D: Sergio Sollima; S: Sergio Donati, Sergio Sollima; C: Carlo Carlini; M: Ennio Morricone; with: Lee van Clef, Tomas Milian, Walter Barnes, Tom Felleghy, Gerard Herter, Fernando Sancho, Nieves Navarro

Hardboiled and cool Jonathan Corbett (Lee van Clef) is a bountyhunter, who awaits from his victims a clear answer to a straight question: „Bullet or gibbet“? At the instance of rich Brokston (Walter Barnes) Corbett runs for a seat in the Texan senate: Brokston hopes for support to build the first railway in Texas. But things develop different, as Cuchillo Sanchez (Tomas Milian) is accused of rape and murder of a little girl. So Corbett takes his colts for the last time to get the fugitive dead or alive. But the Mexican is a smooth customer and escapes over the mexican border. Now things become personal. Astonishingly Brokston ist incredibly interested in Cuchillo‘s dead and he comes to Mexico to solve the problem his way. Corbett is not longer convinced, that he chases the right one.

The Gunslinger says:

Rrrrrright, Mr. Sollima! Real good stuff with a socially critical tendency, made in 1966. The film contains good decors and atmosphere, great fotography and a solid score by Ennio Morricone. An upperclass Spaghettiwestern with good actors up to the minor roles. Even proved Spag-Villains as Nello Pazzafini or Francisco Brana show up for a bullet and die nearly immediatly after their first appearance.

Rating: $$$$

Bodycount: 15 Gringos, 3 Mexicans

Explicit brutalities:

Cuchillo smells the whip just to satisfy the sadism of a horny widow (Nieves )

The henchmen of Brokston’s mexican partner maltreat Cuchillo’s wife Rosita (Maria Granada) to get some informations of the whereabouts of her husband

Specials:

Cucillo isn't able to use a gun but he's unbeatable with the knife

Brokston's bodyguard, Count Schulenburg (Gerard Herter), has a self constructed gunbelt ... but for nuts

Splatter: 2/10