SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Kodie Bird True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Bezenby It's the JFK assassination - The Western! The plot of this film would easily still be playable in cinemas in 2017. No stolen gold here, no Mexicans, relevant social commentary, and actual politics! The President killed in this one is President Garfield, but here Garfield is killed in Dallas in an open top carriage beside his glamorous wife and shot in the neck and head whereas the real Garfield was killed in Baltimore (I think) and died eight months later of his wounds. This one is JFK all the way.Gemma plays the son of a man who is murdered when he gets wind of the initial assassination plot to blow up the president's train. Gemma manages to stop that attempt but fails to stop people shooting the president in Dallas and pinning the murder on Gemma's black mate, who was merely trying to stop the actual assassins! Conspiracy theories arise right away as the actual killers track down and kill the accused, whereas most folk don't believe he did it anyway. This leads to several characters (one of which is disabled and goes around in a wheelchair) to figure out where the actual shots came from and track down the killers.To complicate things further there is an upper layer of bad guys who have been orchestrating the whole lot and are trying to start a second Civil War! These guy have to try and control the barely sane Confederate guys who are still smarting from the result of the civil war, and also contend with a mysterious government guy who is trying to cover up the crime but also bring those responsible to justice.There's an awful lot of plot in this one, but Tonino Valeri manages to squeeze in a lot of action too, thankfully. Gemma was an acrobat in a previous life and although he does his thing here, he plays it all deadly serious and has many gun fights with the numerous bad guys, including a gunfight in pitch darkness! Fernando Ray is especially good as the refined bad guy trying to conduct all this bad business without getting his hands dirty, but the main star here for me is Stelvio Massi's camera-work. There's just something about the way he handles every shot that enlivens everything you see here.Not a film to watch when tired, but really rewarding in that it is a Spaghetti Western that contains very few clichés and oodles of plot.

JohnWelles "The Price of Power" (1969), directed by Tonino Valerii, is a Spaghetti Western starring Guiliano Gemma, Van Johnson, Fernando Rey and Benito Stefanelli. Made six years after the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy, it seeks to comment sharply on the situation, perhaps more bitingly than Hollywood wanted or was able to do at that time.The plot is thus, with their 1963 equivalents blatantly obvious: in Dallas, Texas, 1883 an unpopular liberal President (Johnson) visits the city and is assassinated in a crossfire of lead. A black patsy is quickly found by the corrupt sheriff (Stefanelli) and is killed while in transit between prisons. The framed man's friend (Gemma) seeks to find out the truth, variously aided and set back by a mysterious government agent (Warren Vanders).Reading the synopsis, it's pretty clear where Valerii is heading, and he does so with style and tension. Well-acted, photographed and edited, with some excellent gunfights, this is a Spaghetti Western that deserves a much wider reputation that the one it currently holds.

tankjonah 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!

marc-366 Based largely on the Kennedy Assasintion, Director Valerii's The Price of Power is quite a hard going, albeit very well made, film.President James Garfield (Van Johnson) arrives by train in the state of Texas to debate his political reforms. His anti-slavery stance is extremely unpopular with the locals, particularly the corrupt Sheriff and the banker Pinkerton (Fernando Rey), who secretly plot his assassination, knowing that his probable successor can be bribed by incriminating evidence that they hold.Ben Willer (Giuliano Gemma) discovers that his father has been murdered by the Sheriff, because he knew of the plan to kill the president. Despite his efforts to provide some protection, the assassination is successful, with Willer's Negro companion (a staunch believer of the President's cause) blamed and imprisoned. Willer attempts to seek justice, assisted by the President's aide Arthur Macdonald (Warren Vanders).In truth, Valerii's film is an outstanding piece of Italian cinema, with a fine performance from Gemma, and an enjoyable Bacalov soundtrack. Despite this, I struggled to be really convinced by the movie, even though it is so highly respected in euro-western circles. I think in particular I found that some of the more typical Spaghetti Western fare (such as the rifle hidden in the crutch of the disabled newspaper employee) sat uneasy within the context of the film.That said, there were a handful of great scenes, such as the failed initial assassination attempt as the President's train arrives, the flashback and the court sequence. But in the end, I couldn't help but find the whole thing disappointing - probably because I expected so much.