The Price of Power

The Price of Power
Italian poster
Directed byTonino Valerii
Screenplay by
Produced byBianco Manini
Starring
CinematographyStelvio Massi
Edited byFranco Fraticelli
Music byLuis Enríquez Bacalov
Production
companies
  • Patry Film
  • Films Montana
Distributed byConsorzio Italiano Distributori Indipendenti Film (CIDIF)
Release dates
  • 18 December 1969 (1969-12-18) (Italy)
  • 9 June 1970 (1970-06-09) (Spain)
Running time
111 minutes
Countries
  • Italy
  • Spain
Box office1.273 billion

The Price of Power (Italian: Il prezzo del potere) is a 1969 Spaghetti Western directed by Tonino Valerii. The film stars Giuliano Gemma as the hero Bill Willer who tries to get revenge against the killers of his father while at the same time trying to prevent an assassination plot against president James Garfield (played by Van Johnson, with José Suárez playing Vice President Chester A. Arthur) in 1881.