screenshots / The Hellbenders / 1967 Alba Cinematografica

Original Italian title: I crudeli (The cruel ones).

Western directed by Sergio Corbucci, starring Joseph Cotten, Norma Bengell, Julián Mateos, Gino Pernice and Ángel Aranda.

Julián Mateos later appeared in the 1968 western Shalako starring Sean Connery (Tarzan's Greatest Adventure, Zardoz).

Other directoral credits for Sergio Corbucci include the films Duel of the Titans (1961) and The Slave (1962), both starring Steve Reeves.

Cast as an "Indian Chief", actor Claudio Scarchilli previously appeared in the films Colossus of the Arena (1962) and Giants of Rome (1964)

Filming locations included La Pedriza, Manzanares el Real, Madrid, Spain and Tor Caldara, Lazio, Italy,