Arrow Video attends THE GRAND DUEL (Review)

Lee Van Cleef plays a disgraced sheriff on the trail of a man wrongfully accused of murder by the corrupt Saxon brothers and being hunted down by vicious bounty hunters.  Horst Frank (THE HEAD) also stars, with music by Luis Bacalov (later used in DJANGO UNCHAINED) and gorgeous photography by Mario Vulpiani (CASTLE FREAK).

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (US) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)*

THE GRAND DUEL Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• English and Italian LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH subtitles for the English dub and English subtitles for the Italian dub
• Audio Commentary by film critic, historian and theorist Stephen Prince
• "An Unconventional Western" interview with director Giancarlo Santi
• "The Last of the Great Westerns" interview with screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
• "Cowboy by Chance" interview with actor Alberto Dentice AKA Peter O'Brien
• "Out of the Box" interview with producer Ettore Rosboch
• "The Day of the Big Showdown" interview with assistant director Harald Buggenig
• "Saxon City Showdown" video appreciation by academic Austin Fisher
• "Two Different Duels" comparison of the original Italian version and the longer German version
• "Game Over" 1984 short sci-fi film directed by Bernard Villiot and starring Marc Mazza
• "Marc Mazza: Who was the Rider on the Rain?" documentary by Mike Malloy
• Italian Theatrical Trailer
• International Theatrical Trailer
• Image Galleries:
• Stills
• Posters and Lobby Cards
• Super 8, Home Video and Soundtrack Covers
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matt Griffin.
• FIRST PRESSING ONLY: an illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Kevin Grant and original reviews.

*The American edition of this Blu-ray plays on both Region A and B machines.  Do note, however, that the British edition from Arrow is cut by five seconds.