Good Iberian Western well realized by the best Paella Western director , Joaquin Romero Marchent . A farmer family is attacked by a duo of outlaws (Luis Induni, José Luis Martin) and it results in father's murder . Later on , the mother (Gloria Milland) teaches his three children to carry out a relentless revenge . Once grown-up the three unequal brothers (Richard Harrison , Robert Hundar , Miguel Palenzuela) seek revenge for the murder of their father . Each of them goes on divergent paths , Richard Harrison becomes an enforcement at law , Robert Hundar turns into a gunslinger and Miguel Palenzuela as a good family father . They follow different ways while seeking out vendetta for their dad's killing .
Enjoyable Chorizo-Spaghetti Western mostly produced by Spain and Italian secondary participation ; it doesn't follow the Sergio Leone wake and being proceeded in American style . This interesting Iberian western contains a story full of vengeance , good dramatic pace and slick direction . This one has a historical interest , being the first shot in Almeria , subsequently there was filmed a lot of Westerns during the 60s and early 70s . This is a classical western before Leone's style , it is an ordinary example of American western though it is partly Spanish and partly Italian . Interesting screenplay by director Joaquin Marchent himself and his brother Rafael Marchent who usually collaborated each other , it results to be a thrilling as well as very sad western with great fatalism . The film packs action , shootouts , drama , good feeling , high body-count , it's fast moving and quite entertaining . It's an intelligent western with spectacular outdoors and breathtaking confrontation among protagonists , three different brothers : Richard Harrison , Robert Hundar and Miguel Palenzuela against the heartless enemies such as Jose Truchado , Luis Induni , Aldo Sambrell , and of course , the ordinary nasty Jose Luis Martin . Acceptable action sequences with spectacularly exciting shootouts along with rodeos and round-up . Charismatic performance for the whole casting . The notorious American Spaghetti actor Richard Harrison is fine in his usual tough role , and Robert Hundar -pseudonym of Claudio Undari a Sicilian actor specialized in western films- is magnificent as his violent brother . Fantastic performance by the always great Fernando Sancho in a likable role , subsequently he would play similar characters , furthermore the slimy, menacing outlaw played by Aldo Sambrell , here in his ordinary role as a bandit and in a cruelly baddie character . There appears as secondaries the habitual in Spanish/Italian Western , such as : Francisco Sanz , Rufino Inglés , Gaspar 'Indio' González , Luis Induni , Rafael Vaquero , Emilio Rodriguez , Alfonso Rojas , Jose Riesgo and many others . Furthermore , Carlos Romero Marchent who always appears as a young secondary in films of his brothers Joaquin and Rafael Romero Marchent . The musician Riz Ortalani composes a nice soundtrack , well conducted , this turns out to be one of the most memorable parts of the movie; as it's full of enjoyable sounds and haunting musical background and with agreeable leitmotif . Very nice cinematography , though being necessary a perfect remastering , filmed by cameraman Rafael Pacheco on locations in Tabernas and desert of Almeria , as usual ; including good sets by Jaime Perez Cubero and Jose Luis Galicia who carried out the most Production Design on Westerns shot in Spain .
The movie titled "Three Ruthless Ones¨ or ¨Gunfight at High Noon" or "Sons of Vengeance" or ¨3 Implacables¨ was well produced by Centauro Films/Joaquin Marchent and PEA/Alberto Grimaldi , previously to produce his successful trilogy of dollars/Sergio Leone . The motion picture was professionally directed and in traditional style by recently deceased Joaquin Luis Romero Marchent (1921-2012) at his best . He was an expert writer and director of good Western . His first film was ¨El Coyote¨ and the sequel titled ¨Revenge of Coyote¨ shot in Mexico . After that , he filmed ¨The shadow of Zorro¨ and ¨Revenge of Zorro¨. He went go directing Western as ¨ Riding to death ¨ , ¨Adventures in the West¨ , ¨Three good men¨, ¨Sabor Venganza ¨ and the most popular and violent ¨Condenados a Vivir¨ . Plus , he wrote for his brother Rafael Romero the followings Western : ¨Manos Torpes¨, ¨Ocaso un Pistolero¨ and ¨Garringo¨ . Rating : Above average , a nice Tortilla Western that has its entertaining moments.
