They Call Me Lucky 1974

2.7 / 10   5 vote(s)
Western

Lucky's band of outlaws holds a rich girl for ransom and plans a new series of robberies. Meanwhile, a peasant who was widowed by one of Lucky's men teams up with a Preacher/Bounty Hunter to plot a premature end to Lucky's lucky streak.

Release Date 1974-05-10
Runtime 1h 40m
Director Peter Henkel
Producer Flip Bezuidenhout
Writers Keith G. van der Wat, Werner Krupski

This South African film is a spaghetti western without the spaghetti. So sticking to the national food theme, perhaps ‘Boerewors western’ is a better term?

This is the sequel to ‘Three Bullets For a Long Gun’ which was pretty much exploited every spaghetti western cliché and stereotype.

They Call Me Lucky’ is a better film all round, it’s a lot darker and more cynical than the first film and well worth checking out if you’re a fan of the spaghetti western genre or simply a rare cult film fan.

Paul de Bruin