Wild East presents a double shot of George Martin in two films about a gunfighter trying to escape his past for the sake of his family, but inexorably drawn back to violence by circumstances beyond his control.
In CLINT THE STRANGER, also widely known as CLINT THE NEVADA'S LONER, Martin plays Clint Harrison, a gunfighter who has been on the run from a vengeful family for years. He returns to his home town to discover that his wife (Marianne Koch of FISTFUL OF DOLLARS fame) has taken his son and fled north to escape his unsavory reputations.
Following her in an attempt to make amends, he rides into the middle of a land-grab war between a group of desperate farmers and an unscrupulous rancher named Shannon (Walter Byrnes from THE BIG GUNDOWN) and his brutal foreman (the always reliable Fernando Sancho). Promising his wife that he won't use this gun, Clint must stand by as Shannon's men eliminate the farmer's in a series of well-staged set pieces calculated to make the audience anticipate the inevitable moment when Clint is forced to turn his guns and settle accounts.
Four years later, in part due to the popularity of CLINT THE STRANGER, Martin himself directed an impressive sequel which is actually a remake. The story line of THE RETURN OF CLINT THE STRANGER (AKA THERE'S A NOOSE WAITING FOR YOU TRINITY) is essentially the same, but sporting a few minor differences and one major addition in the form of Klaus Kinski in the role of the ruthless yet complex bounty hunter in a peculiarly effective performance that for once generates audience sympathy in the end of the film. The difference in atmosphere between the two films is primarily due to the use of Ennio Morricone music culled from other Spaghetti Westerns, mostly notably THE HELLBENDERS and VAMOS A MATAR, COMPENEROS, but used to great effect here.
DVD FEATURES Widescreen versions of both films English audio for both films Trailer Picture Galleries
Please note that the soundtrack for CLINT THE STRANGER was mastered from the only known English print and contains some imperfections. In addition, some of the English soundtrack was either never recorded or lost. Therefore, some whole or parts of scenes are in German with English subtitles
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