"La taglia è tua... l'uomo l'ammazzo io" (1969), more commonly known as "El Puro", is a Spaghetti Western directed by Edoardo Mulargia. The plot is straightforward: the once infamous gunfighter "El Puro" (played by Robert Woods) is now a drunkard hunted by bandits for the $10,000 reward on his head. This looks to have been cheap to make, with limited interiors which are used quite a lot. But these sets look fairly realistic as they are filthy and grubby which gives in an authentic touch of the West. The camera-work by Antonio L. Ballesteros is mainly devoid of style, apart from a few crash-zooms. The editing is rough and hasty, with more than a few jarring cuts. The direction is more spirited, with a well staged gunfight and an excellently handled climax and manages to make some of the more slower scenes interesting enough at least to watch instead of skipping them and getting to the highlights. The acting is good in places, even if Robert Woods performance as "El Puro" is slightly disappointing after seeing his great role in "Black Jack" (1968), but Mario Brega, Marc Fiorini (as Ashborn Hamilton Jr.) and Maurizio Bonuglia acquit themselves well to there roles as the villains of the picture. All in all, you should enjoy it if you are a fan of the genre.
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Slow-moving but decent Spaguetti/Paella Western co-produced by Italy and Spain , with a great musical score
ma-cortes1 June 2021
A bunch of cutthroats : Mario Brega , Aldo Berti , Marc Fiorini, Gianni and Bonuglia set out in pursuit a wanted gunfighter : Robert Woods , wanted alive or dead , 10.000 dollar reward on his head . This wanted gunslinger results to be a tired drunk , but after the death a loved person he searches for revenge against the nasty killers .
This is a Pasta/Chorizo Western co-produced by Italy and Spain , containing thrills , crossfire and violent confrontation , though excessive dialogue mostly set in interiors . Here stands out the final gun-play with the respective confrontation between good guys and bad guys . Stars Robert Wood as the drunkard pistolero who is roused to action for seeking a relentless vengeance . Robert Woods gives a best acting than his other previous roles, because of he plays a complex character , an alcoholic who is really fed up with his dark and sinister past . Woods played a lot of Spaghetti Westerns , some of them passable , others lousy ones , as follows : "A Dollar and a Grave" , "Gatlin Gun" , "Black Jack" , "Colt in the Hand of the Devil", "The Belle Star Story" , "My Name is Pecos", "Pecos Cleans Up" and the best : "Seven Guns for the MacGregors" . Along with Robert Woods in the movie appears three gorgeous Eurotrash beauties : Rosalba Neri, Lina Seagram and Mariangela Giordano , as well as some familiar faces appearing in a number of Westerns.
Nice cinematography by cameraman Antonio L Ballesteros , being recently and adequately remastered , shot on location in Fraga , Huesca, Aragon , Catalunya, Spain and Tirrenia Studios , Tuscany Italy . Special mention for the splendid musical score by expert musician Alessandro Alessandroni , composing enjoyable sounds in Ennio Morricone style . The motion picture was decently directed by Edoardo Mulargia. He wrote and directed several Spaghetti Westerns , such as : "W Django" , "Django Dispara" , "Cmango", "Shango" , "Ve Con Dios Gringo" and most of them starred by Anthony Steffen, Ivan Rassimov and Robert Woods . Rating : 6.5/10. Acceptable and passable Western that will appeal to Spaghetti aficionados . In fact , it's considered a cult movie for many Pasta aficionados.
This is a Pasta/Chorizo Western co-produced by Italy and Spain , containing thrills , crossfire and violent confrontation , though excessive dialogue mostly set in interiors . Here stands out the final gun-play with the respective confrontation between good guys and bad guys . Stars Robert Wood as the drunkard pistolero who is roused to action for seeking a relentless vengeance . Robert Woods gives a best acting than his other previous roles, because of he plays a complex character , an alcoholic who is really fed up with his dark and sinister past . Woods played a lot of Spaghetti Westerns , some of them passable , others lousy ones , as follows : "A Dollar and a Grave" , "Gatlin Gun" , "Black Jack" , "Colt in the Hand of the Devil", "The Belle Star Story" , "My Name is Pecos", "Pecos Cleans Up" and the best : "Seven Guns for the MacGregors" . Along with Robert Woods in the movie appears three gorgeous Eurotrash beauties : Rosalba Neri, Lina Seagram and Mariangela Giordano , as well as some familiar faces appearing in a number of Westerns.
Nice cinematography by cameraman Antonio L Ballesteros , being recently and adequately remastered , shot on location in Fraga , Huesca, Aragon , Catalunya, Spain and Tirrenia Studios , Tuscany Italy . Special mention for the splendid musical score by expert musician Alessandro Alessandroni , composing enjoyable sounds in Ennio Morricone style . The motion picture was decently directed by Edoardo Mulargia. He wrote and directed several Spaghetti Westerns , such as : "W Django" , "Django Dispara" , "Cmango", "Shango" , "Ve Con Dios Gringo" and most of them starred by Anthony Steffen, Ivan Rassimov and Robert Woods . Rating : 6.5/10. Acceptable and passable Western that will appeal to Spaghetti aficionados . In fact , it's considered a cult movie for many Pasta aficionados.
The Reward's Yours...The Man's Mine
BandSAboutMovies4 November 2023
Warning: Spoilers
El Puro (Robert Woods, Massacre Mania, Lucifera Demon Lover) was once a dangerous and much feared gunfighter. But today, well, he's a drunk lying low in a nothing town, concerned that a killer trying to make his name by shooting him is behind every corner. He's treated as a whipping boy by every man in the bar and only Rosie (Rosalba Neri!) - who knew his legend - treats him kindly. She's been saving money so they can get away from all this.
Or they would, if it wasn't for Gipsy (Marc Fiorini) and his gang, who are riding into town to collect the ten grand on El Puro's bounty while also killing grandfathers and assaulting young women. Just as certain that El Puro will find redemption is the fact that Rosie won't survive. That said, her death is beyond upsetting and sure, one hates when its only the death of a woman that galvanizes a man to action, but trust me, you'll want him to get revenge.
Also known as The Reward's Yours... The Man's Mine; 10,000 Dollars for a Gunslinger and El Puro Sits, Waits and Shoots, this movie was directed by Edoardo Mulargia, who made the giallo Tropic of Cancer and Don't Wait, Django...Shoot! He also directed two of the movies - Hotel Paradise and Escape from Hell - that were remixed for the Linda Blair movie Savage Island. He wrote the script for this movie along with Ignacio F. Iquino, Fabrizio Gianni (second unit director on The Good, The Bad and The Ugly) and Fabio Piccioni (the writer of Murder Syndrome and the director of The Erotic Adventures of Robinson Crusoe).
Or they would, if it wasn't for Gipsy (Marc Fiorini) and his gang, who are riding into town to collect the ten grand on El Puro's bounty while also killing grandfathers and assaulting young women. Just as certain that El Puro will find redemption is the fact that Rosie won't survive. That said, her death is beyond upsetting and sure, one hates when its only the death of a woman that galvanizes a man to action, but trust me, you'll want him to get revenge.
Also known as The Reward's Yours... The Man's Mine; 10,000 Dollars for a Gunslinger and El Puro Sits, Waits and Shoots, this movie was directed by Edoardo Mulargia, who made the giallo Tropic of Cancer and Don't Wait, Django...Shoot! He also directed two of the movies - Hotel Paradise and Escape from Hell - that were remixed for the Linda Blair movie Savage Island. He wrote the script for this movie along with Ignacio F. Iquino, Fabrizio Gianni (second unit director on The Good, The Bad and The Ugly) and Fabio Piccioni (the writer of Murder Syndrome and the director of The Erotic Adventures of Robinson Crusoe).
The benefit is yours, the pain is mine
ajji-230 March 2006
there's a reason this western has remained unknown and obscure. and the reason is that it stinks. uninspired, uninteresting, and unmemorable, this is a loooooooong slow trudge to nowhere. the 90 minutes feel twice as long. i kept expecting something to happen that will validate my patience, but zip. zilch. nada. not much violence or action, no nudity, no memorable acting, no characters to buoy your interest. and your kid brother can write this kinda plot after watching a marathon session of old Hollywood B westerns. i wrote this review, so that you can benefit from my suffering and save your time.
in case i didn't make it clear enough, AVOID IT! shoo, clear off...unless you're a masochist or a hard-core Western collector who must have every genre entry in his collection.
rating: 2/10 (for a couple of beautiful faces in the cast, and some cinematography. and the 3 people who gave this film a '10' each are clearly sadistic jokers!)
in case i didn't make it clear enough, AVOID IT! shoo, clear off...unless you're a masochist or a hard-core Western collector who must have every genre entry in his collection.
rating: 2/10 (for a couple of beautiful faces in the cast, and some cinematography. and the 3 people who gave this film a '10' each are clearly sadistic jokers!)
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