Faccia a faccia (Cara a cara)

Faccia a faccia (Face to Face) is a Spaghetti Western made in 1967 as an Italian-Spanish co-production by Sergio Sollima. Sollima wrote the script together with Sergio Donati, Alberto Grimaldi produced the film and Ennio Morricone composed the score. The 112-minute film stars Gian Maria Volonté, Tomas Milian and William Berger.

Professor Brad Fletcher (Volonté), a university lecturer in New England, quits his job for health reasons and goes to Texas. There a wounded, wanted outlaw, Solomon "Beauregard" Bennet (Milian), takes him hostage. Fletcher nurses the bandit back to health and argues he is worth more alive than dead. In this odd friendship he is drawn to outlaw life and, rather than go home, joins Bennet's gang. The men practically trade moral values, and Fletcher ends up leading the band. Aldo Sambrell, Nello Pazzafini and Gianni Rizzo also appear.

The story is often read as a parable of the rise of European fascism, rooted in Sollima's wartime experience and his belief that environment and society shape a person's character. It did very well at the European box office; critics and genre scholars praised the story and acting, though some questioned Fletcher's transformation. Sollima counted it among the best and most personal films he directed. It is the second of his three Westerns.