Ace High

1968 132 min ★ 6.5 Western, Action, Comedy

After Cacopoulos manages to save himself from being hung on a false charge, he robs Cat Stevens and Hutch Bessy of a lot of money and steals their horses. This results in a merry chase and Stevens and Bessy become unwilling allies in Cacopoulus' revenge against the people who deserted him and framed him to get their money back.

Cast

Eli Wallach

Cacopoulos

Terence Hill

Cat Stevens

Bud Spencer

Hutch Bessy

Brock Peters

Thomas

Kevin McCarthy

Drake

Livio Lorenzon

Paco Rosa

Steffen Zacharias

Harold

Armando Bandini

Bank Manager

Remo Capitani

Cangaceiro

Federico Boido

Drake's Henchman

Details

Director

Giuseppe Colizzi

Screenplay

Bino Cicogna

Tagline

"Nobody beats Caco at his own game, because even if you win...you lose!"

Status

Released

Original Language

IT

Production

Crono Cinematografica, San Marco

Reviews

J

John Chard

December 16, 2019

★ 7/10

Well, no. Money corrupts men, it softens him. So to keep you young and pure, I think I'll take everything. Ace High is directed by Giuseppe Colizzi and Colizzi co-writes the screenplay with Bino Cicogna. It stars Eli Wallach, Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Brock Peters and Kevin McCarthy. Music is by Carlo Rustichelli and cinematography by Marcello Masciocchi (Technicolor/Techniscope of course). ...

C

CinemaSerf

February 8, 2026

★ 6/10

Ok, so perhaps it is a stretch too far to picture Eli Wallach as a Greek gent called “Cacapoulos”, but he does look like he is having some fun in this adequate western. He only just manages to save himself from the noose then he “borrows” the possessions and horses of “Stevens” (Terrence Hill) and “Bussy” (Bud Spencer) and flees preparing his own unique form of revenge against those who would, bel...