This film is one of the better spaghetti-westerns.
The music of Oscar winner Luis Bacalov is especially impressive.
With this film, director Damiano Damiani confirmed his reputation as a talented filmmaker. In 1963, he won the "Golden Bear" at the Berlin International Film Festival with the film "La rimpatriata (1963)".
In addition to the screenwriters Salvatore Laurani, Franco Solinas, the main actors are also responsible for the quality of this film. Gian Maria Volontè - as El Chuncho Niños, a multi-award winning, well-known Italian actor. Remembered are his title roles in TV series: Caravaggio (1967), Giordano Bruno (1973), but also as the bad guy in the first two cult spaghetti-westerns by the great director Sergio Leone.
Klaus Kinski as El Santo appears a little less on the screen but that was enough to show his acting talent.
Then relatively young Lou Castel (aged 24) as Bill 'Niño' Tate / Bill 'Niño' Taylor convincingly played the character and hinted at his acting talent.
Of the female characters, Martine Beswick stands out as Adelita. Among other roles she is remembered as the partner of the recently deceased, great actor Sean Connery, in 2 James Bond action movies.
Interestingly, director D. Damiani also briefly appears in the film as a journalist but he s not listed.
This above-average western can be viewed multiple times.
The music of Oscar winner Luis Bacalov is especially impressive.
With this film, director Damiano Damiani confirmed his reputation as a talented filmmaker. In 1963, he won the "Golden Bear" at the Berlin International Film Festival with the film "La rimpatriata (1963)".
In addition to the screenwriters Salvatore Laurani, Franco Solinas, the main actors are also responsible for the quality of this film. Gian Maria Volontè - as El Chuncho Niños, a multi-award winning, well-known Italian actor. Remembered are his title roles in TV series: Caravaggio (1967), Giordano Bruno (1973), but also as the bad guy in the first two cult spaghetti-westerns by the great director Sergio Leone.
Klaus Kinski as El Santo appears a little less on the screen but that was enough to show his acting talent.
Then relatively young Lou Castel (aged 24) as Bill 'Niño' Tate / Bill 'Niño' Taylor convincingly played the character and hinted at his acting talent.
Of the female characters, Martine Beswick stands out as Adelita. Among other roles she is remembered as the partner of the recently deceased, great actor Sean Connery, in 2 James Bond action movies.
Interestingly, director D. Damiani also briefly appears in the film as a journalist but he s not listed.
This above-average western can be viewed multiple times.