialogue that echoes verbatim the JFK Assassiantion ("No one man could have fired that many shots so fast!"). The movie runs out of steam towards the end, as the plot unravels and exactly who is double-crossing who becomes abundantly unclear. But definitely one of the best non-Leone Spaghetti Westerns. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A frontier town in the 1890s is the setting for this tale of a presidential assassination.
      Director
      Tonino Valerii
      Production Co
      Films Montana
      Genre
      Western
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Feb 11, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 48m
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