Pretty, pretty Angel Eyes

Angel Eyes aren't the first words that pop into my head when describing Lee Van Cleef. Maybe Evil Eyes or Face that Can Cut Glass or Mr. Awesome 'Stache.


Does he give you tingles in all the right places?

Cleef has done his fair share of spaghetti westerns. But I think this one deserves special mention. Ladies and Gents, I give you Sabata.

Hey Amigo! That's Sabata! AHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!

Sabata is part of yet another trilogy. *eyeroll* With the part of Sabata being played by Cleef in the first and third and Yul Brynner in the second. Uh, why? Of course it's because they look exactly the same!

$100,000 dollars is stolen by so-called "pillars of the community" to buy up land for their railroad-get-rich-quick scheme. Only they didn't count on one thing....Sabata! It's a great switcharoo with the wealthy townspeople as the bad guys and the riff-raff as the good. Cleef throws a monkey wrench in their plans by recovering the money. Of course, this means they got to kill him. The wackiest villian is hands down Stengel (Franco Ressel), who's just, well... I mean look at him!

Icky.

So Sabata teams up with the town drunk, Carrincha, and an Indian nicknamed Alley Cat because...he likes to sit on roofs.

And a good time was had by all!

Coincidentally, there's a banjo player hanging about who knows Sabata. Seems pretty innocuous, right?

Careful! That banjo's loaded!

There's obviously more to this guy than meets the eye!

Sabata has got everything I love about spaghetti westerns. Good plot, wacky characters, some awesome shoot outs, and a final betrayal.....or is it? As much as I'd love to spoil the ending, it's too too good.

So much for being the Bad. Lee van Cleef's got your back.

...SABATA!