Doc, Hands of Steel

This film essentially begins with a gambler by the name of "Doc MacGregor" (Carl Mohner) getting into an argument while playing cards in a saloon and fatally shooting an angry cowboy in the process. Naturally, being relatively new in town, the thought of being judged by the local citizenry doesn't appeal to him and for that reason he hurriedly rides off before anybody can do anything about it. As it so happens, however, an extremely competent bounty hunter named "Slade Carroll" (Luis Davila) quickly learns of the killing and, since a bounty has been quickly posted, decides to set off after the fugitive. Meanwhile, Doc just happens to come upon the body of a recently murdered cowboy and, figuring that other people will soon be coming after him, decides to assume the dead man's identity. The problem is that, upon riding into the next town, he discovers that his arrival has been much anticipated as the man he is pretending to be was recently hired to protect everyone from a vicious bandit by the name of "Pablo Reyes" (Fernando Sancho). Not only that, but in order to do that he also has to request the help of the same man who is currently trying to hunt him down--Slade Carroll. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was an okay Spaghetti Western which benefited to a certain degree by solid acting a few surprise twists along the way. And while there may be better representations of this particular subgenre out there, this one managed to pass the time fairly well and for that reason I have rated it accordingly. Average.