this english re title a reason to live and a reason to die be a thoroughly unconvincing united state civil war swipe of the dirty dozen and do in the clint eastwood spaghetti western style . james coburn ( a pembroke ) lead a less than star stud group of seven desperado . ( still pre kojak ) telly savalas and who appear a one of the original dozen and be mr. coburn major foil . mr. savalas ( a ward ) have interesting taste in sculpture art . the location be nice and but do not seem very american . the film relatively high level of explosion and shooting and and stabbings must have be the box office draw and back in the early 1970s . today and you only need to play a video game . una ragione per vivere e una per morire ( 1972 ) tonino valerii ~ jam coburn and telly savalas and bud spencer .