Vado... l'ammazzo e torno (1967)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Enzo G. Castellari

Writers:

Tito Carpi (screenplay)
Enzo G. Castellari (screenplay)

Release Date:

2 August 1968 (Finland)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

Draw First ... Or Eat Dust!

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Train | Disguise | Treasure Hunt | Coffin | Train Robbery

Cast

Edd Byrnes	...	Clayton (the banker)
George Hilton	...	The Stranger / Django / Bounty Hunter
Gilbert Roland	...	Monetero, the bandit
Stefania Careddu	...	Marisol ('Guapa') (as Kareen O'Hara)
José Torres	...	Bahunda (Monetero's henchman)
Ivano Staccioli	...	Captain
Gérard Herter	...	Lawrence Blackman (Allied Insurance) (as Gerard Herter)
Ignazio Spalla	...	Pajondo (as Pedro Sanchez)
Adriana Giuffrè	...	Conchetta
Valentino Macchi	...	Charro Ruiz
Riccardo Pizzuti	...	Paco (the undertaker) (as Rick Piper)
Rodolfo Valadier	...	Pablo
Marco Mariani	...	Sergeant

Also Known As:

Any Gun Can Play (USA)
Blood River (UK)
For a Few Bullets More
Go Kill and Come Back (International: English title) (literal title)

Runtime:

105 min | USA:98 min (DVD)

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Iceland:12 | UK:12 | West Germany:16 (nf) | Germany:16 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-16

Company:

Fida Cinematografica

Movie Connections:

References Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)

Not all Spaghetti is created equally!

The film begins with a dandy gunfight, where three bandits are quickly gunned down by a bounty hunter--a bounty hunter who bears more than just a superficial to the Man With No Name from the Clint Eastwood trilogy (FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE and THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY).

Immediately after, you see this man in a gold train filled with Union soldiers. Naturally, the shipment is attacked and the soldiers all fight like blind guys, so they are quickly neutralized. However, in a twist, one of the bandits cheats the gang leader (Gilbert Roland) and rides away with the gold. Soon, Roland catches up and is about to find out where the gold is hidden. But, just at that moment, the army turns up and kills the traitor....bummer. However, the Man With No Name wannabe thinks Roland knows about the treasure and perhaps a medallion given to Roland by the traitor holds the key. A strange banker, also is thrown into the mix. All three want the gold and all three seem pretty macho.

Overall, this is not a particularly distinguished Western. Much of it is the plot, some of it is that George Hilton (a Uruguayan despite the American sounding name) isn't as interesting as Eastwood or some of the other premier Spaghetti Western stars but most of it is because the soundtrack simply sucks. So often the music doesn't even come close to matching the acting and it seems almost randomly added. Plus, it just isn't very good stuff as well. This clearly isn't the work of Ennio Morricone--music master of the Spaghetti genre.

Overall, just a time passer--and not a particularly good one to boot.