As Luck Would Have It

As Luck Would Have It

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The bad news? A lot of spaghetti westerns are god-awful. The good news? The best ones are as good as, if not even better, than the majority of Hollywood horse operas.

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Richard Luck
Oct 25, 2025
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A lot has been written about Spaghetti Westerns. The subject of particularly strong studies by Christopher Frayling, Howard Hughes and Alex Cox, the genre has been picked over by film student and professor alike. What hasn’t been said anywhere near often enough is that most spaghetti westerns aren’t very good.

Like the bulk of blaxploitation pictures, mo…

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