The Grand Duel

The Grand Duel
Directed byGiancarlo Santi
Screenplay byErnesto Gastaldi
Starring
CinematographyMario Vulpiani
Edited byRoberto Perpignani
Music by
Production
companies
  • Mount Street Film
  • Terra-Filmkunst GmbH
  • Corona Filmproduktion GmbH
  • Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie
Distributed byTitanus (Italy)
Constantin Film (West Germany)
Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (France)
Release date
  • 29 December 1972 (1972-12-29)
Running time
98 minutes
Countries
  • Italy
  • West Germany
  • France
LanguageItalian

The Grand Duel (Italian: Il Grande duello), also known as Storm Rider and The Big Showdown, is a 1972 Italian-language spaghetti Western film directed by Giancarlo Santi, who had previously worked as Sergio Leone's assistant director on The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West. The film stars Lee Van Cleef as a sheriff who seeks justice for a man accused of murder.