A Taste of Death (Italian: Quanto costa morire, French: Les colts brillent au soleil, also known as Cost of Dying) is a 1968 Italian-French Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Merolle and starring Andrea Giordana, John Ireland and Raymond Pellegrin.

The film was co-produced by Italian Cine Azimut and French Les Films Corona.

[1][2] It was mainly shot in the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park.

[2] It was the only directorial effort by Sergio Merolle, who was mainly active as production manager in art films.

[2] Several critics noted the political subtext of the film, whose plot is a metaphor of the Italian resistance movement in the World War II.