"Gunman of One Hundred Crosses" , which also was directed and also starred by Marina Rabissi along with Tony Kendall, Mimmo Palmara , Ray Saunders. This so-so Western contains an interesting but well known plot, violence, shoot'em up and results to be entertaining enough, though drags at times, balancing in ups and downs . An old man is killed in the wild West. His son Jimmy goes out searching for the killers of his father, but is soon ambushed by two highwaymen, and killed, too. Sartana finds him, and shoots the murderers and reads the letter Jimmy had received from his sister Jessica Dublin (Marina Rabissi or Marina Mulligan) telling him about their father's murder. She has a suspicious suitor, Frank Damon (Mimmo Palmara as Dick Palmer) who insistly wishes get married. The gunslinger brings the body to when his sibling is murdered ,but he is really seeking vengeance . There takes place a massacre and he escapes with the nasty hoodlums hot on their tail . The tough and rare gunslinger becomes an efficient Pistolero , acting as judge , jury , and executioner , meets the beautiful redhead a as he will later demonstrate), and sets out in a search for revenge against the killers. That will not be an easy task, and much sweat and pain must be endured, namely by Jessica, abducted, tortured and whipped by the very woman who started it all. By the end of the saga, Django will have justified to have a hundred cross marks in his gun's handle.
This Italian production is a moving S. W. movie with thrills, shootouts, violence, plot twists and the best scenes about a bullwhip catfight. The film deals with a mysterious stranger , Django or Sartana, depending on the film's version, who becomes an avenger, who vows to revenge a a beautiful girl from the dreaded outlaws ; and it takes on a strange gunslinger against treacherous gang led by Frank Damon. This Spaghetti movie gets the usual Western issues , such as greedy antiheroes , violent facing off , quick zooms , and exaggerated baddies . Containing an slightly interesting and violent plot about a stranger helping a distressed woman and seeking vendetta . It packs crosses and double crosses , thrills , shoot'em up , violence , and results to be quite entertaining , though drags at times , balancing in ups and downs . There is plenty of action in the movie , guaranteeing some pursuits , crossfire or stunts enough. It's a thrilling western with breathtaking confrontation between the protagonist against the heartless enemies. The pic is middlingly starred by Tony Kendall who began acting in a series of small roles ,and subsequently starring in all kinds of genres , such as : Eurospy : Agent Joe Walker Operation Far East , Kommissar X or Soft Kill , Death Is Nimble, I fantastici 3 $upermen , Death Is Quick ; Terror : The Return of the Evil Dead, La frusta e il corpo , The Loreley's Grasp and Spaghetti Western : Black Eagle of Santa Fe , The Pirates of Mississippi, I vendicatori dell'Ave Maria . In the picture shows up Spaghetti habitual secondaries with enjoyable interventions such as: Mimmo Palmara or Dick Palmer who played several Pasta Westerns and Peplums, Marina Mulligan as the unfortunate sister, Rai Sanders as her faithful black servant who is an expert veterinarian and knife-thrower, and brief appearances from Benito Pacifico, Xiro Papas and director Carlo Croccolo himself.
The motion picture was middlingly directed by Carlo Croccolo , under pseudonym Lucky Moore , and it was filmed in parallel with another spaghetti western: Matador Nego¨ or ¨Pistoleiro Negro¨ , or ¨Assassino Negro¨ or ¨Black Killer¨starred by Fred Robsham , Klaus Kinski and Marina Malfatti . At the time of filming, the leading actress Marina Rabissi (as Marina Mulligan) was the wife of director Carlo Croccolo. Carlo Croccolo is usually a secondary actor and occasionally filmmaker , as he has played several films as ¨After the Fox" , ¨In Love and War¨, ¨Three man and a leg¨, ¨Yesterday , Today and tomorrow¨, ¨El Avaro¨, Via Lattea La Prima a Destra , ¨Il Professor¨ , ¨O Re¨, ¨Perdono¨, ¨The Biggest Bundle of Them All" , among others . Rating: 4/10.
