D: Franco Giraldi; B: Giuseppe Mangione, Augusto Finocchi, Sandro Continenza, Fernando Di Leo; C: Alejandro Ulloa; M: Luis Enriquez Bacalov; with: Jack Betts ("Hunt Powers"), Jeanne Oak, Soledad Miranda, Giuliani Raffaelli ("Julian Rafferty")

In the year 1866 half a company of Yankees disappears without trace in New Mexico. One year later the relatives of the missed get letters: Unknown kidnappers require 50,000 dollar for the release of each soldier. After some hesitating Tom Cooper (Jack Betts), aka "Rocco", aka "Sugar Colt", pull on his boots to solve this case. He arrives in the village Snake Valley, which is controlled by "Colonel" Harverbrook (Giuliani Raffaelli) and his gang. Here the soldiers disbanded. Camouflaged as a physician, Rocco starts investigations, supported by Saloon owner Bess (Jeanne Oak) and her niece Josefa (Soledad Miranda).

The Gunslinger says:

Really good film, made by Franco Giraldi in 1966. Jack Betts supplies a successful performance as multi-talent and master of conversion: He starts as a Dandy, which leads a shooting school for ladies; afterwards he becomes the intelligent, gentle Doc, and finally he is the bang-hard gunslinger. Soledad Miranda plays one of her rare main roles. She got some "fame" in Europe, where she worked with Jesús ("Jess") Franco (e.g. "Vampyros Lesbos"), before she already died in 1970 in a car accident at the age of straight 28 years. Good Score of Luis Enriquez Bacalov.

Rating: $$$$

Bodycount: 38 Gringos, 8 Mexicans

Explicit brutalities:

- Rocco is beaten hard by the men of Colonel Harverbrook for several times

- Old Bar pianist Agenia dies after a special treatment, completed by a piece of lead

Love:

Josefa and Rocco finally leave Snake Valley together, but unfortunately that's all, folks: 1/10

Splatter: 2/10

Specials:

Rocco carries a bright-polished ring, with whose assistance he keeps air pure behind himself.