The Return of Ringo (1965)
"Il ritorno di Ringo" (original title)

Once again billed as Montgomery Wood, Giuliano Gemma plays a civil war soldier who returns to his family land to find his family decimated, his property taken over by a family of Mexican ... See full summary »

Director:

Duccio Tessari

Writers:

Duccio Tessari (story), Fernando Di Leo (story),

Stars:

Giuliano Gemma, Fernando Sancho, Lorella De Luca

Cast

Credited cast:
Giuliano Gemma	...	Capt. Montgomery Brown / 'Ringo' (as Montgomery Wood)
Fernando Sancho	...	Esteban Fuentes
Lorella De Luca	...	Helen Brown / Hally Fitzgerald (as Hally Hammond)
Nieves Navarro	...	Rosita
Antonio Casas	...	Sheriff Carson
Manuel Muñiz	...	Miosotis 'Morning Glory' (as Pajarito)
Mónica Sugranes	...	Elizabeth Brown
Víctor Bayo	...	Jeremiah Pitt - Tavernkeeper
Tunet Vila	...	Mimbreno Apache medicine man
Juan Torres	...	Mimbres bartender
Jose Halufi	...	Gravedigging bandit
George Martin	...	Paco Fuentes
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fernando Di Leo
Frank Oliveras
Ricardo Valor	...	Cura

Storyline

Once again billed as Montgomery Wood, Giuliano Gemma plays a civil war soldier who returns to his family land to find his family decimated, his property taken over by a family of Mexican bandits and his fiancee about to marry the Mexican gangster behind all this. Bent on revenge, he goes undercover disguised as a Mexican and discovers he has a daughter!

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Plot Keywords:

mexican | civil war | return | sheriff | mexico | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Romance | Western

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Details

Country:

Italy Spain

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

8 December 1965 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Blood at Sundown

Filming Locations:

PC Balcazar Studios, Madrid, Spain

Box Office

Gross:

ESP 15,247,019 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Balcázar Producciones Cinematográficas, Produzione Cinematografica Mediterranee, Rizzoli Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Mono Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in A Greek Western Tragedy (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Il ritorno di Ringo"
Lyrics by Maurizio Attanasio
Music by Ennio Morricone
Performed by Maurizio Graf

User Reviews

Western with unique atmosphere

This western may be similar to other westerns in its revenge-plot. At the same time though, there is a romance to it, seldom found in westerns. Just like 'The thief of Bagdad' (Michael Powell) had a unique atmosphere of mysticism, so does this western, although it is less pronounced and may even seem involuntary. Nevertheless, deliberate or not, it conveys a feeling of times long gone by and may even resemble something quite different of its kind, such as the 30-page adventure story by Carl Barks (Donald Duck Four Color: 'In old California'). Because of all this a 10 out of 10.