D: Giovanni Fago; S: G.F., Ernesto Gastaldi; C: Antonio Borghesi; M: Nico Fidenco; with: Jorge Hill ("George Hilton"), Paolo Gozlino ("Paul Stevens"), Claudia Lange, Gérard Herter, Paul Muller

Bowie is a little town in Arizona and terrorized by the Ward brothers. Only Steve McGregor (Petro Tordi), a preacher, hasn’t sold his land to the gangsters. Django (George Hilton), his adoptive son, supports him until he is arrested for a murder, he didn’t commit. But he can escape with the little help of Meredith (Paolo Gozlino), a desperado, which whom he shares cell. To return the favour, he helps the Meredith gang to raid the bank of Florence. Meanwhile the Wards have killed old McGregor, so that his land has to be sold by auction. But Django, who hates killing, has to take his his guns to help the criminal bros for an adequate leaving.

The Gunslinger says:

The film, Fago made in 1968, starts as a weak comedy: inclusive the „classical“ bean meal – with a lot of high explosive beans – or some „funny“ brawls, like in the early Spencer/Hill-movies. But the second half shows us a passable revenge story without comedy elements. Furthermore Fago and Gastaldi invented some unusual brutalities. For example Ernest Ward (Gerard Herter) shoots at Django, who is enchained on a rotating wooden slice. With the help of his telescopic sight he tries to kill his victim veeery slowly. The score by Nico Fidenco ist partially really good.

Rating: $$ - $$$

Bodycount: 2 Mexicans, 12 gringos, 1 woman

Explicit brutalities:

Ernest Ward shoots at peones who are forced to flee, while wearing pumpkins on their heads. He aims for these pumpkins, precisely: a little bit deeper. During the killing breaks he takes an iced drink. Best colonial style, brothers and sisters.

Django is heavenly wounded during Wards shooting exercises

Meredith gets the stick because he helps Django, even though he has a contract with the Ward brothers to kill him

Luv‘: 0/10

Splatter: 2/10