| Welcome to Blood City | |
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| Directed by | Peter Sasdy |
| Written by | Michael Winder Stephen Schneck |
| Starring | Jack Palance Keir Dullea Samantha Eggar |
| Cinematography | Reginald H. Morris |
| Edited by | Keith Palmer |
| Music by | Roy Budd |
| Production companies | EMI Films Stanley Chase Productions |
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| Running time | 96 mins. |
| Countries | Canada United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $CAD900,000 |
Welcome to Blood City is a 1977 science fiction Western film directed by Peter Sasdy and starring Jack Palance, Keir Dullea and Samantha Eggar.
Plot
Five strangers awake finding themselves with no memory in a world resembling the wild west. Their task is to become exempt from being killed – what the townspeople refer to as being "immortal" – by killing twenty of the other inhabitants of the town under the scrutiny of the sheriff (Jack Palance), otherwise they will spend their lives in slavery.
Cast
- Jack Palance as Frendlander
- Keir Dullea as Lewis
- Samantha Eggar as Katherine
- Barry Morse as Supervisor
- Hollis McLaren as Martine
- Chris Wiggins as Gellor
Production
Shot in Cinespace Film Studios in Kleinburg, a village north of Toronto, Welcome to Blood City was an early Canada/U.K. co-production.
References
- "Welcome to Blood City (1977)". BFI. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- "Welcome to Blood City (1977)". BFI. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- "Welcome to Blood City - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie". www.allrovi.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- "Welcome to Blood City (1977). Western in Virtual Reality. Director – Peter Sasdy. Stars: Keir Dullea, Jack Palance, Samantha Eggar. Moria – The Science-Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review". moria.co.nz. 31 July 2000.
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