A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die

A dishonored Union Army officer leads a group of convicts to retake Fort Holman from the Confederate Army.

Cast

James Coburn

as Colonel Pembroke

Bud Spencer

as Eli Sampson

Telly Savalas

as Major Ward

Reinhard Kolldehoff

as Sergeant Brent

José Suárez

as Maj. Charles Ballard

Francisco Sanz

as Farmer

Ángel Álvarez

as Scully the Monger

Mario Pardo

as Roger, Farmer's Son

Ugo Fangareggi

as Ted Wendall

Concha Rabal

Reviews

John Chard

The Dirty Seven. Una ragione per vivere e una per morire (AKA: A Reason to Live, A Reason to Die & Massacre at Fort Holman) is directed by Tonino Valerii, who also co-writes with Rafael Azcona and Ernesto Gastaldi. It stars James Coburn, Telly Savalas & Bud Spencer. Cinematographer is Alejandro U...

CinemaSerf

This might have worked better had it not taken us forty-five minutes to get to the business end - there is just way too much explanatory preamble telling us why disgraced “Pembroke” (James Coburn) is determined to recapture a fortress he was compelled to surrender during the US Civil War. It’s now o...

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