It's one of my favorite westerns of all times.I've seen it on the theater, in 71, and several times on the telly. Usually, critics reviewing it, claim it's above average for the two actors efforts, so it comes as an unpleasant surprise to see it scorched here. Classic bits: when Van Cleef says to Scott he should call himself Scott Marry, after his mother only known name,and as Scott says that everybody would laugh at him if he used such name, Talby (Van Cleef) replies: Who cares??? And the scene where Scott asks for his old broom, just to shoot it apart, costumers in the saloon get impressed, and the camera focus on Gemma smiling. Simply perfect!

Tonino Valerii learned much from Sergio Leone as he was his 2nd unit director (in The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, I think). And this movie is the proof of his knowledge. Besides the Sergo Leone Spaghetti-Western, the Valerii ones are some of the best and most important for the genre. In "I giorni dell'ira" we see the story of a Son of a whore who fallows an old revolver man to learn from him how to get the respect of the people of the town he lives in. Between the two main characters grows a kind of Father-son-friendship. But Scott Mary (Gemma) understands too late the real main interests of Talby (Van Cleef) which wants to make money not caring about anything else, after he already became as his master. The only way out is to use the 10 learned "basic roles of the west" for the revenge and to come back to peace.This movie has all what is important for a good SW: - wonderful sunny desert landscapes from southern Spain, - Good actors (Lee Van Cleef is simply perfect for this role) - Wonderful music in vain of morricones soundtracks for the "dollar" movies - very much suspance and good action.Together with "My name is nobody" (1972) this is the best Valerii western, check it out!

Tonino Valerii's "I Giorni Dell'Ira" aka. "Day Of Anger" is an excellent Spaghetti Western with great actors and one of the genre's best Non-Moricone scores. Furthermore, "Day Of Anger" contains some of the most remarkable lines in Spaghetti Western dialogue.Scott (Giuliano Gemma), the illegitimate son of a prostitute, lives as an outcast of society in a town called Clifton, where he is responsible for the garbage removal. The only people who treat him like a human being are the prostitutes from the local bordello, a vagabond, and an old stableman and former Sheriff called Murph, who taught him how to draw a gun fast. One day, however, a mysterious gunman called Frank Talby (the great Lee Van Cleef) comes to town, and begins to teach Scott some self-respect. Scott, who now calls himself Scott Mary (because his Mother's first name was Mary), follows Talby, who leaves town after shooting a man in self-defense and getting acquitted at court. But Talby, who teaches Scott one lesson after another for his life as a gunslinger, still got unfinished business with the "good" people of Clifton. And Scott Mary, who is given a gun by Talby, is just too happy to follow Talby back to Clifton and demand the respect he deserves from the people who oppressed him for years.The acting in "Day Of Anger" is excellent, Lee Van Cleef is brilliant as always, Giuliano Gemma is great too. The supporting actors are also very good, I specially liked Al Mulock as an outlaw, and Benito Steffanelli as a hired killer. The excellent score by Riz Ortolani is one of the genre's best non-Morricone soundtracks, the cinematography is also great. The dialogue is superb, lines like the ten lessons taught by Talby (one of them is the title of this review) are unforgettable film history."Day Of Anger", an excellent and particularly moving Spaghetti Western, is a must-see for us fans of the genre, but also highly recommended to everybody else. 9 out of 10! Great!

Nice shootouts, interesting plot, great score (even which isn't written by Morricone), the characters develop very good. It doesn't need any stupid brutal violence. It gets brutal through its story and characters. Andy every time in the movie you can stay on Scott's side, even though he begins as a little stable-boy, becomes a tough gunfighter, and in the end a man, who makes his own decisions and who is able to differ the good from the evil. Very interesting too, are Talby's motives fro recruiting the innocent Scott. But he always tried to control him (by telling him, how to shoot and buying him another gun than he has).Talby: "Allright Scott, you can come with me, but don't get your hopes up to high, 'cause it's a dirty life."Great line :>