A Long Ride from Hell (Italian: Vivo per la tua morte, lit.

Reeves, who turned down the lead of A Fistful of Dollars[2] financed and co-wrote the film himself upon seeing the successful box office returns of the Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns at the time.

Reeves portrays cowboy Mike Sturges, who, along with his younger brother, Roy, is sentenced to Yuma Territorial Prison on a trumped-up train robbery charge.

Both endure cruel treatment before Mike escapes to exact revenge on their enemies.

In 2011 Code Red, after settling a distribution rights dispute with Wild East, re-released the film with Wild East's special features, an interview with Mimmo Palmara and a feature with Steve Reeves.