I think many of you are aware that there are actually two different English language versions of A REASON TO LIVE, A REASON TO DIE (1972). I've just done a comparison of the two versions here:
https://dubbedinrome.blogspot.com/2025/ ... on-to.html
Just to quickly summarize, I believe that the original dub is the dubbing that covers the entire film. In this version, James Coburn does not dub his own voice as he was presumably not available to do it.
The second English dub was most likely created for the film's premiere in the US in 1974. James Coburn dubs himself here, presumably at the insistence of the American distributors. This US version is much shorter and is for example missing the lenghty opening sequence with the church etc, and it moves the ending to the beginning as a kind of foreshadowing, changes some music etc. Some of the dub voices are the same, but many were re-dubbed with new dubbers, and much of the profanity in the dialogue was toned down (presumably to make the film more suited for airings on US television). Anyway, these are the voices I can identify in the different dubs:
Original export dub:
- James Coburn: Michael Forest
- Bud Spencer: Richard McNamara
- Telly Savalas: Telly Savalas
- René Kolldehoff: Robert Spafford
- José Suarez: Tony La Penna
- Georges Géret: Edward Mannix
- Guy Mairesse: Charles Borromel
- Benito Stefanelli: Larry Dolgin
- Adolfo Lastretti: Ted Rusoff
- Paco Sanz: George Higgins
- Giuseppe Pollini: Craig Hill
Re-dubbed version:
- James Coburn: James Coburn
- Bud Spencer: Richard McNamara
- Telly Savalas: Telly Savalas
- René Kolldehoff: Robert Spafford
- José Suarez: Edward Mannix
- Georges Géret: Edward Mannix
- Benito Stefanelli: Larry Dolgin
- Turam Quibo: Lewis E. Ciannelli
- Paco Sanz: Robert Braun
A few more new additions, too:
FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET (1971):
- Marisa Fabbri: Nona Medici
- Corrado Olmi: Robert Sommer
- Stefano Satta Flores: Charles Howerton
- Renzo Marignano: Craig Hill
BLACK TURIN (1972):
- Marcel Bozzuffi: Lewis E. Ciannelli
- Giovanni Pallavicino: Robert Braun
- Giuliana Rivera: Nona Medici
IT CAN BE DONE AMIGO (1972):
- Roberto Camardiel: Walter Williams
THE TRUE AND THE FALSE (1972):
- Adalberto Maria Merli: David Mills
- Ettore Geri: Walter Williams
- Esmeralda Ruspoli: Nona Medici