Decent Maccaroni/Chorizo Western well written by ordinary writers: Federico De Urrutia, Lucio Battistrada and Eduardo Manzanos dealing with a deadly confrontation , including interesting elements about a violent confrontation , though it has some flaws and gaps , too . This above average Spaghetti results to be an oater plenty of action , thrills , gun-play , in a word : emotion .A drifter called Gary Hamilton (Anthony Hamilton) goes back to a small town called Paso Bravo to avenge the killing of his wife and two daughters who were butchered by house firing . Along the way he befriends a water salesman (José Calvo) and falls for a saloon girl (gorgeous Adriana Ambesi). Finally , he faces off a wealthy Mexican land baron , Acombar (Eduardo Fajardo). When Acombar's son (Franco De Rosa) appears murdered his father offers one thousand dollars for Hamilton's head , as he is wanted here and there by bounty hunters all around the country .
It is a thrilling , moving western that packs a story full of violence , fights , killings and subsequent suspense , so-so dramatic pace , twists and slick direction . Outstanding Anthony Steffen who here is pretty good as the revenger Gary Hamilton along with a lot of familiar faces from Pasta/Chorizo Western . Besides , it contains effective action sequences as when there takes place the final attack on the house or the exciting ending gun-down . It's a medium budget film with passable actors , technicians, production values and ordinary results . Here there are ritual shootouts among gunslingers confronting each other in some quick-draw duels in the accepted Western movie fashion . It follows the Sergio Leone wake , including close-up , zooms , choreographic duels and no being proceeded in American style . Acceptable action sequences with rousing crossfire and spectacularly bloody shootouts . Charismatic performance for the whole casting . Anthony Steffen may be a name best remembered by Spaghetti Western aficionados, but in his day, from the mid-'60s to the early '70s, Steffen was one of the most popular actors of the genre - at the time cheap B movies, now revered cult classics. The handsome, Italian-born - actually at the Brazilian embassy in Rome - Antonio Luiz de Teffè von Hoonholtz began working in films as a studio messenger for Vittorio De Sica . From there, Steffen began acting in sword-and-sandal epics, later moving onto the Western genre , where he found his niche . Unlike fellow Spaghetti star Clint Eastwood, however, Steffen never became a top international box-office attraction. His acting is often accused of being wooden , but in many manners is ideally suited to playing the steely-faced gunslinger synonymous with the genre . His others successes include well liked features as Seven Dollars to Kill, The last Mohican¨, ¨Train for Durango¨, ¨Gentleman Jo¨ , ¨Four dollars for Django¨, ¨Shango¨, ¨Arizona colt¨, ¨Apocalypse Joe¨ and several othersc. He was still enjoyable in other genres, specially Giallos as the successful The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave¨, ¨Death in Haiti¨ or The ¨Crimes of the Black Cat¨, a good example of Giallo where he played a blind pianist - one of his roles he most liked- , and ¨Killer Fish¨. He is well accompanied by a nice plethora of secondaries , being a Spanish/Italian coproduction there appears Spaniard people as the great Eduardo Fajardo playing his regular character , José Calvo , José Jaspe , Jesús Tordesillas , Antonio Cintado , José Canalejas , Luis Gaspar , Miguel Del Castillo and Italian ones as Ignazio Leone , Corrado Olmi , Franco De Rosa . And two Eurotrash goddesses : Adiana Ambesi , Giulia Rubini.
The picture displays a resounding and appropriate musical score in Ennio Morricone style by the prolific Angelo Francesco Lavagnino who composes one of the his best Western soundtracks . And colorful and glimmer cinematography by Alfonso Nieva .Being filmed on location in Hoyo Manzanares del Real , Colmenar Viejo and La Pedriza , Madrid , but not Almeria .This Chorizo-Spaghetti Western mostly produced by Italy and important Spanish participation by Arturo Marcos , being decently shot by the Italian professional Salvatore Rosso , in his only one , as he was usually a director assistant .
