D: Demofilo Fidani („Miles Deem“); S: D.F., Maria Rosa Valenza; C:
Aristide Massacessi (“Joe D’Amato”); M: Coriolani (“Lallo”) Gori; with: Giovanni Scarciofolo
(„Jeff Cameron“), Gordon Mitchell, Benito Pacifico („Dennis Colt“), Jack Betts (“Hunt Powers”)
Butch
Cassidy (Jack Betts) and his gang take a trip to a gravel pit, situated nearby Rome. But good heavens: The boys forgot their fare,
horses and munition in the bus. Fortunately they meet the Carson gang, making a sightseeing-tour in a stream bed, and bump them all off. Because of the sudden
wealth, guide Cassidy comes in conflict with his second man Ironhead (Gordon Mitchell): They play poker for leadership and
booty. Ironhead, who is as dimwitted as hell, looses game, and our tourist party splits up. Further on Cassidy works as a
veterinary, whereas Ironhead continues raiding banks. In the meanwhile Macho Callahan (Giovani Scarciofolo), last survivor
of the Carson gang, has regained his fitness after chopping
lots of wood. He wins a .45 in a “throwing-horseshoes-competition” and – mediated by his new drinking companion
O’Sullivan (Benito Pacifico) - gets signed on by Ironhead. The latter wants to take revenge on Cassidy for the lost
pokermatch. Showdown starts in a deserted ghost-town.
I 1971
The Gunslinger says:
Va bene! Papa Trash in top-form again: The outrageous
story is “supported” by a confused cut and really cheap scenery, which kill every atmosphere. There’s also
the fact, that there are many mistakes in the decors, i.e. the word “whisky” is transformed to “whiskie”.
To say nothing of the poor “gravel-pit-decidous-forest-ambience”, typical for Fidani, and the lousy acting efforts.
I don’t understand, why passable actors, like Jack Betts, stagger on through flicks like this for much more than one
time. It’s the same with Coriolano Gori, who contributes once again a quite nice score, which features guitars, violins,
trumpets and vibrapohone.
Rating: $
Bodycount: ca. 34 Gringos
Splatter: 1/10
Specials:
Klaus Kinski is featured in a really small role as reverend Cotton. In his best scene he wanna
eat an apple, but bites off a full half at once. It requires great acting and strong jaws to deal with this challenge. Respect!
