Kid Vengeance (1976)
"He watched them massacre his father... Shame his mother... Take his sister. They made him..."

Title: Kid Vengeance
Original Title: Kid Vengeance
Release Date: 1976-12-01
Status: Released
Rating: 5.294/10 (from 17 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Western
Production Companies: The Irwin Yablans Company, Golan-Globus Productions
One of Cannon Films' two 1976 Italian-Israeli co-productions starring Lee Van Cleef and Leif Garrett (Gianfranco Parolini's Pistola di Dio was the other), this spaghetti western was actually shot in the Middle East by American director Joseph Manduke. Pop star Garrett plays Tom, a teenager who teams with a black gunfighter named Isaac (Jim Brown) to avenge his family. The culprit was McClain (Van Cleef), a sadistic outlaw who carried out the brutal rape-massacre, but his role is minor, as most of the film deals with Tom's maturation and coming to terms with his feelings. Omnipresent 1970s character actors Glynnis O'Connor and John Marley co-star. If there is anything remarkable about Kid Vengeance, it is Francesco Masi's fine musical score, but the film is otherwise anemic.
Cast

Lee Van Cleef
McClain

Jim Brown
Isaac

Leif Garrett
Tom Thurston

Timothy Scott
Ned

Glynnis O'Connor
Lisa Thurston

John Marley
Jesus

David Loden
Mathew Thurston

Dalia Penn
Beth Thurston

Matt Clark
Grover

Richard Vanstone
Dewey