Long Days of Vengeance Long Days of Vengeance I lunghi giorni della vendetta (internationally released as Long Days of Vengeance, "Days of Vengeance" and "The Deadliest Gunfight") is a 1967 Italian western film directed by Florestano Vancini. It is the only western directed by Vancini, here credited as Stan Vance. The film is a spaghetti western version of Alexandre Dumas' novel "The Count of Monte Cristo". Ted Barnett escapes from prison and returns to his home town to prove that he did not commit murder and also find the man who murdered his father. To do this he must disclose the respected landowner Cobb
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote years I wasted on this one! I was so frustrated with Hollywood, I went after European money, needing $20 million. And they said, 'You're on.' But I found out I needed more money. [...] That really hurts, that I let a project I'm convinced I'm the best director on the planet to do, slip by." After Schepisi's project collapsed, Gilliam resumed working on the film with co-writer Tony Grisoni, giving it the new name "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote". Instead of featuring a man named Alonso Quixano and Sancho Panza, this new version would instead feature Toby Grisoni (a