D: Edoardo Mulargia ("Edward G. Muller"); S: Nino Stresa;
C: Marcello Masciocchi; M: Piero Umiliani; with: Antonio de Teffé ("Anthony Steffen"), Stelio Candelli, Glauco Onorato; Donnato
Castellaneta, Esmeralda Burros
Django („Anthony Steffen“) is really pissed, as his
wife (short appearance by Fidani-daughter Simonetta Vitelli = „Simone Blondell“) is killed by a bunch of gangsters.
He vows revenge. As he arrives in the godforsaken village La Puerta, which is terrorized by desperados, he liberates the Mexican
bandido Carranza (Stelio Candelli) from the gibbet. Carranza has many skeletons in his closet but also some informations about
the killers of Django’s wife. Firstly Django takes the 10.000 bucks reward by delivering Carranza to the local sheriff.
After he has liberated him once again, they start to chase the killers. But their partnership is not made for eternity, because
Carranza, who is only interested in the money, has a dirty little secret.
The Gunslingers says:
Quite entertaining Film, made by Edoardo Mulargia in 1971.
It starts really strong, looses tension to the middle and regains it’s rhythm to the end. There are some nice citations:
the cigar box, which carries the pic of Django’s wife and is a musical clock to flavour the duels („For a few
dollars more“) or the various liberations of Carranza („The good, the bad and the ugly“). The good score
by Piero Umiliani contains typical ingredients like guitars, trumpet and organ.
Rating: $$$
Splatter, Luv': 0/10
Specials:
Django possesses a litte cigar box, which he uses in gun duels. While opening, it plays a
melody, which usually is the last, what you will ever hear on earth. Apart from Django’s thundering gun.
