D: Edoardo Mulargia („Edward G. Muller“); S: Vincenzo Musolino („Glenn Vincent Davis“); C: Vitaliano Natalucci; M: Felice di Stefano; with: Ivan Rassimov (“Sean Tod”), Livio Lorenzon, Piero Lulli, Hélène Chanel

Cjamango (Ivan Rassimov) wins two saddlebags of gold in a poker play, but looses them imediately, as the gangs of El Tigre (Piero Lulli) and Don Pablo (Livio Lorenzo) raid the saloon. To get back the money is a point of honour for Cjamango. He reachs a deserted mexican village, occupied by Don Pablo and his bandidos. Not far away we see the fortified hacienda of El Tigre, who didn’t part the booty of the saloon hold-up with his now ex-partner. Cjamango allies with Don Pablo and comes again into property of the gold. Once again Don Pablo doesn’t see a cent, a fact, that makes him reeeeally angry. So he screws Cjamango, to get a hint about the whereabout of the gold. But El Tigre liberates the prisoner out of the hands of the Mexicanos to question him for himself. The gold changes its proprietors for several times, until it finally returns, where it once came from.   

I 1967   

The Gunslinger says:

Director Edoardo Mulargia made better films, as i.e. „Django don’t wait – shoot!” (with Rassimov too), but this one is also quite enjoyable. The story of the lost gold is indeed too poor to spark real interest in it, but the subplot around the little orphan Manuel (Giusva), which is fortunately undrippy, collects some points. Furthermore it’s good for a little nasty climax ;-), whereas the final story twist even surprises in a sort. Camera work is good, as well as the di-Stefano-score: Many scenes are accompanied only with acoustic guitars, occasionally supported by strings. In addition we hear a nice trumpet theme and sometimes an organ cantata.

I don't know, if there's an english dubbed version.

Rating: $$$

Bodycount: ca. 35 Gringos, ca. 45 Mexicanos, 1 woman

Explicit Brutalities:

- Cjamango’s mexican poker partner shortly bumps off his compagnon, who is afraid of loosing his part of the gold

- Tigre’s men kill an old man, who isn’t able to tell something about Cjamango’s whereabout, and blame the murder on Cjamango

- Don Pablo’s bandidos lam Cjamango, to get some informations of the hidden gold

- The combination of El Tigre’s glowing cigarillo and Manuel, specially prepared with some dynamite, shall loosen Cjamango’s tongue 

Luv’, Splatter: 0/10