A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die

A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
Massacre at Fort Holman
Original Title	Una Ragione Per Vivere E Una Per Morire
Original Language	Italian English
Voice Director	¿Gene Luotto?
Translation & Adaptation	¿Gene Luotto?
Recorded	1970s
Dub Country	Italy
Original Country	Italy
Year	1972

A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (also known as Massacre at Fort Holman) is an Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Tonino Valerii and released in 1974.

Synopsis Branded a coward for surrendering his New Mexico fort to the Confederates without firing a shot, a Union colonel leads a band of condemned prisoners on a suicide mission to recapture it.

Dubbing history

There are two English dubs of the movie, both of which were recorded in Italy. The first version dubs the full cut of the film, though Coburn does not dub his own character. The second dub, featuring James Coburn dubbing his own lines and some partially changed music cues, was produced for the US domestic release and was cut down to 92 minutes. The longer dub, without Coburn, was recorded first. After the film was picked up for American distribution, the film was partially redubbed, with many lines being retained from the first version, but several characters receiving new voices and several of the previous voice actors coming back to record more sanitized versions of their dialogue.

Cast

Character	Original Actor	Dub Actor
		Original Cut	U.S. Cut
Colonel Pembroke	James Coburn	Michael Forest	James Coburn
Eli Sampson	Bud Spencer	Richard McNamara
Major Ward	Telly Savalas
Sergeant Brent	Reinhard Kolldehoff	Robert Spafford
Major Charles Ballard	José Suárez	Anthony La Penna	Edward Mannix
Ted Randall	Ugo Fangareggi	¿?	¿?
Donald McIvers	Guy Mairesse	Charles Borromel	¿?
Piggott	Benito Stefanelli	Larry Dolgin
Will Colder	Adolfo Lastretti	Ted Rusoff	¿?
Jeremy	Turam Quibo	¿?	Lewis E. Ciannelli
Ward's Sergeant	Fabrizio Moresco	¿?	¿?
Farmer	Paco Sanz	George Higgins	Robert Braun
Sergeant of the Northern States	Giuseppe Pollini	Craig Hill	¿?
Sergeant Spike	Georges Géret	Edward Mannix

External links

• A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die at the Internet Movie Database